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Women's soccer team earns ticker-tape parade in NYC -- and a return to No. 1
It's the first time any women's team has been celebrated in New York's famed Canyon of Heroes. Thousands attended the event to honor the U.S. women's national soccer team's World Cup title.
MPR News' Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the Twins, the Timberwolves, and the Wild.
Former NFL quarterback Ken Stabler dies
The Oakland Raiders say their former star quarterback died from complications associated with colon cancer. Stabler was 69.
After 25 years, a beloved celebration of baseball comes to an end
The Fiesta de Beisbol event began in 1991 as an excuse to play and watch baseball. It has become a cherished summertime tradition for many.
When American soccer player Carli Lloyd was preparing for the World Cup, she not only trained her body, she also trained her mind.
Coleman invites Major League Soccer to kick a ball around St. Paul
St. Paul leaders want the nation's top pro soccer league to look at an empty parcel on the northeast corner of Snelling Avenue and Interstate 94 as a possible stadium site.
Judge orders cancellation of D.C. football team's trademark registration
Judge Gerald Bruce Lee emphasized that the organization is still free to use the name if it wishes. However, the team would just lose some legal protections that go along with federal registration of a trademark.
U.S. women shatter TV ratings record for soccer with World Cup win
The U.S. women's national team won an unprecedented third FIFA Women's World Cup trophy Sunday night -- and a record number of Americans tuned in to watch.