North Metro
Off the tower and on to stardom for Elk River diver
Laura Ryan's new focus on springboard diving has fueled her Olympic dream.
Sports
Chart: FINA World Championships info
2,500 athletes from 186 countries will compete for world championships in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, open-water swimming, high diving and water polo.
North Metro
A Twin Cities cycling survivor, the NSC velodrome, rolls along
The embattled gem of a bicycle racing facility in Blaine has survived a quarter-century of challenges.
Sports
Sunday Q&A: Jennie Finch, Olympic softball gold medalist
Jennie Finch led the Arizona softball team to the 2001 College World Series championship and won an Olympic softball gold medal with Team USA in 2004.
Lindsey Vonn reveals breakup with Tiger Woods
"We both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart."
Minneapolis
'Miracle on Ice' team doctor, 93, mugged while at wife's Mpls. grave
V. George Nagobads, 93, "sustained serious injuries" but drove himself to a hospital, a police report read.
Sports
Vonn returns home after showing the world she hasn't gone away
Skier Lindsey Vonn keeps the comebacks coming, returning to her home state Wednesday as a champion after two years of painful rehab.
St. Paul
Hamline chosen to host U.S. Paralympics in June
Roughly 200 track and field athletes expected.
Sports
Vonn takes Super-G race
Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup Super-G on Sunday to regain the lead in the discipline with one race remaining. Vonn is chasing her fifth Super-G World Cup title and stretched her record with a 23rd race win in the event.
Sports
Paralympian Aaron Pike takes quickly to biathlon's challenges
Aaron Pike, who became accomplished in cross-country skiing and biathlon in barely a year, will race for the U.S. at the Nordic world championships.
Sports
Souhan: Vonn powers through powder and changes her sport
When Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn started dating, one of them was considered the greatest ever, someone whose power had transformed the competitive landscape of a sport. That's still the case.
Sports
Diggins skis, Stillwater follows her to Sochi (Feb. 2)
Jessie Diggins, at 22, has ascended to the elite ranks of cross-country skiing, and an entire community is along for the ride.
Sports
Lindsey Vonn considering giving up slalom to focus on speed
The 30-year-old American racer thinks she is still somewhat off the pace in speed events, despite clinching her first victory in nearly two years in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, on Dec. 7.
Sports
Rio organizers create 'super bacteria' task force
Brazilian organizers of the 2016 Olympics are creating a task force to deal with a so-called "super bacteria" discovered in Olympic sailing waters.
Sports
Bach welcomes US decision to bid for 2024 Olympics
IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Olympics, saying Wednesday that whichever city is put forward will be a "very strong" contender in what is shaping up as a high-profile global race.
Sports
Rome 2024 Olympic bid could also involve Vatican
Sailing in Sardinia. Boxing in Florence. Basketball in Milan. Water polo in Naples.
Sports
IOC vote clears way for 2024 bidding to take off
With the IOC's new bidding process now in place, the race for the 2024 Olympics is primed to take off.
Sports
IOC passes votes on bidding, sports and TV channel
Thomas Bach never thought it would be this easy.
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