St. Thomas Coach Glenn Caruso proudly shows off video highlights that help explain how sophomore Fritz Waldvogel has scored six TD returns this season, the second-highest total in NCAA history at any level.

The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission's finance committee thought it had a promising proposal for the team to consider, but its action has officially, instantly and angrily backfired.

In exchange for a lease extension, the commission is offering some new cash, some longstanding cash — but with new strings attached — and some new-stadium planning assistance.

The team looked outclassed in a loss Saturday night but bounced back Sunday to beat Minnesota big — "a monumental win," in the words of coach Tom Serratore.

Sidney Rice is maturing into one of the NFL's emerging stars at 23 with confident hands and a sense for the ball that defines great receivers.

The Twins were smart to pull the trigger, and acquiring J.J. Hardy was a good move, but fans should acknowledge the trade's drawbacks: overall weaker outfield defense and Delmon Young's deficiencies.

With his team now ranked in the NFL's top echelon, why is Brad Childress still rated behind eight coaches whose teams have lost more games? Is he some kind of bearded pariah as a big-time coach in the judgment of the amalgamated bloggers of Minnesota and the USA?

Swapping erratic outfielder Carlos Gomez for Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy solves the team's outfield logjam, means Orlando Cabrera will be gone and holds out the possibility that the newest Twin could become effective hitting in the No. 2 slot.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key committee chair and top NFL and Major League Baseball officials say yes. Players’ reps and a law professor say no, arguing for other ways to handle the impasse.

Brett Favre has a reputation for embracing the pressures of the Big Moment. No one in big-time professional sports does it with more relish.

Brett Favre returns to Green Bay Sunday to face a bitter crowd of Packer fans. Green Bay's mayor welcomes the national attention but worries about the city's image. So he is taking the role of the amiable healer.

Trees falling in unknown forests make more noise than the Timberwolves are making as they open their 21st season tonight against the New Jersey Nets at Target Center. Be prepared for one-step-forward, one-step-backward maneuvering.

It's not the NFL, but ex-Viking practice squad player Ryan Hoag made the opening-night roster for New York's new United Football League team. And he's not giving up on getting back to the pros.

The Vikings lost for the first time in seven games but that hardly qualifies for heartbreak and baying at the moon. There are still more than three months to go and the crises usually arrive weekly after this — beginning next Sunday when Brett Favre returns to Green Bay.

If even one among the four highly regarded prospects turns into a starting-caliber MLB player, the Twins' $12 million investment will prove to be a bargain.