Wayne Drehs

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You can put the Heyward/Lester or Seiya/Dansby contracts together and it’s less than Tucker will get. I hope you’re right. I love the optimism. This isn’t about the ‘16 guys. That was smart. It’s about not being involved in Soto, Fried, Burnes. Jed having to beg TR for Bregman money. Not promising

I hope you’re right. But the Ricketts family has shown zero inclination to spend anything remotely close to what Tucker will not only demand, but if we keeps this up, unquestionably deserve.

Such mixed emotions about Kyle Tucker's start. On one hand, love to see any Cub have such success. On the other hand, along with the joy from each bomb comes this misery knowing the Cubs won't pay him. Tough to emotionally invest knowing the frustration that awaits.

HUGE thanks to two of my favorite sportswriters & people, Sean Gregory from Time Magazine and @brett-taylor.bsky.social from @bleachernation.bsky.social, for joining my Iowa sportswriting class today to share their insights on sports media, writing, interviewing & creating content sports fans love.

A great interviewer with a subject Iowa fans will love. Richard catches up with Lisa Bluder …

Always great when Iowa football legend Quinn Early visits class to talk Frank Kinney Holbrook, Hayden Fry & more. Today we learned Quinn once bungee-jumped out of a helicopter into the Grand Canyon as a double for Will Smith!!

His advice: “Always follow your dreams and never take no for an answer.”

Love, Abby: The forever friendship between the UConn Huskies and one magical fan Young UConn fan Abby Zittoun was fun, irreverent, caring. And for Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Caroline Ducharme, her friendship is forever.

What a story. About humanity. About loving one another. Yes, it’s sad. But at the same time it will lift your spirits. Make you smile. Laugh. And feel. This one will stick with me for a long time. Masterful work by Sam and his editors.

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BEYOND PROUD of @thedailyiowan.bsky.social crew which tonight won IOWA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR & BEST SPORTS SECTION at the Iowa Newspaper Awards!

Among the many winners, Iowa SJMC student Joel Kellar won best sports story & best sports feature photo for his work at the Solon Economist!

BEAMING! 👏👏

I know half of our country doesn’t care. Their hero is a disruptor who makes America great. When he fails he blames someone else who those devout followers crucify. But damn. Trump has 99.4% of his presidency remaining. I fear what our country will look like when he’s done.

There are few things more Midwest than a college campus full of kids wearing shorts during a brief 45-degree mid-winter thaw.

Mike Sweeney adding to the Ichiro mythology

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Call me a sucker and it doesn’t guarantee winning football games, but damn Ben Johnson is impressive. The eye contact. The direct nature. No stumbling around. Dude means business.

Fall semester began with me sweating buckets because the AC was out in the journalism building on a sweltering August day. Spring semester begins with frozen icicles in my beard from this morning's walk to class. I can't win.

I still don't think ND has any shot to force overtime, not to mention somehow win this.

As a Bears fan, today was a good day. No promises Ben Johnson will be a great head coach. But he was clearly the best candidate and the Bears didn't mess around or get cute. They identified the guy they wanted and got it done. That's promising. Now they have to do it on the field.

Tried one this weekend. I’m hooked.

I’ll have to give it a shot. Putting the booze aside for the month, if not longer.

I have a feeling our kids will look back at alcohol consumption the way many of us looked at our parents and smoking. “OMG, you smoked cigarettes!?!? At dinner!?!? Next to me!?!? And in the car!?!? When I was a baby!?!?l What do you mean ‘everybody did it!?!?’”

New Years' Resolution: Share and amplify good ideas and positive messages instead of dunking upon (and propagating/legitimizing) bad-faith stupidity.

I love college football overtime rules, sorry.

This is why we watch. This is why we put up with all the garbage games, the commercialism, the NCAA BS. For games and drama and stars like this.

Considering the lack of drama in these playoffs so far, I vote six OTs.

Michigan's 7-5, Bama was seen as the biggest snub of the CFP. The Tide had all of its top draft prospects play in this bowl game (Milroe, Tyler Booker & Jihaad Campbell). The Wolverines had all their top guys opt out (Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant Colston Loveland) and UM is dominating this game. Wow.

LOVED the Ice Man Cooketh spots!

You’re not wrong. I hate to criticize officials. But this crew has been tough both ways.

That was an awful call

God I love fired up Kirk.

Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why. Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.

Science works, y'all.

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