By Jay Weiner | Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008

An analysis of Major League Baseball ticket prices finds the Twins consistently below the league-wide average, but that likely will change with the team's move to Target Field. Of the other area pro franchises, only the Timberwolves have been below their respective league's average ticket price.

By Jay Weiner | Friday, Sept. 26, 2008

First, she helped put together the deal for the new hockey arena and then ended up as the financial point person for the hockey team. In coming months, Pam Wheelock will become a VP for the Bush Foundation at a key time when it's changing its priorities.

By Pat Borzi

Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

NEW YORK — For those of us who measure our memories in brick, mortar and alabaster, these are the final days of a certain era of baseball in New York City. It saw the Yankees return to prominence and universal hatred, while the upstart Mets wrestled them for the city's affections.  So please indulge me. If you bleed Twins, you may be doing some of this yourself, very soon.

By Jay Weiner | Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Move over, soccer moms. Sarah Palin has put their replacement in the spotlight. Hockey moms — the newest political demographic — are active and overly busy. Hockey moms are politically skillful, and hockey moms are featured in their own specialty publication and website — and even idolized in song (by a group called the Zambonis, of course).

Antiquity's most sophisticated technology tracked ancient Olympics along with celestial events.

By Steve Aschburner | Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The dream he couldn't accomplish with the Timberwolves came true Tuesday night with the Boston Celtics. A victory against the Lakers gave Kevin Garnett the NBA championship he's played out his heart and soul for.

RELATED: Steve Aschburner's complete interview with KG

In the minutes before he met, yet again, with hordes of NBA media types in a formal news conference setting Saturday at the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility, Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett talked backstage with MinnPost's Steve Aschburner, who covered him during his entire 12-season stay in Minnesota. Here is the interview...

Since childhood, Roman Cress of Minneapolis has fantasized about being an Olympian. Finally, the runner will get his chance in August at the Beijing Games.  He will join the five-member team representing the land of his birth, the Marshall Islands, in the nation's first Olympic Games. Unfortunately, because of years of delays in approving the Pacific nation's application, Cress will compete at age 30, well past his athletic prime. 

By Pat Borzi

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

With his speed and aggressiveness, Carlos Gomez has the ability to change a ballgame. But after five years in the pros, he's still considered "raw" by major league standards. In his first eight games, his flashy style has excited Twins fans and occasionally exasperated more than one baseball veteran. He's got a lot to learn but seems willing to give it a go.

By Pat Borzi | Wednesday, March 26, 2008

TEMPE, ARIZ. — After nine seasons, Torii Hunter left his teammates and loyal Minnesota fans late last year for the green pastures — and "greener" contract — in California. He's had a strong spring and, by all accounts, fits in well with the Los Angeles Angels. Secure now with a $90 million, five-year deal, he still can't help but wonder what kind of reaction he'll get Monday, when he returns to the familiar Metrodome confines of center field.