If you didn’t freak out with joy when Kirby hit that game-winning homer in Game 6 in ’91 or sulk for at least 72 hours when Gary Anderson missed the clinching field goal in the ’98 NFC Championship, you’re not really a fan.

Electronics creep into classic board games and beloved toys. The battery-powered lights and sounds often serve no purpose, and in many cases, actually thwart a kid’s imagination. Enough already!

Bob pulls down the cardboard box from the attic to unearth these cringe-worthy albums from his retro-rocking past.

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Admit it: You’ve picked a brain. Sometimes you do a deep dive. You often promise to move the needle. What if we just skipped these awful phrases at work and just said what we mean?

The Fox network treads on sacred ground when it relaunches a new version of Carl Sagan’s classic 1980 series. Fortunately, the project is in good hands. Oh, and guess what Sagan never actually said.

The New York Times dialect quiz roaring through social media streams has a lot of people talking (in their particular accents) about the pronunciations and phrases unique to where they grew up.

Touching my first one was such a thrilling mystery. Later, my first true love taught me so much. Along the way, a few quickies just to meet my needs.

American muscle cars from the 1960s marked the ascendancy of horsepower and speed. They also celebrated beautiful design. Just look at the expressive details on these vintage cars from a weekend classic car show in the Twin Cities.

So the Replacements are doing a reunion tour. Time to break out these previously unpublished photos from their previous final show — the ‘Mats set at Taste of Chicago in 1991.