What sports fan hasn't dreamed of being buddies with one of their idols? Having a beer with Kent Hrbek, talking football with Randy Moss.
For one Minnesota fan, that dream came true — 70 years later.
After a lifetime as a professional photographer, John Peterson discovered a trove of photos last year in the basement of his Hibbing home. They were pictures he'd taken of the Minneapolis Lakers when he was a teenager in the early 1950s, photographs forgotten and unseen for nearly seven decades.
After a news story about his discovery, Peterson wound up connecting with Bob Harrison, one of the few players still living from the NBA's first dynasty.