Sam Wiles, Author at Albert Lea Tribune

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It’s official: Albert Lea certified a Blue Zones city

Seven years after embarking as the pilot community for the Blue Zones Project, Albert Lea this week was officially certified as a Blue Zones Community. ... Read more

by Sam Wiles, Sunday, October 2, 2016 9:00 am

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How do you fix the NBA All Star game? Captains.

The combinations of basketball, playground style meanness, and off-season implications would be endless. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Saturday, January 22, 2011 1:10 am

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Can you wait on Luck?

The 49ers would be trading this next season’s relevance for a shot at a decade of dominance. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:47 am

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I want Michael Vick to win the Super Bowl

Vick has exemplified what character actually is: overcoming adverse circumstances and being better from the experience. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Monday, December 13, 2010 10:41 am

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The Season Legacy Died

And that’s the worst part; caring about legacy is almost completely exclusive to fans of basketball. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Monday, October 25, 2010 11:10 pm

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Football Fragments: Some Ideas from Week 6

Just to show you how much I love you, I’ll text you a picture of me in my new Crocs… Read more

by Sam Wiles, Friday, October 22, 2010 6:07 pm

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It makes me miss a boat scandal: The weirdness of Brett’s texts

I felt like I had discovered my friend’s dad, who I thought was a really great guy, was a creep. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Monday, October 11, 2010 11:31 pm

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Football Fragments: A Series of Speculations about the NFL’s 4th weekend

(If you’re one of the TENs upon TENs of people to read this blog, sorry for the delay in the column being posted. We wanted ... Read more

by Sam Wiles, Saturday, October 9, 2010 12:48 pm

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Football Fragments: Assorted Assessments of the NFL’s 3rd Weekend

This week’s Fragments aren’t so much fragments as chunks, so if you want to print this one out and take into the men’s (or women’s) ... Read more

by Sam Wiles, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:58 pm

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Things I was totally wrong about, probably

I can't let the possum go, because it might be guilty. I can't make a good soup, can't do a handstand in a pool. I ... Read more

by Sam Wiles, Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:27 pm

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Football Fragments: A collection of thoughts from football’s 2nd weekend

Every Vikings fan should be talking themselves into Jake Locker or Andrew Luck right now because Favre looks horrendous. (Obviously) Read more

by Sam Wiles, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:11 am

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Football Fragments: A collection of thoughts on the NFL’s first weekend

*The Calvin Johnson catch is depressing to think about not because I’m a diehard Lions fan or anything, but because the mindset of the referee ... Read more

by Sam Wiles, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 5:16 pm

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NFL Preview: NFC North

Everything went right for Favre last year, and its hard to imagine that happening again. Read more

by Sam Wiles, Monday, September 6, 2010 8:35 pm

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NFL Preview: NFC East

The biggest challenge for the Cowboys will be their ultra competitive division, which is essentially the bizarro NFC West (East and West are opposites, clever ... Read more