105th Tour de France
What: Cycling's biggest event, 2,200 miles over 21 daily stages.
Begins: Today in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
Ends: July 29, Champs-Elysees, Paris.
TV: Ch. 11 and NBCSN.
Favorites: Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Romain Bardet.
U.S. riders: Taylor Phinney, Lawson Craddock, Chad Haga, Tejay van Garderen and Ian Boswell.
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The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospects.
Twins
Duran, Correa hope to return during Twins' upcoming road trip
If it's up to a couple of their injured players, the Twins' roster will have a different look during the road trip that starts Friday in California.
Vikings
Vikings mock draft: seven rounds, eight picks and, yes, one quarterback
Star Tribune Vikings beat reporter Ben Goessling predicts how the team will use its nine draft picks and secure a quarterback of the future.
Vikings
Scoggins: Worried about costly trade to draft a quarterback? Don't be.
Which one, at what pick, for what cost? If the Vikings draft a quarterback who becomes a star, you won't remember what they paid to get him.
Wolves
Naz Reid. That's the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year winner.
Reid is the first player in Wolves history to win the award and only the undrafted player to win it. The vote was very close.
