Baffling play call, no-call get Vikings off to bad start in loss to Denver

Plus: Holy Angels hockey player hit into boards has limited use of hands, lower body ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Baffling play call, no-call get Vikings off to bad start in loss to Denver: The Vikings turned the ball over for the fifth time in 11 opening possessions this season on a trick play gone wrong. And the Joshua Dobbs fumble isn't the only part of the play worth reviewing. [Read more.]( - U.S. Supreme Court rejects review of Derek Chauvin's latest appeal attempt: The high court rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's latest appeal attempt on Monday, just a week after he filed a new motion attempting to overturn his federal conviction in the murder of George Floyd. [Read more.]( - Holy Angels hockey player hit into boards has limited use of hands, lower body: Holy Angels senior captain Mason Garcia was sent into the boards Saturday by a player from Lakeville South during a scrimmage, his head coach said. [Read more.]( - Crystal company hopes its pepper spray 2.0 can snuff violence in Minnesota hospitals: A startup firm in Crystal, Minn., believes it has an answer to rising violence in Minnesota's hospitals — a new kind of irritating spray that subdues attackers while minimizing harm to bystanders and victims. [Read more.]( - Outspoken former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Crane on top of building collapses after 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Philippines: The temblor's epicenter was underwater about 16 miles south of Mindanao, the Philippines southernmost island on Friday. A moment of terror was captured on video in Davao City, where a crane snapped and tumbled from a building after the quake. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING "Fargo" TV series returns to its Minnesota-North Dakota roots: How the behind-the-scenes team went the extra mile to make Canada's Calgary look like the Upper Midwest. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Paige Bueckers comes home, and a basketball game becomes something amazing: Yes, it was a maroon-and-good clad crowd, for the most part. But the largest gathering at a Gophers women's basketball game in five years roared when Paige Bueckers was introduced, writes La Velle E. Neal III. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK Inside Minnesota's massive, powerful sugar industry: "Sugar beets are an $11 billion industry supported by a protectionist federal program that raises the price of American sugar well above world levels by strictly limiting imports. The policy enriches the few thousand farmers who grow the crop, while also pushing food processors to use alternative sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup or move operations to countries with cheaper sugar. Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar is the largest beet sugar producer in the U.S. Its 2,800 member farmers produce about 20% of the country's sugar: more than 2 million tons per year," Madison McVan reports for the Minnesota Reformer. [Read more.]( TRIVIA WINNER Congratulations to Darcy Odden! Darcy was randomly selected from among the many readers who correctly answered that Toys 'R' Us is the toy store chain that announced last week that it would open its second flagship store at Mall of America. Darcy wins a $15 gift card. Talkers will be off on Friday, but trivia will return next week! FROM THE ARCHIVES Nov. 20, 2020: Gophers wide receiver Chris Autman-Bell was chased by a slew of defenders on his way to a first down against Purdue at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. (Photo: Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](