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Sports Business Insider David Mitchel On Overtime

Jeff Thurn — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:09:11 +0000

The great thing about sports, is there are so many different headlines each day and so many different avenues to explore as far as story lines go.

One of the most intriguing areas is where sports and business collide

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Sunday Scoreboard

Steve Knutson — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:22:21 +0000

Sunday's area baseball finals

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SDSU Earns Top Seed at Summit Baseball Championship

Steve Knutson — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:17:28 +0000

South Dakota State secured the top seed in the upcoming Summit League Baseball Championship for the second time in school history. The Jackrabbits open the tournament Thursday against fourth-seed Western Illinois.

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Minnesota Twins Lose Their Fifth Strait Game

Jeff Thurn — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:21 +0000

The Minnesota Twins entered the month of May with a lot of momentum and certainly a lot more optimism than they are feeling right now.

After losing their final two games of their set to the Chicago White Sox earlier last week, they end up getting swept by the Boston Red Sox over the weekend

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Sioux Falls Canaries Get First Win of the Season

Jeff Thurn — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:31 +0000

The Sioux Falls Canaries finally had everything come together Sunday afternoon.

Kyle Ruwe quelled the Sioux City Explorers offense, Steve Domecus and Cory Morales each homered, and the Birds defense produced three double plays in a 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Sioux Falls Stadium

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Young Americans Waste No Time Qualifying For Indy

Associated Press — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:52:48 +0000

Bump Day at Indianapolis followed the script. No surprises, no drama and no drivers getting bumped. All nine drivers who made attempts on the second and final day of Indianapolis 500 qualifications made it into the 33-car field, led by two young Americans -- Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal -- who easily had the two fastest cars on the track.

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Johnson Races To Record 4th All-Star Win

Associated Press — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:20:10 +0000

Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson's list. He stands alone in All-Star history. "Five-time" became the first four-time winner of NASCAR's annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night.

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Saturday Scoreboard

Steve Knutson — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:25:47 +0000

Boys state tennis results plus high school, college and pro scores from around South Dakota and the region

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Canaries Can't Complete Comeback

Sioux Falls Canaries — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:08:23 +0000

The Sioux Falls Canaries belted two home runs, but five Sioux City Explorers runs in the first five innings proved to be too much to overcome in a 5-4 loss Saturday night at Sioux Falls Stadium.

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Ortiz Powers Red Sox Past Twins 12-5

Associated Press — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:45:09 +0000

David Ortiz insists he isn’t trying to do anything special to show the Minnesota Twins they made a big mistake by letting him go in 2002. It just looks that way. Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

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