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The Twins are getting a publicly financed stadium, and all we get is this dirty T-shirt

By Steve Perry | 03.20.08 | 10:49 am

Today may be the official start of spring, but the Minnesota Twins have already spent weeks carpet-bombing radio listeners with commercials touting all the fun to come. One upcoming promotion in particular stood out for its, well, uniqueness.

Twins Outfielder White, Former Twin Knoblauch Among Those Named in Mitchell Report

By Jeff Fecke | 12.13.07 | 1:50 pm

rowhiteMinnesota Twins outfielder Rondell White is among those named in Major League Baseball’s Mitchell Report.  The report, prepared by former Sen. George Mitchell, names a number of players who used illegal performance-enhancing drugs

According…

Twins Owner Gets One Last Laugh

By Jeff Fecke | 11.26.07 | 5:37 pm

Jeff FeckeCarl Pohlad, it is said, first broke into the banking business by foreclosing on family farms during the Great Depression. For most people, that would be a difficult job, but I almost suspect…

The Business End of the Vikings

By Jeff Fecke | 11.09.07 | 5:36 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, your team with no basic humanity: the Minnesota Vikings.

Troy WilliamsonVikings wideout Troy Williamson’s grandmother died last week; she had raised him. At the same time his brother has been in the hospital, going in…

Dr. Strangedrugs or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bonds

By Jeff Fecke | 07.30.07 | 11:15 am

Jeff FeckeSometime soon, probably this week, Barry Bonds will surpass Hank Aaron as the all-time home run champion of baseball.  When he does, it will reopen the long and bitter debate about the role of steroids in baseball.…

Vikings Draft RB Adrian Peterson, WR Sidney Rice

By Jeff Fecke | 04.28.07 | 3:55 pm

The Minnesota Vikings selected running back Adrian Peterson on Saturday.  The Vikes used the seventh overall pick in the 2007 draft on Peterson, a standout junior at Oklahoma who is coming off an injury-plagued senior year.

In the second round,…

Three U of M Football Players Jailed in Rape Investigation

By Jeff Fecke | 04.07.07 | 2:59 pm

Three players on the University of Minnesota football team were arrested Friday on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman.

The players, junior Alex Daniels, sophomore Keith Massey, and sophomore E.J. Jones, have not yet been charged.  Bail has been set…

Tubby Smith to Coach Gophers Men’s Basketball Team

By Jeff Fecke | 03.22.07 | 5:26 pm

smithTubby Smith, who coached the University of Kentucky to the national championship in 1998, will be named head coach of the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team, according to multiple reports.

Smith took Kentucky to the NCAA…