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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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Twins
Walker Jenkins Is Ready For It All
By Tom Schreier - Feb 1, 2025
Last year, Walker Jenkins hit .290/.382/.481 in High-A, reached Double-A at age 19, and MLB Pipeline named him their No. 3 global prospect. Once Roki Sasaki reaches […]
Vikings
Do the Vikings Need To Dominate Teams If They’re Situational Masters?
By Tom Schreier - Jan 29, 2025
While Sam Darnold was setting off alarm bells in Jacksonville, Kansas City Chiefs fans reached for the Pepto Bismol 1,100 miles north at Arrowhead Stadium. According to […]
Timberwolves
Can the Wolves Escape Mediocrity By Treating A Sloppy Win Like A Loss?
By Tom Schreier - Jan 28, 2025
Chris Finch isn’t one to mince words, and he let the Minnesota Timberwolves have it after Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. “That’s a totally unacceptable second […]
Twins
Brooks Lee Returned To ‘The Barn’ To Fix His Left-Handed Swing
By Tom Schreier - Jan 28, 2025
When Brooks Lee was a child, his parents moved out of the city and built him a barn. The Lees didn’t raise livestock or crops there. Instead, […]
Vikings
Fortune Favors the Bold With Brian Flores
By Tom Schreier - Jan 24, 2025
Brian Flores’ brawn belies his brain. Boston College listed Flores as a 5’11”, 195 lb. defensive back out of Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, where […]
Timberwolves
The Wolves Must Let Go Of the Past To Build On Last Year
By Tom Schreier - Jan 23, 2025
Donte DiVincenzo said he found his game again when he let go of the past. DiVincenzo was talking to Dennis Schröder after the Brooklyn Nets had traded […]
Vikings
Dallas Turner Lurks In the Shadows
By Tom Schreier - Jan 21, 2025
Dallas Turner played 16 games for the Minnesota Vikings, only missing the Week 3 Houston Texans game with a knee injury. He finished the year with three […]
Vikings
Can the Vikings Re-Create the Chemistry They Had This Year?
By Tom Schreier - Jan 18, 2025
Blake Cashman grew up in Eden Prairie and played for the Gophers, but last season was his first with the Minnesota Vikings. Still, he knew from afar […]
Vikings
KOC’s Superpower Complements Kwesi’s Wall Street Mind
By Tom Schreier - Jan 17, 2025
During the Minnesota Vikings’ Monday Night Football win over the Chicago Bears on December 16, ESPN ran a graphic displaying Minnesota’s quarterbacks under contract. Had they run […]
Vikings
We Still Don’t Know How Close the Vikings Are To Contending
By Tom Schreier - Jan 16, 2025
The Minnesota Vikings’ 2022 season ended with Kirk Cousins’ infamous fourth-and-eight checkdown to T.J. Hockenson. Afterward, Kevin O’Connell commented on how hard it was to experience a […]
Vikings
The Vikings Enter the Offseason With More Questions Than Answers
By Tom Schreier - Jan 14, 2025
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. In the Minnesota Vikings’ case, the discordant cacophony will ring in their ears throughout the offseason. The Los Angeles Rams […]
Vikings
The Vikings Have Gone From Building Hype To Emphasizing Perspective
By Tom Schreier - Jan 12, 2025
T.J. Hockenson vividly remembers the short week between the Minnesota Vikings’ 31-29 loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 7 and their 30-20 loss to the Los […]