Roy's View

I stood at the Twin Cities Marathon finish line in St. Paul on Sunday watching the 10-mile runners come in. My daughter was running and I wished I was out there with her.

I may never watch a preview of a movie or TV show again. Although I suppose I need to see at least one to determine whether I want to see the show. But that's it, just one.

Wind, rain, low humidity, high humidity, sun, clouds. Rarely has there been this much variety in the weather, or people in sweatshirts, during the Steele County Fair.

We spent some time this month in Colorado. My wife has gone since she was a kid. For me it's been the past 20 years. Our kids have grown up with the almost annual trip to visit with their cousins.

The Rochester Roosters defeated the Owatonna Owls in a vintage base ball game during the Historical Extravaganza Sunday. The game was played under the rules enforced in 1860.

I feel I experienced a taste of several cultures over the Independence Day holiday. It started with a soccer ball on a golf course and ended with the U.S. winning a football title.

Sports author Bob Showers grew up in Iowa but fell in love with the Minnesota Twins during their time at Met Stadium. He was in Owatonna on Thursday to share stories from his book.

The timing worked out perfectly for a Christmas work party at the ballpark and a celebration of my wife's January birthday on a summer day in June in Minnesota's capital city.

There is a new epidemic of cheating on our significant others in America. It is watching ahead on a TV series when the other person isn't around.

Just by chance I was on location for one of the big developing sports stories in the upper Midwest this week. I was in Grand Forks as the search for a new nickname began.