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Sports

Aspen offers a Tour de Lance

Aspen offers a Tour de Lance

Seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about his successful career as a cyclist, how to discourage doping, his battle with cancer, and the secret ingredients to a good sports drink (hint: Armstrong says they're all the same!)

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Groundbreaking held for new U of M football stadium

Groundbreaking held for new U of M football stadium

The University of Minnesota's new on-campus football stadium is one step closer to completion.
by Art Hughes

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America's new national pastime

America's new national pastime

Stock car racing has come a long way from early moonshine runner legends like Junior Johnson to the clean-cut likes of Jeff Gordon, and in the process has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Midmorning examines why America is so crazy about NASCAR.

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This hockey tournament is all wet

This hockey tournament is all wet

Minneapolis is the host this weekend for the national championships in underwater hockey. Competition involves swimmers moving a heavy puck along the bottom of the pool using a short stick, and as much air as their lungs can hold.
by Art Hughes

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Wolves hold onto KG, go with Brewer at No. 7

Wolves hold onto KG, go with Brewer at No. 7

Kevin Garnett remains in Minnesota, for now. And his newest teammate is Florida defensive wizard Corey Brewer.

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Thirty-five years of Title IX

Saturday marks the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the law that forced schools that receive federal money to give equal treatment to men's and women's sports. How has the law changed athletics in the U.S.?

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Vikings stadium cost to rise by about $41M if '08 vote not taken

Vikings stadium cost to rise by about $41M if '08 vote not taken

The commission, which operates the Metrodome, has been working with the team on plans for the new stadium that now carries a price tag of $995 million. But even that could be a conservative estimate.

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Frank DeFord spins a tale of entitlement and baseball

Frank DeFord spins a tale of entitlement and baseball

Frank Deford, always full of interesting insights about the world of sports, is out with a new novel about celebrity, privilege and baseball.

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Is Garnett going?

Is Garnett going?

Several NBA general managers have told ESPN.com that the Minnesota Timberwolves are finally listening to trade offers for Kevin Garnett.

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