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Texas Tech rallies to beat Minnesota 34-31
D.J. Johnson returned an interception 39 yards and Ryan Bustin made a 28-yard field goal as time expired to give Texas Tech a 34-31 comeback victory over Minnesota on Friday night in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
The high costs of attending big college bowl games
It's the peak of the bowl season with a handful of big games on New Year's Day, and the BCS National Championship game a week later. Millions of us watch on television, but the tradition of seeing the big game in person draws legions of traveling fans from across the country.
Fasching is new football coach at St. John's
St. John's has hired assistant Gary Fasching to replace John Gagliardi, the all-time college football leader in coaching victories.
Minn. Gophers ready for Texas Tech in bowl game
The Minnesota Gopher football team is playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2009 tonight, facing Texas Tech in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Houston. The Golden Gophers won six games this season, which is the same number of games they won in the previous two seasons combined.
The NHL made a new proposal to the players' association, hoping to spark talks to end the long lockout and save the hockey season.
Mankato coach wants police files sealed
Minnesota State University, Mankato, head football coach Todd Hoffner, who was cleared of child pornography charges last month that stemmed from videos found on his cellphone of his naked children clowning around after a bath, is suing to keep the police investigative reports sealed.
Unflappable Frazier leads Vikings to playoff brink
"Just his voice and what he has brought to this team and the locker room, it's been huge," Adrian Peterson said. "Guys really connect with him on that level. Just feeling his presence through his words and the confidence he has in us. Everything he speaks out there, we embrace and trust in his word."
Minnesota Sounds & Voices: Dean McFarlane, last in a line of stone carvers
Dean McFarlane is a 10th-generation master stone carver. His great-grandfather started the Minneapolis-based family stone carving company in 1916. But the line ends with McFarlane: There are no family members waiting in the wings to become master stone carvers.