Sports

Construction on the new Vikings stadium will soon be in high gear.
Buffett's billion dollars are safe as upsets bust brackets
By Friday evening, though, there were still three folks from about the 8.7 million or so who had entered Quicken Loans' "Billion $ Bracket Challenge" who had a chance to win the $1 billion prize offered by investment whiz Warren Buffett if they correctly picked the winner of every game.
Unlikely hero emerges in NDSU upset thriller
North Dakota State pulled off yet another 12 seed stunner and enjoyed every moment of it.
Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern will dish up Vikings stadium fare
The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s Nick Halter says Andrew Zimmern is expanding his food empire to the National Football League. A story today says the Bizarre Foods host has reached a deal with Aramark to add his AZ Canteen — at Target Field last year — to both TCF Bank Stadium and the new Read more →
Why would you ice climb?
When Kyra Bremer is ice climbing, there is a moment when everything slows down. Bremer started climbing after the birth of her second child. Fifteen years later she's teaching ice climbing at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
There's a reason they call it March Madness
Take fantasy football. Fans make up their own teams, yes, but they know who the players are. It's their fantasy, but it's real, knowledgeable fantasy. By contrast, March Madness is like phantom basketball. It's more like a lottery. Who are these teams? Where did they come from? It's upside-down.
Recycling and reusing the Metrodome wreckage
The former home of the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Twins is getting smashed up and hauled away, but it will get new life, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority said today.