Tuesday was the day Minnesota Vikings fans may have very well fallen in love with J.J. McCarthy.

Well, at least it was that day for Happy Hour host John Gaskins. Who knows how the now-undisputed starting quarterback will perform on the field. But Tuesday, he sure looked and sounded like "the man" in front of the microphone. 

To hell and back things went in the year since the Vikings drafted McCarthy at No. 10 overall — season-ending injury, grueling rehab, Sam Darnold and then Aaron Rodgers almost taking his job.   But now, McCarthy's back. And he's The Man. And he acted like it in Tuesday's 15-minute press conference with the Minnesota media.   All smiles with his backwards hat and boyish optimism, McCarthy's words and vibe felt like a ray of warm sunshine, as if he was on the beach and ready to break out an acoustic guitar and strum some tunes in front of a campfire. Gaskins plays the highlights and explains why spending his rookie year off the field may have turned out to be the best thing for McCarthy and the Vikings. Then, it's on to the guests:   Bart Winkler - National radio host and Packers "owner"  

Instead of running into a buzzsaw in the playoffs over and over, wouldn't it be nice to just be the buzzsaw?

That's how lifelong die-hard Green Bay Packers fan and Milwaukee-based nationally-syndicated radio host (and card-carrying "co-owner") Bart Winkler feels about the green-and-gold in 2025.

How does he feel about Year 2 of South Dakota native Tucker Kraft ("George Kittle Light?"), Year 3 of Jordan Love, the NFL Draft party the Packers threw for over 600,000 people, and the way the national media covered it? 

A regular "Packer Pal" guest for Happy Hour host John Gaskins back in the day on daily radio in Sioux Falls, Winkler often will take listeners away from the beaten path and deep into the wilderness full of weird and wild answers.

But, you'll come out of the forest glad he took you there. 

Kaelyn Dillon - Augustana Acrobatics & Tumbling Coach

Take the dazzling dynamics of gymnastics and add the sizzle and sparkle of cheerleading.

Toss in a raucous crowd full of charged-up students that includes college wrestlers and football players — some shirtless and doing their own tumbling and tossing acts — and Augustana had the Elmen Center rocking like it was hosting an NCAA basketball or hockey regional over the weekend.

But this was the NCAA Championships for the relatively new sport of acrobatics and tumbling, and the Vikings program that started competing just two years ago reached the national semifinals against eventual champ Baylor.

"I'm just so proud of Augustana," Vikings coach and Baylor alumnus Kaelyn Dillon said. "The crowd was so awesome. They really wrapped their arms around our team." 

In a half-hour conversation, Dillon brings us to the event that culminated four years of grueling work for her after leaving Baylor and her hometown of Waco, Texas, to build the Augie program from scratch.

How did she make Augie a contender in such short time? What makes her so passionate about a sport she at first rolled her eyes at as a college freshman, when her gymnastics dreams were still in tact?

Why does the native Texan, who has traveled all over the country, all Sioux Falls "one of the best cities ever."

Learn about this new sport, which has grown from five NCAA programs to 55 since its inception 12 years ago. Enjoy the ride.