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MinneCulture | You’re Never Too Old to Compete (or Have Fun)

Twice a week at the Bloomington Ice Garden, a group of ex-Gophers, NHL players, and Olympians play an informal but structured game of hockey. It’s a fun game with great players, but what makes them really impressive is average age of the players: 74 years old. They call themselves the Minnesota Old Timers.

KFAI's MinneCulture · You're Never Too Old to Compete (or Have Fun)

Icy sidewalks are dangerous enough for seniors — try adding skates and nine more people all scampering for a puck. How do they do it? And more importantly: what keeps them going, decades past their physical peak? Journalist Matthew Schneeman finds that it’s a simple but difficult lesson to learn.

Support for MinneCulture on KFAI has been provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Superfan Tim Hathaway carries a replica of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy

MinneCulture | The Curse Of The Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy

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At the Maple Tavern, fifty or so members of the Skol Bar, a Vikings fan group, meet every game day. They gather to cheer on the Vikes and giveaway Vikings swag. What makes this fan group special isn’t just the handmaid drinking horns that they give out. They are keepers of the story of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy.

Vikings fans are intimately familiar with defeat. Actually, they’re familiar with success followed by defeat. The prime example is the 1998 season. The Vikings went into the playoffs with a fifteen and one record only to lose the NFC championship game after missing a 38-yard field goal that would have secured their win. A field goal was missed by their kicker who had just set the record for most consecutive field goals.

Every fan has the memory of a great team being great until they weren’t. It seems a curse is afoot, it just needed a name. Enter the curse of the Ed Thorp Memorial trophy.

In 1969 the Vikings won the NFL Championship the last year before the NFL and AFL merged. They won The Ed Thorp Memorial trophy. Like the Stanley Cup, it was passed from winner to winner each year. Some say that after that ‘69 season the Vikings lost it, leaving it at a gas station while in transit.

Angered by the mishap, the ghost of Ed Thorp has haunted the Vikings ever since. The Vikings will never win a Superbowl until the trophy is found and returned.

KFAI’s MinneCulture · The Curse Of The Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy

But as it turns out, the Vikings never lost it, in fact, they never had it.

Matthew Schneeman reports for KFAI’s MinneCulture.

MinneCulture on KFAI is supported by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

Disability and Progress – April 22, 2021- Blind Golf

This week, join us as we reair a show from October 15, 2020, as Sam as she talks with Curt Jones on how people with vision impairments can golf. Also it happens that this was a pledge drive show, we always appreciate donations, but just be aware were pledge drive free!

Disability and Progress

Disability and Progress - April 22, 2021- Blind Golf

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Mr. Music Hoops: Basketball And THC? Lets Talk About It.

Its another great episode of Mr. Music Hoops! We touch on a very sensitive subject in the sports world. THC and it’s possible positive effects on adult athletes. That includes basketball players too. This is a real discussion on using THC verses other options such as prescription drugs and other methods. Jo Madrid of High Life Consulting LLC steps in for a very informative conversation about the topic. Recently here from Colorado, she has a strong background in health and wellness as it relates to THC and its positive effects on humans.

Whether you are are either side of agreement or disagreement, this show will perk your ears. As you know all views expressed on this show are not of KFAI FM.

Make sure you to tune in close as you will learn a few things you might not of known! That’s right ! Its the Mr. Music Hoops Show. Where the basketball culture lives!

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