Patrick Reusse is an American

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Biography

Reusse (born October 17, 1945) grew up in Fulda, Minnesota. He writes for the ''

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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 Joe Soucheray is a radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist. He produces his podcast ''Garage Logic'' from studios in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Early life Soucheray was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1949. He attended St. Luke's as a grade ...

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 Garage Logic 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 ''

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''. Reusse was one of three finalists for the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting; the award went to Nick Cafardo. 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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