Star Tribune
Brett Favre isn’t the only Minnesota sports figure with a great comeback story. Joe Schmit is returning to KSTP as its sports director and anchor after a three-year absence.
He left the station in 2006 after 21 years to run the John T. Petters Foundation, started by Tom Petters, the Wayzata businessman convicted last month of fraud.
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“I missed it,” said Schmit, who will be back on the air Jan. 14. “It’s great coming back to the greatest job I ever had.”
Schmit said news director Lindsay Radford brought up the idea about a month ago during lunch; he signed the contract Thursday morning.
Schmit, who was diagnosed with lymphoma two years ago, said he feels “healthy as a horse” More…