For more than 30 years, Mark Rosen has had the best seat in the house, and we've all been better off for it. The longtime WCCO sports anchor started while still a fresh-faced student at St. Louis Park High School, and as the years have gone by he has aged gracefully into one of the most respected elder statesmen in the Twin Cities news media. But Rosie is about more than the smiling and eloquent presence you see during the sports segment on WCCO — he also breaks news, such as his infamous "framework of a deal" report about Joe Mauer's contract extension with the Twins and, more recently, his scoop that the University of Minnesota was seriously interested in making Rich Patino the next men's basketball coach. That said, there's still nobody better when it comes to breaking down the local sports news into digestible bits. Rosie is a Twin Cities treasure, and we're lucky he's always liked it here too much to leave.