On today's episode the boys are joined by Dylan from the CND NBA Show to give us a preview for the Timberwolves second round series match up against the Denver Nuggets.

Max bagged his first Tom turkey hunting this past weekend. He re-tells the story and shares his experience with the first annual 'bark in the park' night at Target Field.

Matt breaks down his time going to the State Theatre to see a comedy show and his first time visiting Cuzzy's in the North Loop.

Later in the episode the guys are joined by good friend of the pod TJ Eich to help get us ready to plant our gardens for this upcoming season.

check out his website: https://www.peckinpeppers.com/

The boys chat with Tyler Forness about what the Vikings should do in the upcoming NFL draft taking place on April 25th. His work has been featured on Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Voices of Wrestling, SB Nation, and NBC Sports Edge among others. You can find him on Twitter/X @TheRealForno. Also hopping on this episode to help share his Vikings insight is good friend of the show Trace Adams.

On this episode the boys are joined by Eric Glasson. Eric is an avid outdoorsman living in Ely, MN just outside of the Boundary Water Canoe Area. He lives and breathes the outdoors. You can check him out at his youtube channel FarWater or on his website ChasingFarwater.com. He joins to give us his BWCA experience and chat with us about early season trips into the Boundary Water Canoe Area.

The Minneapolis city council has made a new ride share ordinance raising the pay for drivers. In return, Uber and Lyft have said they will leave the city when the ordinance goes into effect starting May 1st. The boys breakdown the last updates with the story and what it means for rideshare travel around the city.

Later in the episode Matt chats with Sam from the Lumberjack World Championships. The Lumberjack World Championships are taking place this Aug 1st - Aug 3rd in Hayward, WI. It is a competition that showcases some of the best sawing, chopping, speed climbing, log rolling, boom running and axe throwing athletes from around the world.

Check it out here: https://lumberjackworldchampionships.com/

Minnesota sports continue to be cursed. The boys discuss Kirk Cousins not resigning with the Vikings and the injury to KAT. Max gives his breakdown of his experience at the Minnesota State Boys High School Hockey Tournament.

Later in this episode the boys chat with Sami Cowger. Sami is the head coach for the Edina girls high school varsity girls hockey team. She just captured her 5th state title in her 8th season as the head coach. They go over her journey as a coach and what it means to bring (another) state championship back to the city of Edina.

With all of the talk this week around the section seeding and how all of the top teams in Class AA play each other before making it to state, the boys discuss alternative ideas to allow more of the top teams into the state tournament.

Then they discuss one of the few events that was not cancelled this year, the American Birkebeiner. The Birkie is a cross country ski race that takes place in Hayward, WI. It spans 50 kilometers and is North America's largest cross-country ski marathon.

The COOP FIS Cross-Country World Cup is coming to Minneapolis in February 2024! The world’s best athletes in cross-country skiing will race in the first world cup race to be held on U.S. soil in twenty years and the Loppet Foundation is amped to bring the world to Wirth. Inspiration is everywhere in Theodore Wirth Park. Come explore world-class ski trails in the heart of the city we love.


Dates
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024

Check it out here: https://loppetcup.com/