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Leonard Country Club opens golf course for rare January dates

LEONARD, N.D. – Golf in January? Sounds like a premise more suited for North Dakota State football fans in Frisco, Texas, today for the Football Championship Subdivision title game.

• Leonard's No. 8

SAD SACKS: The arrival of 2012 means the end to the worst Minnesota pro sports year ever

Moorhead - So much for sports being a release. Instead of providing a needed escape from the usual day-to-day stresses, fans of Minnesota professional teams were likely looking for an escape from their loyalties to the Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves and Wild in 2011.

• Paper bags

Thousands of requested FCS tickets from NDSU turned away Thursday due to high demand

FARGO – If you were unable to secure tickets to the Football Championship Subdivision title game, you are far from alone.

• Gene Taylor

1991 World Series hits its 20th anniversary today

Twenty years have passed since the Twins and Braves met in the 1991 World Series.

• Puckett and Chili
• Gene Larkin
• Twins players
• Game 6 of World Series postponed due to rain in forecast

Fox Sports North, Cable One yet to reach deal on 30 additional Wild telecasts

FARGO – Cable One subscribers will be feeling a similar effect during Minnesota Wild season as they did during the Twins season.

Tracy Stallard - who gave up Maris' 61st homer - sees 'nothing wrong with' his place in history

Fargo - Walking into Yankee Stadium on the final day of the 1961 season, Roger Maris knew that his place in baseball history was on the line.

• Roger Maris home run blog
• Tracy Stallard
• Maris and Stallard
• Yankees fan recalls being at Maris' record day
• Exactly 50 years later, Maris' record day stands the test of time
• Video of Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record, with Red Barber's call

Yankees fan recalls being at Maris' record day

FARGO – Eric Jensen often kept score when attending New York Yankees games as a youth. But once history is made, even the toughest habits can be easily broken.

• Program
• Eric Jensen
• Tracy Stallard - who gave up Maris' 61st homer - sees 'nothing wrong with' his place in history
• Roger Maris home run blog

Adelman’s presence with Wolves to put focus on others

If it feels like it’s been awhile since the Minnesota Timberwolves hired a veteran head coach, that’s because it has been.

• Coach Rick Adelman gestures during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game

Two men record holes-in-one on same hole with same club on same day at The Meadows in Moorhead, Minn.

MOORHEAD – An unusual happening at The Meadows Golf Course on Tuesday left one golf professional shocked and an area golfer “freaked out.”

NY Times writer raises Maris Hall question

Fargo isn’t the only place full of people that think Roger Maris should be a Hall of Famer. The former Fargo Shanley standout that broke Babe Ruth‘s single-season home run record in 1961 was recently the subject of a column by the New York Times’ George Vescey.

• Roger Maris

Columns

Goethe: A few suggestions - using their past struggles - on how Wolves can boost attendance

Another season of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball is right around the corner. And if this is the first you’ve heard of it, you’re not alone. Minnesota starts its season Wednesday, one day after the league opens regular-season play.

Goethe: Twins GM Bill Smith faces a busy offseason

The season is over for the Minnesota Twins, but things are just starting to heat up for general manager Bill Smith.

Goethe: Saying goodbye to Metrodome ... again

How many ways can a person say goodbye? An incredible regular-season rally by the Minnesota Twins has me wondering how many times I can walk into the Metrodome this year thinking it will be the last time I step foot in the facility.

Goethe column: Unlikely help keeping Twins’ hopes afloat

As the Minnesota Twins keep finding ways to win, I keep having flashbacks to Sunday, Sept. 13. I was at the Metrodome to watch the Twins face the Oakland Athletics, with no illusions at all of this team making up – at the time – a 5½-game deficit in the AL Central race.

Goethe column: Vikings try to avoid infamous loss to Lions today

In representing the Motor City, the Detroit Lions have been more Edsel than Explorer.

Goethe column: For all of its flaws, the Metrodome leaves a mark

I am a grown adult with an emotional attachment to a building.

Goethe column: Withholding depth chart status is bush league

The Cleveland Browns aren’t announcing their starting quarterback for Sunday’s season opener against the Minnesota Vikings until just prior to game time.