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Thursday, January 1, 2009

The big sports of 2008
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.
More from MPR
Kansas beats Minnesota 42-21 in Insight Bowl (12/31/2008)
Vikings still have 11,000 tickets left for playoff game (12/31/2008)
Vikings reach playoffs with win over Giants (12/28/2008)
Twins lose, season ends (10/01/2008)
Slideshow: Target Field under construction (11/06/2008)
Timberwolves fire Wittman; McHale takes over as coach (12/08/2008)
Garrison Keillor spins sonnets at Minneapolis Library
Author and humorist Garrison Keillor talked about poetry, writing and his own relationship with the library at the "Talk of the Stacks" series in November at the Hennepin County Library in downtown Minneapolis.12:00 p.m.
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