Sports & Leisure from Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota deer hunting opener will be a warm one

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

With high temperatures in the 50s or even 60s for Minnesota's deer hunting opener on Saturday, anyone who harvests a deer will have to make sure the meat isn't left out in the open for too long.

Vikings fans group springs up to push stadium

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:24 -0600

A new Vikings fan group has sprung up to push Minnesota lawmakers to consider stadium legislation.

Wayzata shocks Woodbury to win girls' AA soccer title

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:01:26 -0600

The high school soccer season ended yesterday in Minnesota with a big upset.

Pawlenty heads to NW Minnesota for deer opener

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:35:44 -0600

Gov. Tim Pawlenty travels to northwestern Minnesota Friday the Seventh Annual Governor's Deer Hunting Opener.

Second U of M basketball recruit suspended

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:21:07 -0600

Another Minnesota basketball recruit is in trouble: Freshman forward Royce White faces misdemeanor charges of theft and fifth-degree assault for allegedly shoplifting and shoving a security guard at the Mall of America.

Silver Bay's ATV parade certified as world record

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:30:50 -0600

More than 1,600 all-terrain vehicles that lined up in Silver Bay, Minn., earlier this year set the official world record for largest ATV parade.

Census: Shortest commutes in Grand Forks

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:52:48 -0600

A new U.S. Census Bureau report says Grand Forks-area drivers have the shortest commutes in the country.

43 fans ejected from Lambeau Field on Sunday

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:44:22 -0600

The Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings rivalry was too much for at least 43 football fans at Lambeau Field Sunday.

Favre rises above boos, leads Vikings to victory

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:19:25 -0600

A day once unfathomable to Packers fans finally arrived Sunday, when Favre returned to Green Bay as the opponent. Worse, he came with those hated Minnesota Vikings and picked the Packers apart.

Favre's Green Bay homecoming not a happy one

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The much-hyped return of Brett Favre to Lambeau Field Sunday has riled up many Green Bay Packers fans, and led to a mock funeral, the renaming of a city street, and even an official anti-Favre mayoral declaration.

Lyndale bridge over I-494 to reopen

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:25:09 -0500

The $30 million project is the latest improvement to the freeway corridor that runs past the Mall of America.

NFL's Goodell to testify on Vikings suspensions

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:56:11 -0500

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will testify on Capitol Hill next week about the case of two Minnesota Vikings players whose suspensions were blocked by the courts.

Twins to host Metrodome moving sale

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:15:23 -0500

Bargains on Minnesota Twins memorabilia will abound when the team holds a "moving sale" to clean out their stuff from the Metrodome early next month.

600 traffic safety advocates convene in Duluth

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:18:58 -0500

Minnesota public safety officials say the annual number of traffic deaths in the state has gone down 30 percent since 2003.

Agency urges caution if buying Packers-Vikings tickets

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:02:14 -0500

The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning football fans that big games such as this weekend's Vikings-Packers game tend to invite ticket scams.