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Tom Schreier
Tom Schreier is the founder and proprietor of Zone Coverage. He created Zone Coverage with the goal of mixing new age media with old-school journalism. His goal was to create an economically sustainable platform for sports content for Minnesota fans. Before Zone Coverage, Tom wrote for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.
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Vikings
The Vikings Are Using Virtual Reality To Keep Andrew Booth Ready For Week 1
By Tom Schreier - Aug 24, 2022
Nobody would blame you if you shuddered when Andrew Booth Jr. suffered a non-contact injury in Saturday’s preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers. It happened almost […]
Twins
Ron Gardenhire Breaks Down Rocco Baldelli’s Infamous Rant
By Tom Schreier - Aug 22, 2022
Rocco Baldelli had a sneaking suspicion that Ron Gardenhire was still a Minnesota Twins fan at heart. Although he spent 2018 to 2020 with the Detroit Tigers, […]
Vikings
Veteran McGill Dominates On A Day Dedicated To Youth
By Tom Schreier - Aug 21, 2022
If T.Y. McGill looked like a man among boys in the Minnesota Vikings’ second preseason game, it’s because he kinda was. McGill, 29, broke into the league […]
Vikings
Quietly Rediscovered | The History Of the Minnesota Vikings, Part IV
By Tom Schreier - Aug 20, 2022
In 1981, the Minnesota Vikings played their last season in the old Met. Gone were the days of watching the Purple in the bitter cold, but something […]
Vikings
Why Can’t We Get A Local Crew For Every Vikings Game?
By Tom Schreier - Aug 15, 2022
The Minnesota Vikings held a night practice on Monday where their players were in pads, preparing for the beginning of the preseason. There may still be 90 […]
Timberwolves
Jaden McDaniels Is House Money
By Tom Schreier - Aug 13, 2022
Jamal Crawford recently joined Malika Andrews on her ESPN show, NBA Today, after his pro-am tournament in Seattle. Andrews asked the former Minnesota Timberwolves sixth-man, who played […]
Vikings
Footnotes | The History Of the Minnesota Vikings, Part 3
By Tom Schreier - Aug 13, 2022
The Minnesota Vikings were a dynasty from 1972 to 1978, capturing six-straight division titles and winning the NFC three times. Fran Tarkenton returned, and they looked like […]
Twins
The Twins Need To Win the AL Central Out Of Principle
By Tom Schreier - Aug 12, 2022
It’s been a while since the Minnesota Twins were a sentimental favorite nationally. It’s likely because baseball is becoming an increasingly regional sport, and it’s hard for […]
Twins
The Twins Are Trying To Make Winning Normal
By Tom Schreier - Aug 8, 2022
There’s a giant structure with Minnie and Paul shaking hands above the batter’s eye at Target Field. The letters above them spell out “Twins,” and the “T” […]
Vikings
Jared Allen Has Connected With the New Regime
By Tom Schreier - Aug 7, 2022
Jared Allen says that he chose the Minnesota Vikings. The Kansas City Chiefs had taken him in the fourth round of the 2004 draft, and he played […]
Vikings
Excellence Incarnate: The History Of the Minnesota Vikings, Part 2
By Tom Schreier - Aug 6, 2022
Bud Grant ushered in a new era of Minnesota Vikings football. We’re talking Joe Kapp, Paul Krause, and the Purple People Eaters. Finally, the Vikings become a formidable […]
Twins
Jorge Lopez Is A Bridge To A New World For the Twins
By Tom Schreier - Aug 3, 2022
Carlos Correa moved around a lot when he was younger. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, but his parents raised him in Barrio Velázquez, a fishing […]