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Twins 'quietly confident,' sportswriter says
The Twins came within one game of winning the American League Central Division last year. This year, as the team prepares for its opening game Monday night, sportswriter Phil Miller says the roster looks even stronger.
Baseball's Opening Day!
Hope springs eternal on the opening day of Major League Baseball. Will the Minnesota Twins win the World Series in their last season at the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome?
Warning to weekend warriors: Swim-bike-run triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathons do, the first study of these competitions has found.
Small town pep band rocks B-Ball tourney
Ada-Borup plays Ellsworth today in the Minnesota High School Boys Basketball semifinals. Ada-Borup is a class A school, with only 179 students. Close to half of them play in the pep band, and as director Richard Tuttle explains, it's not your usual pep band.
Mauer won't be ready for Twins opening day
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer says he won't be ready to play by opening day due to lingering pain and inflammation in his lower back.
Kansas beats NDSU, 84-74
The Univ. of Kansas Jayhawks defeated the North Dakota State Bison 84-74 in today's NCAA match-up at the Metrodome.