Wild to open NHL season in Finland
Minnesota will face the Carolina Hurricanes in its 2010-11 season opener in Helsinki on Oct. 7-8.
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Sarah Myhre scored 22 points as Barnum continued to play well without its injured star as the Bombers beat visiting Carlton 88-35 on Monday in high school girls basketball.
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NEW ORLEANS — Saints fans hugged, kissed and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once woebegone NFL franchise defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl.
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ST. PAUL — On the way from the St. Paul Hotel to Xcel Energy Center, St. Louis Blues youngsters David Backes and Erik Johnson always stop at the entrance of the RiverCentre to absorb every detail of the Herb Brooks statue.
An Olympic border battle is brewing between U.S., Canada
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