BRUCE BROTHERS: SPORTSWRITER AND MARATHONER SEES GLASS ALMOST ALWAYS HALF-FULL; WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT?

Growing up in Morningside, Minnesota, a village sandwiched between St. Louis Park and Minneapolis (annexed by Edina in 1966), Bruce Brothers always loved sports, but he did not consider himself athletic.  Getting hooked on baseball when his grandfather took him to see the Minneapolis Millers play at Metropolitan Stadium, Bruce, born in 1946, admits he

City of Lakes Marathon–Pre-Twin Cities Marathon Era

With the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon scheduled next Sunday, October 9, it seems fitting that the early Minnesota marathons be addressed. While many people deserve credit for putting marathoning on the Minnesota map, Patrick D. Lanin, Ron Dawes, Jeff Winter, and Jack Moran certainly were among the sport’s earliest and greatest promoters in the state.