Patrick Reusse is an American

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and radio personality in the

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area of

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Biography

Reusse grew up in

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. He writes for the '' Star Tribune'' of

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, where his columns appear on Sunday and Thursday. Reusse has also been with radio station KSTP-AM 1500 since 1980, where he hosted ''Reusse & Company'' from 2009-2010, ''Reusse & Mackey'' with Phil Mackey from 2010 to 2014, ''The Ride with Reusse'' weekdays from 2014 until September 7, 2018, and co-hosted ''Sports Talk'' with Joe Soucheray in various forms. ''Sunday Night Sports Talk'' from 1980-1982, M''onday Night Sports Talk'' from 1983-1993, ''Saturday Sports Talk'' from 1985-2011, and weekday ''Sports Talk'' from 2010-2018. He later co-hosted ''Saturday Sports Talk'' with Judd Zulgad from 2011-2018 after Joe left the show. He currently co-hosts the weekly podcasts ''Reusse and Judd Unchained'' with Judd Zulgad since November 26, 2018, a revival of ''Monday Night Sports Talk'' with Joe Soucheray since October 7, 2019, and ''Reusse on Baseball'' since April 2, 2019 with former KSTP Twins beat writer Derek Wetmore, Manny Hill, or Chris Reuvers, which both happened to be his former radio producers on ''The Ride with Reusse''. He also contributes to the

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podcast with ''SportsTalk'' co-host Joe Soucheray, and contributes to the ''Mackey & Judd'' radio show and other things on KSTP-AM. Reusse was a 20-year panelist on ''The Sports Show,'' which aired Sunday nights at 9:30 p.m. on WUCW-TV, with Mike Max, Sid Hartman, and George Chappel, better known by his nickname Dark Star. The show previously aired on cable channels

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and Victory Sports One. Reusse had previously done radio commentary for athletics in St. Cloud for KFAM-AM, and wrote for the '' St. Cloud Times'' and '' St. Paul Pioneer Press''. Reusse was one of three finalists for the

J. G. Taylor Spink Award The BBWAA Career Excellence Award, formerly the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). It is given "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" and voted on annually by ...

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; the award went to

Nick Cafardo Nicholas Dominic Cafardo (May 8, 1956 – February 21, 2019) was an American sportswriter and sports author. A longtime columnist and beat reporter for ''The Boston Globe'', he primarily covered the Boston Red Sox. In December 2019, Cafardo was ...

. Reusse was selected for the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame in March 2019, and became part of it in October 2019 along with Dennis Anderson, RJ Fritz, and Chuck Williams.

References

External links

Staff Directory - Patrick Reusse - Sports Columnist - Star Tribune Columns

AM1500 Bio - Patrick Reusse
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