Seth Greenwald, a linebacker on a southern Minnesota high school team called Mankato West that won a state championship 25 years ago, glanced at his buzzing phone earlier this week. The caller ID flashed with a location: Paris.
Greenwald answered. A reporter introduced himself over the phone, then asked if he could interview Greenwald about one of his former coaches, a man named Tim Walz. Greenwald laughed. You’re in Paris to cover the Olympics, and you want to talk to me?
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He would find out that this wasn’t an outlier. Last Tuesday, Walz was selected as a running mate to Vice President Kamala Harris for her 2024 presidential campaign. Since then,
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