Sports

Stories of athletes named in NCAA lawsuit
In all of the lawsuits combined, dozens of plaintiffs who said they suffered concussions playing contact sports in college are named. Here are some of their stories.
The Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 at Target Field yesterday.
In sports, the Minnesota Twins play the White Sox tonight at Target Field. Across the street at Target Center, the Lynx host the San Antonio Stars.
There is the five-team Canadian Women's Hockey League. Boston is currently the only U.S. city with a team in the CWHL, but a group of Minnesota investors is hoping to change that.
A draft letter from authority officials obtained by the St. Paul Pioneer Press asked mayors of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington to pledge the NFL would have snow removal priority during the 2018 Super Bowl week.
For All-Star FanFest, free rent in Minneapolis
A document released by the city of Minneapolis shows the city provided free rent worth more than $250,000 for Major League Baseball's FanFest.
Audubon: New Vikings stadium a bird ‘death trap’
The Minnesota Audubon Society on Wednesday took the offensive in its fight with the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority over making the new glass encased football stadium safer for birds.
Deford:The Washington football team that must not be named
"Anybody who possesses a scintilla of good taste (and/or decency) is against the Washington football team using its longtime nickname," NPR's Frank Deford writes. "The one person who is most adamant about keeping the name is Daniel Snyder, who owns the Washington football franchise, and who appears to be either especially stubborn, or insensitive or both."
Shawn Afryl, 22, had recently transferred to Winona State University from the University of Illinois. He joined the Winona State team this summer and enrolled as a social studies teaching major.