Jay Boller
The 12 Most-Read Racket Stories of 2025
These articles attracted the most eyeballs in our fourth full year.
RIP to Dick Enrico, Minnesota TV Pitchman Legend
Plus Ilhan Omar featured in NYT, Twins fans win a bad award, and wanna buy Psycho Suzi's in today's Flyover news roundup.
Strib Finally Gets a Juicy (and Damning) Hegseth Scoop
Plus mayoral quizzes, amazing houses, and impossible questions in today's Flyover news roundup.
Who’s Bankrolling ‘A Precarious State,’ Rick Kupchella’s New Twin Cities Doomer Doc?
Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.
Best Budget Bites: $8.99 Gyro From Ali Baba’s King of Gyros
For almost 30 years, Ali Baba's has been West St. Paul's gyro destination.
Northeast Minneapolis Debates Future of Historic/Crumbling Cook House
Plus sports woes, Wienermobiles, and Hegseth gets hit in the nuts in today's Flyover news roundup.
Open Thread: What Activated You Politically?
As we do every week at this time, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
Local Bike Hero Illuminates Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway as City Stalls
Plus soybean woes, food news speed round, and, sure, let's talk about the campus pisser trend in today's Flyover news roundup.
‘Call It the Clown Car’: An Oral History of Minneapolis’s 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choice voting and, finally, a new mayor.
We Reviewed Guy Fieri’s New Line of Holiday Gas Station Food. For Journalism.
Steer clear of this part of Flavortown.
