Longtime Minnesota sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100
FILE - In this May 18, 2014, file photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman speaks during a ceremony in which the Minnesota Twins organization honored him before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Minneapolis. Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

FILE - In this May 18, 2014, file photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman speaks during a ceremony in which the Minnesota Twins organization honored him before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Minneapolis. Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

Oct. 18, 2020 05:57 PM EDT
File-In this April 21, 2009 file photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman is shown in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality, Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

File-In this April 21, 2009 file photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman is shown in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality, Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Oct. 18, 2020 05:17 PM EDT
File-In this May 1, 2009, file photo Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman is shown at the Minnesota Vikings football rookie minicamp in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality, Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

File-In this May 1, 2009, file photo Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman is shown at the Minnesota Vikings football rookie minicamp in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality, Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. He was 100. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Oct. 18, 2020 05:16 PM EDT