Japanese batting champion Tsuyoshi Nishioka
and the Minnesota Twins agreed Friday to a $9.25 million,
three-year contract that includes a club option for the 2014
season.
Preparations for the Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears are apparently ahead of schedule, despite the collapse of the Metrodome in a blizzard last weekend.
People with tickets to Monday's Vikings-Bears football game should plan to arrive early at the TCF Bank Stadium - and they won't be able to purchase alcohol when they get there.
Five days after the Metrodome's roof collapsed, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission met this morning to get started on the official process of getting the roof back up. Work on repairing the roof has stopped for the day while engineers assess what to do next.
Shovelers and maintenance personnel are back at TCF Bank stadium today to work on getting the Gopher's home field ready for its debut as a pro football venue. The Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to play the Chicago Bears on Monday in Minneapolis, but their usual home, the Metrodome, isn't available because the dome's roof can't be fixed in time after last weekend's major winter storm.
The Vikings play Monday at TCF Field on the U of M campus, as the collapsed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome can't be repaired in time. What is the future of the Metrodome and where will college and pro football be played in the future?
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