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Brothers bowl for bragging rights 
Brandon Cole, of Duluth, is bowling at a higher level than a year ago, and he has a thief to thank for it.
RELATED CONTENTOffseason comes early for Green Bay
RICK LUBBERS: Sunday’s stunning 37-20 playoff defeat to the New York Giants propelled the Green Bay Packers into the offseason about three weeks earlier than they had originally planned.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth's marathon man adds on miles
RICK LUBBERS: Instead of camping out on his couch, watching an endless slate of football games, News Tribune cops and courts reporter Mark Stodghill added to his growing list of epic races by completing the grueling Savage 7 on New Year’s Day — seven marathons in seven days.
RELATED CONTENTRICK LUBBERS: Pucksville? Duluth needs a nickname
It’s time for Duluth to have a proper nickname. How about Hockey City? Goal Town? Pucksville?
RELATED CONTENTColumn: For the Minnesota Vikings today, winning is losing and losing is winning
With two weeks remaining in the NFL’s regular season, several teams are pushing for playoff spots. The Minnesota Vikings, meanwhile, are pushing for the league’s ultimate consolation prize: the first pick in the NFL Draft.
RELATED CONTENTOops! My perfect Packer prediction backfired
RICK LUBBERS: There is no truth to the rumor that I jinxed the Green Bay Packers.
RELATED CONTENTUMD women's hockey coach: Argument with official led to suspension (video)
Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller said her one-game suspension resulted from her heated argument with an official over a call she disagreed with after the Bulldogs 6-2 victory at Ohio State on Nov. 26.
RELATED CONTENTRick Lubbers column: A game plan for Turkey Day
Thanksgiving can be overwhelming with its cornucopia of family, football and food. But if you don’t pace yourself, you’ll fall victim to the seductive effects of tryptophan and sleep most of the glorious holiday away.
RELATED CONTENTDuluth basketball star Broman not one to H-O-R-S-E around (with video)
RICK LUBBERS: How does a hoops-challenged 40-something sports editor even begin to compete against one of the most prolific scorers in the history of Minnesota high school boys basketball? Make the game H-O-R-S-E, stack the odds in your favor and bring plenty of trick shots.
RELATED CONTENTThere’s no cure for poor pigskin prognosticating
RICK LUBBERS: Poor pigskin pickin' is giving the News Tribune's sports editor fits.
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From the Northwoods League to the big leagues
RICK LUBBERS: You never know where today’s Northwoods League players will be playing tomorrow.
RELATED CONTENTA Swift dash for ominous jersey number — thanks to Taylor
RICK LUBBERS: If every player on a youth softball team could wear the same jersey number, then my daughter’s entire 10U squad would likely sport No. 13.
RELATED CONTENTRick Lubbers column: Willie O’Ree never quit on hockey
Four goals, 14 assists, 45 games. Those stats would barely earn a player a footnote in a National Hockey League record book, but try amassing numbers like that with just one working eye, and fans and players hurling racial insults at you.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland man cave replete with eight TVs, a few easy chairs and memorabilia galore
Tom Robillard loves his man cave so much that it doubles as his living room, bedroom and kitchen.
RELATED CONTENTWeird winter doesn’t melt speedskaters’ goals
RICK LUBBERS: While many of us were basking in balmy March temperatures, Andrey Zhuikov was watching the speedskating oval at Chester Bowl turn to soup.
RELATED CONTENTHoles-in-one old hat for Duluth boy
RICK LUBBERS: Duluth’s Jonah Wehr knocked in his second hole-in-one in as many years Tuesday at the Northland Country Club.
RELATED CONTENTA little March Madness etiquette goes a long way
RICK LUBBERS: How’s your NCAA Division I men’s basketball bracket shaping up? Picking many upsets? Jumping on the Kentucky bandwagon? Wishing Nostradamus was a distant relative?
RELATED CONTENTTaekwondo taught an old dog new tricks
RICK LUBBERS: Larry Martichuski didn’t plan on earning a black belt when he walked through the doors of North Shore Taekwondo three years ago. It wasn’t a lifelong dream or an item to check off a bucket list.
RELATED CONTENTBest and worst of big game ads
RICK LUBBERS: We’ll leave the X’s and O’s to the folks at ESPN. We have a higher calling: It’s time to hand out the Lubbsies.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland deserves to see Hermantown-East hockey matchup
RICK LUBBERS: It’s mind-boggling why a game between the Hawks and Greyhounds can’t be an annual event. And in this town, that’s exactly what it would be — an event.
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