Twins' TV ratings nosedive
The Twins are seeing more wreckage from their 63-99 season. Ratings for games shown on Fox Sports North were down a whopping 28 percent from 2010.
The Twins are seeing more wreckage from their 63-99 season. Ratings for games shown on Fox Sports North were down a whopping 28 percent from 2010.
The body was found upstream from Minnesota River Heritage Park.
Clemente Garcia, 20, died Wednesday morning.
The victim's identity has not been released.
The woman was taken by force as she arrived at her work in Plymouth.
A battle in the courts is likely coming.
The fastest animal on Earth had once vanished from Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Gateway Park is the first of four parks to open in the Highland Bridge redevelopment.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for much of the state until 3 a.m. Saturday.
It's assumed that at least eight inches of rain fell in Randall, with more heavy rain expected Friday night into Saturday morning.
Watch the video for the full details with meteorologist Sven Sundgaard.
Damico Jamal-Tokyo High will receive a sentence in juvenile court, along with an adult prison sentence.
Another reason to believe in the WNBA, or at least the Minnesota Lynx. Local TV ratings during the WNBA Finals grew larger for each of the three games played. More than 88,000 Lynx fans in the Twins Cities watched game three.
Winning is good for everyone. The Timberwolves started the 2011-12 season with a 21-19 record ... and then Ricky Rubio got hurt. Regardless, the exciting brand of basketball helped FOX Sports North increase TV ratings for Wolves' games by 132 percent. That's tied for the biggest increase in the NBA.
The 2-9 Vikings have sold out yet another football game, and will allowed to televise the game on FOX 9 this Sunday. Earlier this week, the team announced that 3,000 tickets were available for the Broncos game. They had to be sold by noon today to avoid a TV blackout.
It's not often that a professional athlete will admit that their video game rating are too high. That was almost the case with Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley. After being told he had a player rating of 78 on NBA 2K12, Beasley said, "That's higher than I thought."
Despite 99 losses, the Twins say 3.1 million fans bought tickets to Target Field this year. Only 2010 ticket sales were higher in the history of the club.
If the Lynx beat Atlanta tonight for the WNBA title, it'll be the first pro sports title in Minnesota since 1991. Twenty years ago, the Twins broke hearts in Atlanta. Here's a rare peek at the very somber local TV coverage after the Twins' Game 7 win.
Fox Sports North's Tyler Mason takes a look at the biggest challenges for the Twins' new general manager.
Trevor Plouffe walked-off the season with an RBI single that scored Denard Span and the Twins beat the Royals 1-0 in the final game of the season Wednesday night. The Twins avoided 100 losses and finished with a 63-99 record.
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