Jordan Independent - Jordan sports stars rank among Cities' best - Comments

You’re right. We should

Brandon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:38:49 -0600

You’re right. We should leave this forum to the sports stars and their accomplishments. To voice your opinion on the awful “Idol,” go to this forum from last year's edition: http://www.jordannews.com/community/brandon/idol-worshippers-voice-your-....

How these forums get from

Mathias Baden — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:28:07 -0600

How these forums get from athlete of the week to American Idol, I will never understand. Random.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I can’t stand American

Brandon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:08:50 -0600

I can’t stand American Idol. I’ve never watched a full episode, and I never intend to. It used to be that to become a chart-topping musician you had to have at least two things: musical talent and originality. Now, thanks to Idol, all you have to have is karaoke skills – and not even great ones at that. What ever happened to musicians who wrote and played their own material?

Jordan is the new hot bed

Tom Schardin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:16:15 -0600

Jordan is the new hot bed for rising young talent. Well, except for Jordan Sparks of American Idol, whose debut album tanked.

So, who is ready for another season of AI?

I didn't know the stats

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:41:43 -0600

I didn't know the stats regarding the rarity of a Jordan athlete earning this honor, but I did point out to my husband that the female athlete of the week was from Jordan and the male athlete's first name was Jordan.

Wow, didn't see her on last

bhall09 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:56:01 -0600

Wow, didn't see her on last night, but she was a Star Tribune Athlete of the Week today as well.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

Anyone see Ms. Chambers on

goldengopher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:56:22 -0600

Anyone see Ms. Chambers on KARE11 sports last night? That is a pretty rare feat! As far as I can remember Only 3 Jordan athletes have ever been on Randy Shaver's athlete of the week.
Adam Hoffman 1994
Leah Dietel 2006
Brittany Chamber 2008

Am I missing anyone?

Jordan sports stars rank among Cities' best

Mathias Baden — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:58:20 -0600

Four Jordan sports stars rank among the Twin Cities' best athletes this year.

Scott West Panthers wrestlers Lee Goldberg and Tyler Kivel, as well as Jordan Jaguars basketball players Brittany Chambers and Leah Dietel showed up on lists of metro area statistical rankings printed by the Star Tribune today.

Goldberg tops the list of 103-pound wrestlers with a 24-2 record. Kivel, who sports a 22-2 record, is the best of the 135-pounders.