Recent content from Mike Kaszuba
Mesabi Norsemen (many from points south) chase elusive dream
Most of the 44 young men from faraway places in Mesabi Norsemen jerseys had never heard of the Iron Range before they signed up to play college football.
Mesabi Norsemen (many from points south) chase elusive dream
Most of the 44 young men from faraway places in Mesabi Norsemen jerseys had never heard of the Iron Range before they signed up to play college football.
Thriving leagues offer glimpse of futbol's future in Minnesota
Liga La Zapata, a Richfield soccer league, has more than 100 teams, each with at least 13 players, and few of the participants follow the local major sports teams as passionately as the sport they play.
Amid a year of turmoil, NFL shows it still has strength
Not only is Adrian Peterson back in a Vikings uniform after his suspension for whipping his child, but the NFL is back and seemingly as popular as ever after an offseason of problems away from the field.
Pohlad family, owners of Twins, builds up around Target Field
The Twins' owners are building a strong lineup around their star, Target Field. Although their developer, United Properties, seemed slow to realize the ballpark's ability to launch nearby development, the company has since made up for lost time.
Teague's departure should have little impact on U's facilities plan
University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler said: "I believe our donors are giving to an athletic village program for the University of Minnesota. They were not giving to an athletic village program for Norwood Teague."
Local stadiums' naming rights yield cash and secrecy
The University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium, which opened in 2009, is the only recent example of a naming rights agreement that was made public.
Could Twin Cities land a women's pro soccer team, too?
Women's soccer league commissioner Jeff Plush called Minneapolis "a fantastic market.''
Soccer stadium could land in St. Paul, MLS executive says
Two sites reportedly in the mix are near Snelling and University avenues, where a former Metro Transit bus barn stood, and near the State Capitol where a Sears store now sits.
Local owners expected to ask MLS to extend stadium deadline
MLS officials were mum Tuesday on what the league would do now that its July 1 deadline for stadium progress in downtown Minneapolis had arrived, or how the league would define progress.