September 5, 2011 - For some baseball fans, a trip to the ballpark is not complete without a cold beer. For MPR reporter Brandt Williams, one of the best things about going to a baseball game is listening to the sound of the ballpark's mobile bartenders…the beer vendors.
September 16, 2011 - On this Midday, two guests talk about 50 years of the Minnesota Vikings. Writer Jim Klobuchar, who covered the Vikings from day one, September 17, 1961, joins Midday to talk about the history of the team and the game of football? Following that, a conversation with Tommy Mason, Minnesota Viking’s first player.
September 30, 2011 - MPR’s Matt Sepic reports on the Minnesota Lynx headed to Game One of the WNBA Finals. It's the Lynx's first trip to the women's professional basketball championship.
March 14, 2012 - MPR’s Tim Nelson reports on questions emerging about the amount of money electronic pull-tabs would raise to help pay for a new Vikings stadium.
March 21, 2012 - MPR’s Mark Steil takes a look back at Sherburn High School Raiders’s win of the 1970 Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament.
April 6, 2012 - We all love the fight song "Win Twins," but on this Opening Day, there's a new anthem to be added to the mix that will allow us to show even more love for our Twins. MPR’s Tom Weber shares the story of how this anthem came to be.
April 10, 2012 - MPR’s Brandt Williams covers the Minnesota Twins 2012 home opener against the Anaheim Angels, and previews the upcoming season…will they be any good this year?
April 13, 2012 - Kent Hrbek joins Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer to discuss the unveiling of a Kent Hrbek bronze statue outside Target Field in Minneapolis. Hrbek will join Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rod Carew, and Kirby Puckett as the only players to be immortalized in bronze outside the ballpark.
April 27, 2012 - MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles the Faribault Hot Shots and the Wanamingo Bulldogs, the only two granny basketball teams in Minnesota. Players share their love of the game and physical activity.
June 5, 2012 - Howard Sinker, digital sports editor for Star-Tribune.com, gives an appraisal of the potential picks for the Minnesota Twins in the Major League Baseball Draft. In 2011, only one major league team finished with a worse record than Minnesota and because of that year's dismal performance, the Twins will have the second overall pick in the amateur player draft.