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• The year in sports
  Sports analyst Howard Sinker will be in the studios for his traditional New Year's Day sports show. He'll look at the sports stories of the year gone by and the ones to look for in the new year.11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Howard Sinker: State news editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Sinker used to be an editor for the newspaper's sports section and covered the Minnesota Twins as a reporter for many years.
  Bert Blyleven: Former Twins pitcher and now broadcaster.
  Bill Smith: General manager of the Minnesota Twins.
  More from MPR
  Timberwolves open their first post-Garnett season (11/02/2007)
  Garnett hopes to win in Boston (07/31/2007)
  Torii Hunter signs with Angels (11/22/2007)
  Twins' Morneau wins MVP award (11/21/2006)
• 'The Florist's Daughter' by Patricia Hampl
  "The Florist's Daughter" has earned University of Minnesota professor Patricia Hampl her third Minnesota Book Award. Hampl adapted her latest memoir, which won in the Book Award's memoir/creative nonfiction category, into a performance and reading at the Fitzgerald Theater.12:00 p.m.
  More from MPR
  The art of the memoir (02/12/2007)
  Just a stop on the circuit: Great artists visit old St. Paul (11/24/2006)
  Accidental encounter with Matisse inspires Hampl's new book (11/10/2006)
  Life on the Upper Mississippi (07/09/2004)
  The power of the autobiography (07/18/2003)
  Great Conversations: The Art of Remembering (12/19/2002)

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