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Your guide to the 2014 Winter Olympics
All the essential information you need to watch the games. Insiders share what to watch for during the events and you can learn more about the 44 Minnesotans who will be competing in Sochi.
Olympic skiing: The essential guide
Between Alpine, cross country, freestyle, Nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding, it's an exciting year for Olympic skiing. Slopestyle is making its debut this year and women will be competing in ski jump for the first time.
Olympic curling: The essential guide
Curling first originated in Scotland in the 16th century, played on frozen ponds and lochs. But the sport has a in the upper Midwest and Minnesota in particular. Nearly all of Team USA's curlers are from the state.
Olympic hockey: The essential guide
Minnesota is most well represented at the Sochi Olympics in -- no surprise -- hockey. But Olympic hockey is not the same as NHL or collegiate games. See how Olympic hockey works and which Minnesotans to watch for.
Olympic luge/bobsled/skeleton: The essential guide
The sports were all developed during the late 1880s in Switzerland as a pastime for tourists who wanted a thrill sledding down the Alps. Here's what you need to know when you watch the Sochi games.
Lawsuit threatens to disrupt electronic pulltabs, Vikings stadium funding
A dispute over licensing the iPads used in Minnesota’s most popular electronic pulltab games has brought roll out of the devices to a halt, at least temporarily. That’s according to a lawsuit filed in Ramsey County District Court and since moved to U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. It says that the maker of the games, Read more →
Olympic biathlon: The essential guide
Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting and dates back to Norwegian ski troops in the late 1700s. Here's what you need to know when you watch the Sochi games.