Ryan Cos. was picked to build the new Lowertown ballpark, for the second time today. The first no-bid effort got tossed out, thanks in part to a legal challenge. But Ryan won the deal anway, in a three-way race that some sad was a foregone conclusion, anyway.
Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa have been denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades.
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Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority member Duane Benson tells MPR that PSL's are up to the VIkings: "Being entirely their choice, because if they put one in and its $20,000, or whatever that number is, and they don't have anybody buying those seats, they're going to have a really hard time building that building."
Paying college athletes was thought to violate the spirit of amateurism, but the enormous television revenue generated by sports and the long hours of work by the players have changed the debate.
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Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice. With the season on the line, the NHL and the players' association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout.
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The Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in their NFC wildcard playoff game Saturday night at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, ending the Vikings' hopes for a longer run in the playoffs.
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Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was held to 99 yards on 22 carries, after gaining 199 and 210 in his first two games against Green Bay, and quarterback Joe Webb stumbled badly in place of Christian Ponder as the Packers rolled to a 24-10 victory over the Vikings in an NFC wild-card game Saturday night.
Minnesota's offense has a simple focus: Adrian Peterson. The Vikings aren't scheming to surprise opponents by throwing 50 passes per game. That doesn't mean offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave doesn't have plenty to work on.
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