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The Minnesota Wild released their schedule for the upcoming NHL season today, and it will be as follows: DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) SEPTEMBER – PRESEASON WED. 22 ST. LOUIS 7:00 P.M. Fri. 24 @ St. Louis 7:00 p.m. SAT. 25 PHILADELPHIA 7:00 P.M. Sun. 26 @ Montreal 6:00 p.m. Tue. 28 @ Columbus 6:00 [...]

This past weekend marked the start of one of world’s largest sporting events, possibly only second arguably to the Olympics: soccer’s World Cup. South Africa is hosting this year’s tournament, and the United States played its first match June 12, against England. Usually, I have always been very hesitant to watch soccer in the past [...]

Nebraska and Colorado are gone. But the Big 12 will live on. The University of Texas has decided to remain in the Big 12 for the “long term,” the University told ESPN. The decision by Texas was followed by Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to continue with a 10-team Big 12.

The Minnesota Vikings have added to their backfield by signing free agent running back Ryan Moats, the team announced Tuesday. Moats, a six-year NFL veteran who played the past two seasons with the Houston Texans after beginning his NFL career as a 3rd-round pick out of Louisiana Tech by Philadelphia in 2005. Moats had a [...]

Boise State is now the latest domino to fall into place, joining the Mountain West Conference, ESPN.com is reporting, citing a source with direct knowledge of the pending move. This move is likely the first of many that will result in the Mountain West becoming a major conference in college football.

The entire landscape of college football will be changing and reshaping, starting in the next 24-48 hours. Colorado has already deserted the Big 12 Conference for the Pac-10 Conference, and later today Nebraska will be in all likelihood be joining the Big Ten Conference. The domino effects these moves could have may result in no [...]

The University of Colorado has already announced its decision to jump from the Big 12 Conference to join the Pac-10 Conference, and this is likely just the beginning of the end for the Big 12. Nebraska is expected to announce its decision to leave for the Big Ten Conference sometime before the end of the [...]

Last night the Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year drought when it won the Stanley Cup with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on the road. I was personally glad to see the Blackhawks capture the Stanley Cup this year, because Chicago is a city that is close to hockey central. Chicago was one [...]

Shortly before last night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners outfield Ken Griffey Jr., 40, announced he was retiring from Major League Baseball. With Griffey retiring goes a large part of my childhood interest in baseball. Growing up, Griffey was, and may forever be, my personal favorite player. He was sensational playing for the [...]

The Minnesota State Legislature adjourned for the year last Monday, without a resolution in the ongoing Minnesota Vikings stadium issue and the Vikings responded in disappointment. On Tuesday afternoon, the team issued a statement thanking the stadium proposal’s supporters and making their disappointment in the lack of progress known. “The Vikings organization is extremely disappointed [...]