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• NCAA battles former players' lawsuit over revenues
  Four years ago, Ed O'Bannon filed a lawsuit against the NCAA and the video game maker EA Sports seeking compensation after recognizing an avatar in the company's March Madness game that he says was created in his image. Since then, the lawsuit has blossomed into one of the biggest legal threats the NCAA has ever faced over the issue of paying student athletes who attract billions of dollars in revenue annually, and the latest court filing from the NCAA weeks ago highlights how much is at stake.April 1, 2013
• Yankees set record payroll at $230M; Astros $27M
  The New York Yankees set a record for baseball's highest opening-day payroll at $230.4 million, almost 10 times what the Houston Astros are paying their players. In Minnesota, the payroll for the Twins was $76 million.April 1, 2013
• AP: Tubby Smith lands new coaching job at Texas Tech
  Tubby Smith, who was fired from his basketball coaching job at Minnesota last week, has been hired by Texas Tech to turn around its struggling program, the Associated Press reports. The University of Minnesota has not yet filled its open coaching position.April 1, 2013
• Home opener for Twins: Earliest ever, and chilly
  The Minnesota Twins played the earliest outdoor home opener in team history on Monday afternoon at Target Field against the Detroit Tigers. Temperatures were expected to be in the 30s.April 1, 2013
• Photos: Twins fall in chilly home opener
  A sellout crowd of more than 38,000 fans braved near-freezing temperatures at Target Field on Monday to watch the Minnesota Twins open the 2013 season against the Detroit Tigers.April 1, 2013
• Wanted: Starting pitchers for Twins
  The pitchers who could save the Minnesota Twins aren't ready yet, and they may not be until 2014. Alex Meyer and Trevor May arrived in separate trades over the winter, bringing with them the kind of power arms and strikeout mentalities that have been sorely lacking in the organization's pitching stock for years. Both have yet to throw a pitch in Triple-A, and the Twins appear content to let them get some needed seasoning in the minors this year.March 30, 2013
• Hunters can apply for bear licenses Monday
  Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses will be available starting Monday. The 3,750 licenses are available in 11 permit areas, down from the 6,000 available last year.March 30, 2013
• '30 Days of Biking' pledgers bike, boast and post daily in April
  The 30 Days of Biking movement is back for a fourth year. Already this year, thousands pledged to ride their bikes every day in April, and report on the experience online.March 29, 2013
• Twins fans should brace for cold seats, hot treats
  The Minnesota Twins are heading for their earliest outdoor opener ever on Monday, and it's shaping up to be a chilly one.March 29, 2013
• Florida Gulf Coast University's alley-oop hoop strategy
  The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles are using an offensive play called the alley-oop as a key part of their offensive strategy.March 29, 2013
• Food vendors eye Vikings stadium space
  The Minnesota Vikings will soon know if their new stadium can match the culinary experience at Target Field across town.March 28, 2013
• I-94 resurfacing, new Lafayette Bridge among planned Minn. road projects
  The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced its construction schedule for the year, and it's likely to cause significant traffic delays around the state.March 27, 2013
• Dayton: Industry should be part of pulltab projections
  Gov. Mark Dayton today sounded a different tone after critical remarks on whether the Gambling Control Board was as open as it should have been about the gambling industry's role in estimating the revenue from electronic pulltabs.March 27, 2013
• Gambling revenue from e-pulltabs falls victim to old-school habits
  New electronic pulltab gambling is falling far short of its promise. Some blame cost, others say the games aren't as much fun. But behind the scenes, the games are becoming a casualty of the battle between old school paper pulltab suppliers and the internet-driven upstarts trying to reboot the industry.March 26, 2013
• Tubby Smith fired: U of M men's basketball coach out after disappointing season
  Tubby Smith spent six seasons with the Gophers, helping to bring the program back to respectability. He arrived in 2007 from Kentucky, immediately ramping up expectations for a team that had been buried by an academic cheating scandal.March 25, 2013

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