Patrick Reusse
Columnist
SportsPatrick Reusse is a sports columnist who writes three columns per week.
Latest from Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Baseball’s beauty is its long, winding regular season. Make it matter. Shrink the playoffs.
Eight playoff teams is plenty, and 10 postseason wins certainly would reveal a satisfying World Series champion.
April 1, 2025
Reusse: Gophers hockey ‘behind the wall’
Williams Arena was remodeled into the Pavilion after the Gophers moved across the street to the new Mariucci Arena in 1993, but hockey was played there starting in 1950.
March 29, 2025
Reusse: Injuries have rocked the Wild, but resiliency has defined them
Rash of injuries have the Wild clinging to playoff dreams, but with Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek back skating, the future looks bright again.
March 28, 2025
Reusse: Opening Day is about the Cheap Pohlads vs. Cheap DeWitts
When it comes to team ownership, two of the most disgruntled fan bases will collide when the Twins face the Cardinals on Opening Day.
March 25, 2025
Reusse: U better be ready to spend, because Medved is ready to win
After turning former Breck standout David Roddy into an NBA player, Niko Medved’s hire should be a boost to keep the in-state talent in Minnesota,
March 25, 2025
Reusse: Opening Day is bearing down. Remember to laugh. It’s baseball.
Nothing that happens in a single game among 162 is worth the sort of angst that fans of the NFL, NBA and NHL put themselves through.
March 23, 2025
Reusse: Hope for a Gophers women’s hockey upset of Wisconsin is only that
If Badgers fans hadn’t invaded Ridder Arena in numbers, maybe there’d have been loud pushback over some whistles, but not this time.
March 22, 2025
Reusse: Tragedy tinges Orono’s state tournament appearance
The Spartans all season have honored Lucas Knudson, their point guard who died in a car crash the day before practice began.
March 20, 2025
Reusse: U better be ready to spend, because Medved is ready to win
After turning former Breck standout David Roddy into an NBA player, Niko Medved’s hire should be a boost to keep the in-state talent in Minnesota,
March 25, 2025
Reusse: Opening Day is bearing down. Remember to laugh. It’s baseball.
Nothing that happens in a single game among 162 is worth the sort of angst that fans of the NFL, NBA and NHL put themselves through.
March 23, 2025
Reusse: Hope for a Gophers women’s hockey upset of Wisconsin is only that
If Badgers fans hadn’t invaded Ridder Arena in numbers, maybe there’d have been loud pushback over some whistles, but not this time.
March 22, 2025
Reusse: Tragedy tinges Orono’s state tournament appearance
The Spartans all season have honored Lucas Knudson, their point guard who died in a car crash the day before practice began.
March 20, 2025