Maddie Lunzer just took Minnesota’s less successful sports franchises to task. #owned
I think we’re going for human rights for everyone.
25 years ago today: Twins win the World Series
With an October 25, 1987 game seven win over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Minnesota Twins brought the Twin Cities their first major sports championship and turned the cities into a one big, crazy, happy family.
Read more in Peter Schilling’s ‘In ’87 the Twins turned the towns upside down’.
Image courtesy of the Minnesota Twins
NFL leaders come to town, and stadium bill resurrected
The National Football League got its money’s worth from a quick flight to Minneapolis this morning.
Five things they’re not telling you about the Vikings stadium
For one, the stadium would cost a whole lot more than $975 million.
Scenes from the pond hockey championships at Lake Nokomis
The 7th annual U.S. Pond Hockey Championships were held last weekend at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. It’s the largest outdoor hockey event in the country, with over 270 teams and some 1,700 players participating. Check out more of Steve Date’s photos.
It’s not about new rules or more memos going out to stop checking from behind. It’s a cultural shift involving the adults around the game, to where we’re focusing not only on skill, but sportsmanship, fair play and respect. I’m not sure those are things that get addressed on a regular basis.
Hal Tearse, Minnesota Hockey’s Coach-in-Chief and boys’ coach at Providence Academy in Plymouth.
Divided youth hockey community has to do better job teaching — and protecting — its players
Minneapolis chooses Dome as preferred site for new Vikings stadium
Mayor R.T. Rybak told a joint state Senate committee today that building a Vikings stadium on the old stadium site would cost $215 million less than any other proposed site. Additionally, he spoke of the infrastructure already is in place.
Another week, another Vikings stadium proposal.
Pat Borzi breaks down the latest ambitious plan.
Minneapolis’ mysterious third stadium site plan spearheaded by Downtown Council
The mysterious third site in Minneapolis for a proposed Vikings stadium — behind the Basilica of St. Mary along Linden Avenue — will come into clearer focus next month.
Dayton and Koch 'open' to Legacy money for Vikes stadium
Today in political waffling, Dayton is keeping his options open.
Seimone Augustus and guard Lindsay Whalen in Tuesday’s parade.
This is what three second-half meltdowns will do to a Vikings fan.
You think the second half of the jersey burned or just flamed out?
