Betty McCollum leads charge to rid NFL of "demeaning" Redskins team name

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Goodell to McCollum: "Neither in intent nor use was the name ever meant to denigrate Native Americans or offend any group."
Betty McCollum represents St. Paul in the House of Representatives, but as co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, she's leading the charge to get a D.C. sports team to change its name.

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McCollum and eight other Congress members recently wrote a letter to Washington Redskins owner Dan Synder urging him "to change the name of your NFL franchise."

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Midway Stadium sits on gigantic pile of horse shit, studies say

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Midway gives a new meaning to the notion of a "shitty stadium."
As the St. Paul Saints gear up to move into their new Lowertown digs in time for the 2015 season, the city of St. Paul is beginning to plan for the redevelopment of the Midway Stadium site.

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One factor making that effort a little more difficult is the recent revelation that the 30-year-old stadium was built on a huge ass pile of horse crap.

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Matt Birk refused White House trip because President Obama is pro-choice

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Birk is Catholic and believes abortion is tantamount to "ending lives."
Yesterday, the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens took the standard trip to the White House to meet, greet, and pose for a photo with President Obama.

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But the starting center on that team -- St. Paul native and longtime Viking Matt Birk, who announced his retirement after the season -- refused to attend. The reason? A comment Obama made in support of Planned Parenthood during an April speech.

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Minnesota Mist "Bikini Basketball" team plays first game, but players don't wear bikinis [VIDEO]

Categories: Sex, Sports
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If you thought the Mist's uniforms might look something like this, think again.
-- Update at bottom --

The Minnesota Mist are the Twin Cities' newest professional sports franchise. The team, owned by former Lynx player Tamara Moore, is part of something called the Bikini Basketball League (see update below), and over the weekend they played their debut game against the Los Angeles Dolls.

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With a league name like that, you'd think the players would actually wear bikinis on the court, right? Wrong. For better or worse, it turns out their uniforms are barely more salacious than what college volleyball players wear.

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Watch the Dark Clouds storm Minneapolis [VIDEO]

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The Dark Clouds: Minnesota's most loyal soccer supporters.
This week's cover story follows the history of the Dark Clouds, Minnesota United FC's diehard soccer supporters.

On May 4, we met the Dark Clouds at the Nomad World Pub as they prepared for Minnesota's evening match against the Carolina Railhawks. Once properly lubricated, the group marched down Cedar Avenue to the Metrodome, singing, chanting, and frightening the occasional passerby. Watch video of the day here, by City Pages art director Abbey Kleinert:

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Dark Clouds: Embedded with Minnesota's misfit fans


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Austin Aries, TNA wrestler, receives "severe fine" for crotch thrusting female announcer [VIDEO]

Categories: Sports
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Some think Aries behavior crossed the line from playing the heel to sexual harassment.
Austin Aries grew up in Milwaukee but is billed as being from Minneapolis and has spent lots of time here wrestling on the independent circuit. His rise from relative obscurity in the Midwest to the heights of professional wrestling has been remarkable -- last year, the 5'9", 35-year-old Aries won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

SEE ALSO: Brock Lesnar makes kickass return to pro wrestling on WWE Monday Night Raw [VIDEO]

But he now finds himself in hot water over an incident that happened on live national TV during the May 9 edition of TNA Impact.

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Erik Paulsen deletes tweet that says Sergio Garcia "sucks"

Categories: Media, Sports
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Paulsen: Not a Sergio Garcia fan.
Think hitting the delete button removes that regretted-it-as-soon-as-I-published-it tweet from the internet fossil record? Think again.

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It's a lesson Congressman Erik Paulsen is learning the hard way today as a tweet he deleted seconds after publication circulates around the internet.

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Mark Hamburger's MLB career derailed by pot; he now lives in parents' Shoreview basement

Categories: Drugs, Sports
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Hamburger's promising career stalled thanks to a "performance enhancing drug" -- not steroids, but ganja.
Think marijuana is a harmless drug? We mostly agree. But if you're looking for a sad pot-related story, look no further than the tale of 26-year-old Mounds View grad Mark Hamburger.

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Two years ago, Hamburger, a former Twins prospect, pitched five games for the Texas Rangers. His future seemed bright, and millions of dollars of income looked to be in his short-term future. But then he tested positive for pot. And then, this winter, he tested positive again.

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Minneapolis is one of America's top sports cities, study says

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Our teams might not be very good, but we mostly love 'em anyway.
Sports, sports, sports -- is your whole life just sports?

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Well, if it is, you're living in one of the right places. According to a study put together by Nerd Wallet, Minneapolis is the county's 6th-best sports city.

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Former Timberwolf Jason Collins comes out as first gay pro athlete, thanks Chris Kluwe

Categories: GLBT, Sports
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Collins: "Being gay is not a choice... The most you can do is stand up for what you believe in. I'm much happier since coming out to my friends and family."
Today, NBA player Jason Collins became the first major male professional athlete to come out of the closet.

SEE ALSO: Torii Hunter: It would be "difficult and uncomfortable" to play with gay teammate

In a Sports Illustrated cover feature, Collins, a 14-year veteran who spent the 2008-09 season with the Timberwolves, writes: "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."

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