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Sports

Vikings hold first training camp practice

The Minnesota Vikings took the field Friday for their first training camp practice of the season, but their top two draft picks are missing. MPR's Cathy Wurzer talked with Sean Jensen, who covers the Vikings for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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USA Cup kicks it up a notch with the Web

USA Cup kicks it up a notch with the Web

Twenty-one countries are represented in the USA Cup youth soccer tournament in Blaine. Players may be far from home, but this year, the USA Cup is connecting participants and their fans in new ways.
by Roseanne Pereira

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Justin Morneau featured in book aimed at youth

Justin Morneau featured in book aimed at youth

Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is featured in a new book, "Before the Glory: 20 Baseball Heroes Talk About Growing Up and Turning Hard Times into Home Runs." The book highlights players talking about their childhood and some of the challenges they faced growing up.
by Jim Bickal

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Aspen offers a Tour de Lance

Aspen offers a Tour de Lance

Seven-time Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about his successful career as a cyclist, how to discourage doping, his battle with cancer, and the secret ingredients to a good sports drink (hint: Armstrong says they're all the same!)

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America's new national pastime

America's new national pastime

Stock car racing has come a long way from early moonshine runner legends like Junior Johnson to the clean-cut likes of Jeff Gordon, and in the process has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Midmorning examines why America is so crazy about NASCAR.

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This hockey tournament is all wet

This hockey tournament is all wet

Minneapolis is the host this weekend for the national championships in underwater hockey. Competition involves swimmers moving a heavy puck along the bottom of the pool using a short stick, and as much air as their lungs can hold.
by Art Hughes

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Thirty-five years of Title IX

Saturday marks the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the law that forced schools that receive federal money to give equal treatment to men's and women's sports. How has the law changed athletics in the U.S.?

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