GARY ALM: BROTHERS AND GOPHER TEAM WENT ON GUTS AND HUSTLE

April 13, 2023 With a broad smile and sparkling eyes, Gary Alm is in his element and he shares stories about his hockey career as a player and official.  “It was just so much fun!” he declares of time spent playing hockey at parks, ponds, and arenas.  Six sons were born to Vern, a Minneapolis

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

Tom Nevers: LOVED BASEBALL AND HOCKEY EQUALLY

Immersed and surrounded by athletics early in life, Tom Nevers, born in 1971, is the youngest of five children raised in Edina, Minnesota. His father, Gordon, pitched in the Kansas City Athletics’ professional baseball organization for four years. His older brothers, Gordy and John, played sports throughout their years at Edina High School and Tom