Jason Iacovino

Jason Iacovino (34) Born in Ely, Minn., raised in Blooming Prairie...I've had a passion for broadcasting and journalism all my life, particularly for sports broadcasting. Joined KRFO / Kat Kountry in 2000...play-by-play for football, basketball, baseball, and hockey (If I can sit near a heater)...earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication in June 2001...earned a juris doctorate from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in May 2006...favorite teams are the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Miami Hurricanes football, Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms, NRHEG Panthers, and Owatonna Huskies...favorite players are Kirby Puckett, Adrian Peterson, Spencer Ohm, Carlie Wagner, and Lew Ford...I enjoy writing, reading, and talking about sports. Married to my wife, Shannon, and have two children, Lauren (4) and Fletcher (2).

Minnesota Twins Fire Sale Should Start Now

Usually you wait until at least Memorial Day to start moving expensive players that are breaking down. Heck, in the Wild Card era, most teams aren't even sure in July whether they are buyers or sellers. At 8-25, the Twins are fortunate they are not in that position...

Medford’s Swanson Bags a State Speech Title

State championships are hard to come by in any activity, and Medford High School landed a most improbable one last Friday. Matthew Swanson, competing in speech for just his second season, parlayed a fourth-place finish at the Subsection meet in Janesville and a third-place finish at the Section meet into a state gold medal at Lakeville North...

Twins Survive 0-9, Code Red Over

I had a lot of optimism for the Minnesota Twins heading into manager Paul Molitor's second season. This despite the fact that general manager Terry Ryan chose to stand pat with the bullpen and starting pitchers, and that the lineup additions amounted to a flier on a Korean player and the hope that young prospects would flourish as Big League starters...

Jason’s Blog: Royals still Kings

The Minnesota Twins have had a fine season so far. They've been a lot better than advertised and I see three primary reasons for this: Coaching changes Torii Hunter's leadership Drastically improved starting pitching. The constants from 2014, when the team lost more than 90 games for the fourth straight year, are great play from Brian Dozier and Glen Perkins and less-than-average play by the fac

Jason’s Blog: For the Minnesota Twins, It’s Still About No. 7

Joe Mauer entered Saturday's spring training game against Philadelphia batting .188 in 32 at-bats with just two extra base hits and three RBI. The circle of Twins beat writers, who have been enjoying sunny Florida in March while providing Twins fans with Twitter updates on everything -- including when a player uses a different knot to tie his shoe -- were not alarmed...

Jason’s Blog: Owatonna High School, Triton Schedule

*Note: This is Part Three in a three-part series on how the new district scheduling will affect area football teams for next fall. Part One focused on Blooming Prairie; Part Two analyzed New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford...

Jason’s Blog: NRHEG and Medford in 2AA

*Note: This is the second in a three-part series on scheduling changes for our local football teams beginning next fall. Part 1 featured Blooming Prairie. Part 3 will focus on Owatonna and Triton. If the ultimate goal of district scheduling was to help teams play more of their section opponents in the regular season, then it failed New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford...

Jason’s Blog: Blooming Prairie Football Exits Section 1A

*Note: This is the first in a three-part series analyzing area football changes for next fall. Part 2 will focus on New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva and Medford. Part 3 will focus on Owatonna and Triton. In the midst of our long, busy winter sports season that has now come to end for all area teams except the Owatonna Adaptive Floor Hockey squad, which is competing at state this week, we h

Jason’s Blog: A 64-team Highway?

If there's someone who knows more about Minnesota high school boys basketball than Ryan James, I'd like to meet them. James, an Austin, Minn., native, writes for an online publication called Northstar Hoops, and is as plugged in as anyone when it comes to college basketball recruiting in the upper Midwest...

Jason’s Blog: The New Gophers

The bandwagon has plenty of room and if you're not on it yet, consider this a formal invitation. The Minnesota Gophers women's basketball team improved to 21-6 (10-5 Big Ten) on Tuesday with an impressive 93-80 win over No. 11 Iowa at Williams Arena...