The Sportive

(1:00) Twins and minor league rules changes. (30:05) Pitino gone? Pitino gone. (45:00) Wild! (55:02) Dadlife, #hotvaxsummer and assorted odds & ends. 

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Jon and Clarence hop on the Sportive Hotline to further discuss the Wild scratching Zach Parise and what it means for the team. Plus: has Wild optimism come to a screeching halt? Is the team trying to trade Parise? Should we worry about Kevin Fiala?

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Stu and Jon are back for another week of Minnesota sports news. This week, that's mostly twenty minutes of talk about the Wild's decision to scratch Zach Parise from the lineup, a sign that things are bewilderingly different in St. Paul these days. We then cover the bleak basketball scenes in Minnesota, discuss whether the Twins have enough pitching or not - and as an extension, how long of a year it's going to be, waiting for the playoffs to get here - and then talk about Dry Cleaning. That's a band. And then Stu says "rate and subscribe," which is a scary thought.

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It's a Hockey Guys episode of the Sportive, as Jon and the artist formerly known as Clarence gather to talk about your Minnesota Wild. Discussed: the wizardry of Kirill Kaprizov, the comfort of the goaltenders moving away from the interstate highway, why Ryan Hartman isn't who we thought he was, why wings are the first basemen of the hockey world, and how the Wild can get Zach Parise going. Plus, Jon gets lost in the weeds on some nonsense college hockey theories.

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Jon and Poochie (2:00) go long on the pros and cons of the Jim Finks hiring, (33:00) name our weekly segment of finding a forever home for Kirk Cousins, then (50:00) decide the Roaring 20s will begin in earnest with this Twins season.

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Jon and Stu run a two-man show this week. Topics:

• The NHL's ongoing battle with the evil sky orb
• Trying to keep the Timberwolves talk under five minutes
• How to pronounce "Tagovailoa" and why the Vikings can't trade Kirk Cousins
• Which Teams Have The Wild Played? An Update
• The Jon Marthaler Q&A hour (soccer! Formula 1! Australian Rules Football!)
• Stu's Music Thoughts, plus Jon attempts a hot take about Taylor Swift and is murdered
• The Steely Dan Future

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(3:00) We daydream about other teams Kirk Cousins could be on next season, (18:00) we up the ridiculousness ante and admit to caring about the Wolves, (37:00) Wild outbreak szn, (51:00) meandering one-offs including beer, parenting, how we’re surviving and when we think life will improve. Against all odds and in the face of reason, we are optimistic. 

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We somehow - and no one really knows how or why - begin the podcast with movie reviews? Then (8:15) we bless the impossible Deshaun Watson trade and review the deliciously tragic Packers loss, (32:00) talk hot stove, (52:00) do a tight five on the Wild and for some reason end with the Wolves. 

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We hit on all the misery this week. (1:30) Vikings season wrap and a quick playoff preview, (16:45) Jon tries to convince us to watch Karen Carpenter and the Minnesota Wild, (34:45) B rants about the Wolves and then (49:40) rants event harder about a proposed DH rule. We wrap with (1:01:00) a Dadlife segment and end (1:16:20) by saying goodbye to a friend. 

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Jon and B lament the Loons heartbreaker (0:50), piss and moan about the Vikings AGAIN (34:30), luxuriate in the brilliant idea to trade James Harden to the Wolves (53:00) and then B has his best idea yet on how to save the kids from falling behind in school (1:09:00).

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