With the bike season in full swing, here's a look at the various subsets of the Twin Cities' rich cycling culture.

This report is part of a special MinnPost project done in coordination with the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Map and videos: Twin Cities bike trails | Video: Rules of the road

Confused about what you should and shouldn't do while biking in Minnesota? Here's a video summary of the basic rules of the road for cyclists.

Here's a video tour of the major biking trails in the Twin Cities metro area.

Six weeks ago the Department of Public Safety sent letters asking 11 IPSs to block some 200 Internet gaming sites. In the face of a lawsuit and public pressure, officials have withdrawn the request.

Last week, state gambling enforcement officials announced they had served written notice to 11 Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to block access to nearly 200 online gambling websites from all Minnesota-based computers. As a result, some top poker players may have to change careers or move.

There may never be another guy like Mark "The Bird" Fidrych. And that would be a shame. Case in point: One day, years ago, when he faced Tony Oliva.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A major-league player with no ego?  How refreshing. Span, last year's team rookie of the year, is ready and willing to play any of the outfield positions. When the team takes the field tonight for its last Metrodome leason, the Twins expect to compete with strong pitching and improved defense.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Surprisingly, it sounds like just about everyone agrees, including manager Ron Gardenhire, the pitchers and the batters. Also, all of them have words of praise for what both pitching coach Rick Anderson and hitting coach Joe Vavra have accomplished. Do you agree with their choice?

Two new sports stadiums — Target Field for the Twins and TCF Bank Stadium for the Gophers — will open soon in Minneapolis. In the meantime, the Vikings have made clear the team wants to leave the Metrodome and have a new stadium of their own. Here's a video tour of the two stadium projects, along with some facts and figures about the new stadiums and a look at the prospects for a third.

Twins: Target Field | Gophers: TCF Bank Stadium | Vikings: TBD

This is one in a series of special MinnPost projects done in coordination with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. For the fall 2008 semester, a news team of eight students reported, wrote and edited the projects, which combine news stories with archive pages, through various traditional and multimedia journalism tools. The program is designed to immerse students in the ever-changing world of online journalism, while adding dimensions to the content delivered at MinnPost.com.

What's a wind veil? If you said a newfangled piece of artwork, go to the head of the class. That's one of the accouterments planned for Target Plaza, the pedestrian bridge and public space that will link downtown with the Twins' Target Field and adjacent mass transit.