Outdoors
February 24, 2017
2017 is a year for microadventures.

Making 2017 a year for microadventure in Minnesota's outdoors

Thinking small has its own share of inspiring possibilities.
Outdoors
February 24, 2017
Eric Smith was spotted Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2016, headed to his job as a physicianís assistant at Central Clinic on Central Avenue NE in Minneapol

Urban cycling series rolls on: 'I biked everywhere, and I just kept doing it'

Latest in series on urban cycling catches up with physician's assistant and his single-speed.
Twins
February 24, 2017
Pitcher Kyle Gibson lost 4-1 in his first Class AAA start since being demoted last week.

Twins open spring schedule against Rays with Gibson on the mound

Paul Molitor is choosing to stick with the lineup he projected Thursday, one that looks like the Opening Day lineup with a couple of exceptions:
February 24, 2017
I was there 20 years ago for one of the greatest Gophers games (that never happened)

I was there 20 years ago for one of the greatest Gophers games (that never happened)

When people mention the 1996-97 Final Four season being vacated by the academic fraud scandal, I think of that game at Michigan. You can wipe out record books, but you can't wipe out memories.
February 24, 2017
Minnesota Vikings guard Alex Boone (76) blocks against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday October 23, 2016 Philadelphia. The Eagles defeated the Vikings

No compensatory picks for the Vikings

Which teams receive these comp picks is determined by a secret formula developed by the NFL Management Council that the NFL says is "based on salary, playing time and postseason honors."
Vikings
February 24, 2017
Take them into the ballgame: U.S. Bank Stadium makes baseball debut

Take them into the ballgame: U.S. Bank Stadium makes baseball debut

The Gophers will be part of Friday's first day of baseball inside U.S. Bank Stadium. At 6 a.m., Century College of White Bear Lake will play Iowa Central in the stadium's first baseball game.
February 24, 2017
Lindsey Vonn of the United States, who refused the start, talks to reporters in the finish area during the women's alpine combined Super-G race of the

Lindsey Vonn criticizes ski officials after pulling out of race

Lindsey Vonn wasn't about to risk another injury, and neither was Mikaela Shiffrin.
Wolves
February 24, 2017
Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau

Will Thibodeau's plan have Wolves ready for playoff run?

It will come as no surprise that the ultra-prepared Tom Thibodeau gave the players a plan on how to stay prepared before they scattered for the week-long All-Star break.
Wolves
February 24, 2017
Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio

Souhan: Rubio just the latest in long line of Wolves' point guard issues

The franchise history of point guards explains why the Timberwolves have ended all but one season without winning a playoff series.
Twins
February 24, 2017
Joe Mauer

Mauer gets 'albatross' in spring golf outing

The Twins' first baseman holed his second shot on a par 5 from 236 yards away while golfing with teammate Glen Perkins.
Outdoors
February 24, 2017
Retired Vikings coach Bud Grant and his dog, Boom, last fall before the dog became ill and had to be put down. Grant, nearing 90, is hoping to find a

Anderson: Bud Grant knows heartache of losing hunting dogs: 'You could say I'm lost'

Bud Grant will be 90 in May and acknowledges that if he replaces Boom, who had to be put down this fall, any new dog likely will outlive him. Still — call it an act of faith — he is wanting a new, trained, Labrador
Gophers
February 24, 2017
A six-game winning streak puts the Gophers men’s basketball team in the best position in more than a decade to finish with a Big Ten record above .5

Poll: Which Gophers team will make the deepest run in the postseason?

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