ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta, which lost the Flames to Calgary in 1980, moved to the front of the NHL expansion race Wednesday when a deal for a $213 million arena cleared its final governmental hurdle. Turner...

NEW YORK (AP) -- OK, Silver Charm crosses the finish line first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and becomes the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown. Is thoroughbred racing saved? "Oh, I hope so," says...

Minnesota senior catcher Bryan Guse became the third Gophers player to get drafted this year when the San Francisco Giants selected him in the 23rd round Wednesday. Guse, who hit .339 this season with...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- OK, here's the deal. The NHL is not coming to St. Paul. Never. Won't happen. Forget about it. In fact, here's a safe bet you can make with anyone duped by all the rhetoric that has...

Students, University administrators and representatives from the Midwest Coca-Cola Co. gathered in St. Paul on Wednesday to celebrate the first year of the business partnership between the school and...

About 15 meters short of the finish of Sunday's "World's Fastest Man" race, Canada's Donovan Bailey looked back at the United States' Michael Johnson -- who by that time had been slowed by a pulled quadricep...

Elmo the imp leapt high in the air to see if the weather was foul or fair. He flew through the sky and over the land, past the Grippedy Gru and the Cavernous Grand! "TODAY," he yelled as he passed the...

Many Americans have grown suspicious of the criminal justice system in the past few years. They have watched high-profile cases like the O.J. Simpson murder trial turn into media circuses, where all involved...

The Carlson School of Management professor who died early this week in northeastern Wisconsin was a pioneer who advanced the study of management, a colleague said Wednesday. "This was not your typical,...

The University Alumni Association on Wednesday turned its annual meeting over to festivities honoring outgoing University President Nils Hasselmo. "I think it's wonderful, just wonderful that so many...