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Sports

Illinois buzzer-beater dooms Gophers

Brandon Paul scored 25 points and hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to lead Illinois to a 51-49 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday.

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Gambling board hears e-pulltab complaints

Gambling board hears e-pulltab complaints

Drew Naseth, a Faribault paper pulltab supplier,  is accusing the state of fumbling the rollout of electronic pulltabs in a report offered to the Minnesota Gambling Control Board and other state officials. The board’s executive committee, Chair William Goede, Norm Pint and Bill Gillespie, heard a summary of the report from Executive Director Tom Barrett this morning.…
by Tim Nelson

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Musher Mitch Seavey wins Iditarod

The the 53-year-old, Minnesota-born Seavey crossed the finish line at 10:39 p.m. local time on Tuesday -- 2:39 a.m. ET Wednesday.

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Twins pitcher moved to intensive care

Twins minor league pitcher Deolis Guerra has been moved to intensive care at a Florida hospital because of a blood clot in his pitching shoulder.

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New outfield seating debuts at Target Field for its earliest-ever Twins home opener

New outfield seating debuts at Target Field for its earliest-ever Twins home opener

The Minnesota Twins regular season is just 485 hours away. That’s about 20 days. The folks over at Target Field are getting ready to welcome the Twins home from spring training. They took the tarp off of the infield last week, and they’ll have a new seating arrangement waiting for fans out by the right…
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings trade Harvin to Seahawks

Vikings trade Harvin to Seahawks

A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that the Minnesota Vikings have agreed to trade Percy Harvin to Seattle for a package that includes the Seahawks' first-round draft pick in April.
by Jon Krawczynski, Associated Press and Dave Campbell, Associated Press

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2004 Iditarod champ takes lead in Alaska trek

A former winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, who was born in Minnesota, took the lead early Sunday and held onto it as he pressed forward along the Bering Sea coastline. Another musher was just 15 minutes behind.

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Photos: The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon gets under way

Photos: The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon gets under way

What do a former runway model, a young man with cerebral palsy and a musher from Tennessee have in common? They're all part of the field this year competing in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. Ten teams registered for the 373-mile marathon race, which runs from Duluth up the North Shore to the Gunflint Trail near the Canadian border and back. Thirty teams have registered for the mid-distance race.

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