Sports
Duluth joins the Vikings stadium drama
Duluth is now yet another city to be a possible site for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
In a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton Thursday, Sen. Roger Reinert, DFL-Duluth, proposed the stadium to be constructed southwest of downtown Duluth, on 500 acres formally occupied by the U.S. Steel/Atlas Cement work site.MORE »
Black History Month: It's not just for White folks
There are some who are suggesting that Black History Month is no longer needed. This includes, sadly, some of us Black folk who don’t see this yearly February observance as necessary.MORE »
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Gopher volleyball team
This weekend we celebrated the 40th anniversary of passage of Title IX, the landmark legislation that has bedeviled Athletic Directors and made the way for young women for four decades.MORE »
Nellie Stone Johnson Ski Team building confidence on the slopes
Anyone skiing at Theodore Wirth Park this winter has gotten to know one team very well. Nellie Stone Johnson skiers, decked out in blue and yellow, have become familiar faces on the Wirth ski trails.MORE »
SUNDAY PICK | It's big, it's gay, it's Super Bowl Sunday!
With Madonna as the main attraction, among gays Super Bowl XLVI's halftime show might be the most hotly-anticipated since Carol Channing took the gridiron in 1970. That makes it an especially opportune year for the Uptown Cafeteria to host its annual Big Gay Super Bowl party; among the planned attractions are dueling drag queens, touchdown Jell-O shots, and a DJ. If that's not enough incentive to get Uncle Doug off the couch, you might mention that there's also an all-day happy hour.
Augsburg Wrestling Academy: Everybody do the Spladle!
Augsburg Wrestling Academy has been posting videos of wrestling techniques as demonstrated by Coach Whitethorn. Here, the burly coach takes down his opponent with a double-flip move known as "the Spladle." ("The important thing is, after I've got this leg hooked, I've got to stay on top of his head.") At about 0:30, the camera pulls back and we see that the audience members are a bunch of little kids, including a girl in Laura Ingalls braids who jumps up when Coach Whitethorn flips his opponent and almost drops a giant splayed college wrestler in her lap.MORE »
Money for people, not stadium, demand occupiers of Governor's waiting room
About 100 members of the Occupy movement occupied Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton's waiting room Tuesday afternoon for a short time. Capitol security and state troopers ushered the group back out into the hall in front of the Governor’s office.MORE »
TCF could be Vikings' temporary home if Metrodome plan wins
If the Minnesota Vikings decide to build their new stadium at the Metrodome site, the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium would likely be the team’s new home for the next three seasons.MORE »
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Farview Soccer Team Wins Good Sportsmanship Award
On January 18, the Minneapolis Park Board presented the Good Sportsman Award to the Farview 13u gold team.MORE »
Dayton says questions need to be answered in stadium debate
With less than a week until the legislative session begins, Gov. Mark Dayton is not yet ready to actively push a specific stadium site for the Minnesota Vikings.MORE »
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