Chip Scoggins
Columnist
SportsChip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune. A graduate of the University of Missouri journalism school, Scoggins worked at newspapers in Texas, Connecticut, North Carolina and Chicago before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2000. He has been named Minnesota's Sportswriter of the Year four times by the National Sports Media Association.
Latest from Chip Scoggins
High Schools
Gymnasts of ‘The Barn’: Call them state champs — again
In Hendricks, Minn., a unique, border-crossing co-op is now a high school gymnastics dynasty.
February 19, 2025
Sports
Scoggins: What makes a good sports team owner? ‘Be hands on, but hands off.’
Attention Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez and whoever might be the next Twins owners. Pay attention what a dozen former pro athletes have to say about what makes a good team owner.
February 16, 2025
Sports
Scoggins: Jewish. Catholic. Muslim. How three Macalester hoopers became brothers
Badou Ba, Noah Shannon and Armando Akapo-Nwagbo shared a sport and a position and not much else when they met, but they will leave college as brothers for life.
February 2, 2025
PWHL
Scoggins: Doesn’t matter the competition, Heise plans to ‘rip it up’
Coming from a basketball family, it was assumed Minnesota Frost star Taylor Heise would take to the hardwood. But hockey came into her life in first grade, and she never looked back.
January 28, 2025
Wild
Scoggins: Wild wonder why they trend up when they travel and sink into discomfort at home
It’s not a subtle separation: They’re the NHL’s best road team but are .500 at Xcel Energy Center.
January 25, 2025
High Schools
Scoggins: Whirlwind month ends with Luke Ryerse on campus at U as two-sport athlete
Ryerse’s initial plan of finishing his spring semester of high school before joining both Gophers teams changed once he learned that enrolling in school early was a possibility.
January 24, 2025
Colleges
Scoggins: Notre Dame coach Freeman finds inspiration from two close Minnesota friends
Ohio State linebackers coach James Laurinaitis and former Gophers safety Dom Barber remain good friends with the Notre Dame coach.
January 18, 2025
Sports
Scoggins: Vikings have three options at quarterback heading into the offseason
Speaking with media on Thursday, General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell wouldn’t commit to a quarterback for next year.
January 17, 2025
Wild
Scoggins: Wild wonder why they trend up when they travel and sink into discomfort at home
It’s not a subtle separation: They’re the NHL’s best road team but are .500 at Xcel Energy Center.
January 25, 2025
High Schools
Scoggins: Whirlwind month ends with Luke Ryerse on campus at U as two-sport athlete
Ryerse’s initial plan of finishing his spring semester of high school before joining both Gophers teams changed once he learned that enrolling in school early was a possibility.
January 24, 2025
Colleges
Scoggins: Notre Dame coach Freeman finds inspiration from two close Minnesota friends
Ohio State linebackers coach James Laurinaitis and former Gophers safety Dom Barber remain good friends with the Notre Dame coach.
January 18, 2025
Sports
Scoggins: Vikings have three options at quarterback heading into the offseason
Speaking with media on Thursday, General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell wouldn’t commit to a quarterback for next year.
January 17, 2025