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Metrodome: Tonight’s the last lap for RollerDome

Metrodome: Tonight’s the last lap for RollerDome

It’s the end of an another era tonight as skaters take their last laps around the concourses at the Metrodome. RollerDome is ending its run around the stadium with a final session from 5 p.m. to midnight tonight. “There’s nothing we can do about it,” said founder Mike Cofrin. “There’s going to be a break Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Big-time football's place in higher education

Historian Brian Ingrassia speaks about the origins of college football in the late 1800's and traces the evolution of the sport to a multi-million dollar athletic spectacle on university campuses. His book is "The Rise of the Gridiron University: Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football." He spoke November 9, 2012 at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Metrodome seats may yet be saved

Metrodome seats may yet be saved

Albrecht Signs in Fridley said they’ve been selected to salvage the blue seats in the Metrodome and that they may be taking orders in the next few days. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority took bids on the project last Friday, and were due to select a winning bidder on Monday. They haven’t yet, but MSFA Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings unveil program, events for final weekend at Metrodome

Vikings unveil program, events for final weekend at Metrodome

The Vikings have unveiled the party they’ll throw this weekend for the team’s final game in the Metrodome.  (Above is the official program cover, available for purchase at the game on Sunday.) The team’s long farewell to the stadium will actually start with a season ticket holders’ event on Saturday, with photos on the field, Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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As curling grows more popular, so do its star players

As curling grows more popular, so do its star players

Debbie McCormick is headed to the Olympics - again.

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5 things to know after the Bengals dismantled the Vikings

5 things to know after the Bengals dismantled the Vikings

Among them: Adrian Peterson missed last week's game because of a sprained right foot. He was limited in practice last week but wanted to play. He wasn't the same, managing 45 yards on 11 carries before coach Leslie Frazier benched him in the second half with the Bengals in control.
by The Associated Press

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Judge dismisses final part of legal challenge to stadium district project

Judge dismisses final part of legal challenge to stadium district project

Hennepin County District Court Judge Mel Dickstein has thrown out a final count of the five-part legal challenge to a $400 million Downtown East development on the Star Tribune property in downtown Minneapolis. Judge Dickstein this afternoon denied a request for a temporary restraining order by mayoral candidates Stephanie Woodruff and Dan Cohen and former Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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The secret history of the Vikings stadium and Wells Fargo deals

The secret history of the Vikings stadium and Wells Fargo deals

  Mpls St. Paul magazine has an exit interview with Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak out. It has a very interesting thread regarding the Vikings stadium deal. It starts with Rybak’s alarm that the team was entertaining a move to Arden Hills, then walks through the politics of turning the team owners back to Minneapolis. Steve Marsh asked Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Timberwolves still a work in progress

The Minnesota Timberwolves are in Los Angeles to play the Lakers tonight. On Wednesday, the Wolves beat Portland, a team that came into the game with the best record in the NBA. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the team.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Vikings plan Metrodome end that won’t repeat Met stadium melee

Vikings plan Metrodome end that won’t repeat Met stadium melee

Thirty-two years ago today the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up their final game and a 20-year run at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. With just over a week left before the Metrodome closes for good, the team and local officials say they’re determined this stadium will have a very different end. That day, Dec. 20, 1981, the Kansas Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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