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St. Thomas interviewed three candidates for the head baseball coach position this week. As part of the interview process, each candidate spoke this week at a session open to the community.

Brett Favre was the NFL’s ultimate iron man for 19 years, inspiring coaches and teammates with unparalleled toughness and thrilling fans with a daredevil’s verve and a showman’s sense of the moment.

Yet the once-irrepressible Favre never looked older or more fragile than in year No. 20. The magic of last season, and most of his brilliant career, never seemed farther away.

The snow-damaged Metrodome roof won’t be fixed until at least March, affecting hundreds of college baseball games — possibly some involving St. Thomas —  and forcing the Minnesota Twins to find a new venue for their annual winter festival, a facility official said Wednesday.

Monique van der Vorst’s competitive spirit thrived even after she lost the use of her legs as a teenager. She won two silver medals at the Beijing Paralympics and hoped to win gold in London in 2012. Those dreams are gone now, because another was fulfilled: She began regaining feeling in her legs over the summer, and now she can walk again.

Workers were close Wednesday to clearing the remaining snow and ice from the roof of the Metrodome, which would allow more substantial repair work to begin nearly two weeks after a blizzard caused extensive damage to the home of the Minnesota Vikings. But Bill Lester, executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, said it’s …

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The Vikings host the Chicago Bears Monday night at the University of Minnesota’s outdoor TCF Bank Stadium. With temperatures forecast in the single digits, veteran fans who survived bitterly cold games at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington are sharing this friendly advice for their younger comrades: Gear up.