Sports

Vikings' Zimmer to take time off after latest eye surgery
The Vikings say Zimmer is expected to return "in a few weeks." Zimmer has undergone eight surgeries on his right eye, where he suffered a detached retina, since Nov. 1.
Big league dreaming: Here's who's made it from St. Paul Saints to MLB
St. Paul Saints players prepping for the team's 25th season home opener today know it's a long way from Lowertown to Major League Baseball. Twenty players, though, have made it to the big league after playing for the Saints.
U silent on sex harassment report; regents search for leaker
University of Minnesota regents wouldn't respond to a KSTP news report alleging an athletics department official had sexually harassed an employee but said they'd launched an inquiry to find the leaker and urged KSTP to cooperate.
Sex assaults in high school sports minimized as 'hazing'
Across the U.S., perhaps nowhere is student-on-student sexual assault as dismissed or as camouflaged as in boys' sports, an Associated Press investigation found.
Always Dreaming wins 143rd Kentucky Derby
The thoroughbred favorite was able to pull ahead of Lookin at Lucky in the slop, landing both trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez their second Derby victory.