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If a new soccer stadium does get built near Target Field to house an MLS expansion team, it will ensure that end of downtown Minneapolis remains the epicenter of professional sports in the Twin Cities.

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It's that time of year when basketball fans ask that important question: what exactly is truTV, and where is it on my cable or satellite lineup? The tourney begins with two First Four games, starting at 5:30 p.m. on truTV.

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"I personally think [MLS]will be very popular and that in addition to the MIAC, which fields men's and women's soccer teams, the University of Minnesota needs to find the dollars to add men's soccer to their program."

— foreseer2 commenting on startribune.com.

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