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Sports

Are the Minnesota Twins World Series bound?

Spring training has begun, and the Twins are hopeful for another great year. Right field at the Metrodome is about as tough as it gets in this game, but that's the job just about everyone on the Minnesota Twins is fighting for. And first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz is looking a little leaner this spring training after a rigorous conditioning schedule. This hour, a look at the prospects of the Minnesota Twins.

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Florida musher takes on the Beargrease

The John Beargrease Sled Dog race starts Sunday. Organizers had to change the date and location because there hasn't been enough snow. But the thin snow cover won't bother one musher. Dee Morris drove up from St. Petersberg, Florida with her nine huskies. It's her first race. It's also the first time her dogs have seen snow.

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Jackie Robinson's effect on baseball

Jackie Robinson paved the way for African Americans to play baseball in America. He was rising as a star at a time when the morality of racial segregation was just starting to be questioned. Robinson was the first African American ballplayer of the twentieth century. He dealt with bigotry from the beginning of his career as he pushed toward his goal of integrating the sport of baseball.

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When wind, ice and snow 'play nice'

Athletes from around the world gathered on Lake Minnetonka last weekend for North America's first winter kite surfing competition. The sport borrows techniques from skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing and even paragliding. Competitors click into a pair of skis or a snowboard, hold onto a bar tethered to a huge kite and let the wind take them shooting across the ice and snow.

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A challenge to Title IX

A commission appointed by the Bush Administration has been considering loosening the proportional division of resources between men's and women's college athletics programs. Arguments over a 30 year old law remain just as heated today.

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A look at the Minnesota hockey tradition

Mainstreet radio travels to Roseau, Minnesota for a live broadcast from the Roseau Memorial Arena. Host Rachel Reabe talks with four of Roseau's hockey legends: Brian "Butsy" Erickson, Don Ross, Aaron Broten, and Earl Anderson, and takes listener calls.

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Snow snakes: Native game lives on in Minnesota's frozen winter

For Minnesota's native peoples, the trouble with the long winter months was not only fighting the cold, but fighting boredom. For the cold they had leather tipis, warm fires and rabbit-fur mittens. And when it came to staving off boredom, Minnesota winters were perfect for tossing snow snakes.

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The year in sports

This past year the Minnesota Twins were on the path to the World Series, and the Vikings ended the season with a winning streak. The University of Minnesota Gophers hockey, golf, and wrestling teams secured three national championships. What's in store for Minnesota sports in 2003?

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The snow makers

Snowmobilers and cross-country skiers are a little depressed about the lack of snow this winter. But downhill skiers and snowboarders are doing OK. They don't need real snow, because ski hills can make the stuff. Lutsen Mountains ski resort has several feet of artificial snow on the ground.

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Author researches the history of black baseball in Minnesota

Baseball has a long history in Minnesota. The Twins have played professional baseball in the state for more than 40 years. Names like Kirby Puckett, Jacque Jones and Torii Hunter are familiar to most fans. But what about "Rat" Johnson, Bobby Marshall and Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe? They've been forgotten. Now a new book documents the contributions of the men who helped open the door to America's pastime.

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