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September 13, 2013 1:44 PM

Fond du Lac Band cancels moose hunt

The Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa is canceling its moose hunt because it wants to find out what's causing the plunge in moose population.

by Dan Kraker

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September 13, 2013 10:56 AM

Wilfs return to Vikes stadium lease talks; NFL stands behind deal finances

Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen and attorney Peter Carter this afternoon released the audit MSFA commissioned of Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf, chief owners of the state’s NFL franchise. The stadium authority today said the NFL is backing the deal and the Wilfs are back at the negotiating table, working on lease and Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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September 13, 2013 10:34 AM

13 years later, Lance Armstrong returns Olympic medal

Armstrong announced on Twitter that he had returned his 2000 bronze medal, which the International Olympic Committee asked him to return eight months ago.

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September 13, 2013 9:45 AM

Bears coach to face his hometown team the Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings head to Chicago on Sunday for a noon game. The Bears' new head coach will be familiar to some Minnesota football fans. Marc Trestman played three seasons as quarterback for the Golden Gophers in the 1970s. MPR's Phil Picardi spoke about Trestman with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor at the Star Tribune.

by Phil Picardi

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September 13, 2013 8:40 AM

Vikings stadium funding bust: Electronic pulltabs

A year after Minnesota banked on electronic pulltabs as a source of revenue for the new Vikings stadium, Gov. Mark Dayton and other politicians explain what went wrong.

by Tim Nelson

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September 13, 2013 8:15 AM

Video Q&A: Lawmaker wants more transparency in Vikings deal

As questions have grown about the finances of the Vikings owners, so have doubts about what the team really stands to pay for its share of the new $1 billion stadium in Minneapolis. State Rep. Bob Barrett, a two-term Republican from Lindstrom, says he thinks taxpayers and fans ought to know more about just how…

by Tim Nelson

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September 13, 2013 6:15 AM

Stadium authority will release Vikings owners audit this afternoon

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is going to lay out its “due diligence,” the look into the financial situation of Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf as their NFL team is poised to sign a decades-long deal for a new stadium in Minneapolis. The audit was commissioned by the MSFA last month, after the Wilfs were Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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September 13, 2013 1:58 AM

Monthly electronic gambling revenues tick up from rock bottom

Maybe electronic pulltabs have touched bottom. Data from the Minnesota Gambling Control Board shows that sales of the games ticked up in August, for the first time since March. It’s not the exponential growth the state thought it would see in the first year of the games (they were expected to be nearly a rival Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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September 11, 2013 8:29 AM

US Pond Hockey registration opens

It's that time of year agsin. Players can start registering their teams at 10 a.m. Central time on the USPHC website. All divisions will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A wait list will open once each division fills.

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September 11, 2013 1:45 AM

Poll: Most Minnesotans want do-over on Vikings stadium deal

A KSTP/Survey USA poll asked Minnesotans last week what they thought of the deal the Legislature and the Governor have struck with the state’s NFL franchise for a new Vikings stadium. The answer: Not much. Nearly three in five say the state didn’t do due diligence on the Wilfs when it passed the stadium bill Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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