Sports

America's new national pastime
Stock car racing has come a long way from early moonshine runner legends like Junior Johnson to the clean-cut likes of Jeff Gordon, and in the process has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Midmorning examines why America is so crazy about NASCAR.
This hockey tournament is all wet
Minneapolis is the host this weekend for the national championships in underwater hockey. Competition involves swimmers moving a heavy puck along the bottom of the pool using a short stick, and as much air as their lungs can hold.
Saturday marks the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the law that forced schools that receive federal money to give equal treatment to men's and women's sports. How has the law changed athletics in the U.S.?
Is Garnett going?
Several NBA general managers have told ESPN.com that the Minnesota Timberwolves are finally listening to trade offers for Kevin Garnett.
The Minnesota Vikings are on the verge of buying prime Star Tribune-related land near the Metrodome, the newspaper reported Friday based on anonymous sources. The $45 million purchase of land on four city blocks would further the team's long-held goal of erecting a new football stadium.