QUIZ TIME One of the best recent quizzes on sporcle.com invites sports fans to guess professional team logos using nothing but silhouettes. And you only get 5 minutes.
REQUIRED READING Check out the new startribune.com blog SoccerCentric, devoted to -- you guessed it -- soccer. It will focus mainly on the local pro Stars team.
PLAYING THROUGH The Minneapolis Skyway will become one big mini golf course starting Friday with the U.S. Bank Skyway Open (skywayopen.org).
Want proof that the NHL hires and fires coaches with lightning speed? Well, Lindy Ruff used to be the longest-tenured head coach in the NHL before being fired Wednesday by Buffalo. That distinction now belongs to Nashville's Barry Trotz, who was hired in 1998. But the second-longest tenured coach is now Mike Babcock, who was hired in 2005 by Detroit. Oh, NHL. Don't ever change. Other web highlights:
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Altuve drives in go-ahead run, steals 300th base to lead Astros over Mariners 5-3
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