Quote Me, Howie: Roger Reinert on the city's tourism marketing RFP
"But we have worked extremely hard in this first year to do things the right way, and do what I said we would do: keep property taxes low, improve public safety, increase housing, fix our streets, and develop our commercial tax base." -- Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert
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Howie on local prep hockey
I’m not handing Hermantown a boys hockey state trophy in January. I’ve been around too long for that. But when the Section 7A tournament begins and the pressure turns real, I know who I’m riding with. I’ve seen this movie before. It usually ends with everyone else wondering how they missed it.
Howie: Tryon and the quiet power of continuity in the Indoor Football League
Tryon oversees America’s longest-running indoor football league, and that detail matters. Longevity in this sport is not accidental. It is earned. The IFL’s continued stability under his watch has come from a narrow but demanding focus: franchise health, controllable growth and revenue.
Howie: The Indoor Football League finally becomes visible
Under the agreement, select league games — including playoff contests and the championship — will be carried on FanDuel Sports Network, while a broader slate of regular-season and postseason games will stream nationally on Yahoo Sports Network.
Howie: In arena football’s cycle of hope, the IFL chooses reality
The IFL has also benefited from institutional memory. Arena football has lived through enough boom-and-bust cycles to fill a bookshelf. Many leagues fail not because they’re poorly run, but because they convince themselves they’ve outgrown the fundamentals.