Editing Minnesota (section)

=== Organized sports ===

{{Main|Sports in Minnesota}}
[[File:2006 WCHA Final Five.jpg|thumb|right|The [[University of North Dakota]] and [[St. Cloud State University]] during the [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] Final Five at the [[Xcel Energy Center]]]]

Minnesota has professional men's teams in all major sports.

The [[Minnesota Vikings]] have played in the National Football League since their admission as an expansion franchise in 1961. They played in [[Metropolitan Stadium]] from 1961 through 1981 and in the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] from 1982 until its demolition after the 2013 season for the construction of the team's new home, [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]. The Vikings' current stadium hosted [[Super Bowl LII]] in February 2018. [[Super Bowl XXVI]] was played in the Metrodome in 1992. The Vikings have advanced to the Super Bowl [[Super Bowl IV]], [[Super Bowl VIII]], [[Super Bowl IX]], and [[Super Bowl XI]], losing all four games to their AFC/AFL opponent.

The [[Minnesota Twins]] have played in the Major League Baseball in the Twin Cities since 1961. The Twins began play as the original [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]], a founding member of the American League in 1901, relocating to Minnesota in 1961. The Twins won the 1987 and [[1991 World Series]] in seven-game matches where the home team was victorious in all games. The Twins also advanced to the [[1965 World Series]], where they lost to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in seven games. The team has played at [[Target Field]] since 2010.

The [[Minneapolis Lakers]] of the National Basketball Association played in the [[Minneapolis Auditorium]] from 1947 to 1960, after which they relocated to Los Angeles. The [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] joined the NBA in 1989, and have played in [[Target Center]] since 1990.

The National Hockey League's [[Minnesota Wild]] play in St. Paul's [[Xcel Energy Center]], and reached 300 consecutive sold-out games on January 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recap, Flames 3, Wild 2, SO |publisher=Minnesota Wild |date=January 17, 2008 |url=http://wild.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=688&season=20072008&gameType=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118091528/http://wild.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=688&season=20072008&gameType=2 |archive-date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=April 7, 2008 }}</ref> Previously, the [[Minnesota North Stars]] competed in NHL from 1967 to 1993, which played in and lost the 1981 and 1991 [[Stanley Cup Finals]].

[[Minnesota United FC]] joined [[Major League Soccer]] as an expansion team in 2017, having played in the lower-division [[North American Soccer League (2010)|North American Soccer League]] from 2010 to 2016. The team plays at [[Allianz Field]] in St. Paul.<ref>{{cite news |last=Van Berkel |first=Jessie |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Minnesota United officials say 'big dig' at stadium site will begin in spring |url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-united-to-hold-ceremonial-groundbreaking-for-st-paul-stadium/406049026/ |work=Star-Tribune |access-date=April 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213212815/http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-united-to-hold-ceremonial-groundbreaking-for-st-paul-stadium/406049026/ |archive-date=December 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Previous professional soccer teams have included the [[Minnesota Kicks]], which played at [[Metropolitan Stadium]] from 1976 to 1981, and the [[Minnesota Strikers]] from 1984 to 1988.

Minnesota also has minor-league professional sports teams. The [[Minnesota Swarm]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] played at the Xcel Energy Center until the team moved to Georgia in 2015. The [[St. Paul Saints]], who play at [[CHS Field]] in St. Paul, are the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

Professional women's sports include the [[Minnesota Lynx]] of the Women's National Basketball Association, winners of the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 WNBA Championships, [[Minnesota Aurora FC]] of the [[United Soccer League]] [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]], the [[Minnesota Vixen]] of the [[Independent Women's Football League]], the [[Minnesota Valkyrie]] of the Legends Football League, the [[Minnesota Frost]] of the [[Professional Women's Hockey League]], and the [[Minnesota Whitecaps]] of the National Women's Hockey League.

The Twin Cities campus of the [[University of Minnesota]] is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I school competing in the [[Big Ten Conference]]. Four additional schools in the state compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey: the [[University of Minnesota Duluth]]; [[Minnesota State University, Mankato]]; [[St. Cloud State University]] and [[Bemidji State University]]. There are nine [[NCAA Division II]] colleges in the [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference]], and twenty [[NCAA Division III]] colleges in the [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] and [[Upper Midwest Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{cite web | title = NCAA Directory: Minnesota | publisher = NCAA | url = https://web3.ncaa.org/directory/memberList?type=12&state=MN | access-date = September 20, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180920164302/https://web3.ncaa.org/directory/memberList?type=12&state=MN | archive-date = September 20, 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – History| publisher = Upper Midwest Athletic Conference| url = http://www.umacathletics.com/Sports/gen/2008/History.asp?nl=25&tab=abouttheumac| access-date = April 13, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090503044213/http://www.umacathletics.com/Sports/gen/2008/History.asp?nl=25&tab=abouttheumac| archive-date = May 3, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref>

Minneapolis has hosted the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]] in [[1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1951]], [[1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1992]], [[2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2001]], and [[2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2019]].

The [[Hazeltine National Golf Club]] has hosted the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], [[U.S. Women's Open]], [[U.S. Senior Open]] and [[PGA Championship]]. The course also hosted the [[Ryder Cup]] in the fall of 2016, when it became one of two courses in the U.S. to host all major golf competitions. The Ryder Cup is scheduled to return in 2028.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hazeltinenational.com/|title=Hazeltine National Golf Club – Premier Golf Destination|first=Hazeltine National Golf|last=Club|website=hazeltinenational.com|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816063422/http://www.hazeltinenational.com/|archive-date=August 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Interlachen Country Club]] has hosted the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], [[U.S. Women's Open]], and Solheim Cup.

[[Winter Olympic Games]] medalists from the state include twelve of the twenty members of the [[gold medal]] [[Miracle on Ice|1980 ice hockey team]] (coached by Minnesota native [[Herb Brooks]]) and the bronze medalist [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Men's|U.S. men's]] [[curling]] team in the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], as well as the gold medal-winning team from [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] at the [[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics#Men's|2018 Winter Olympics]]. Swimmer [[Tom Malchow]] won an Olympic gold medal in the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer games]] and a silver medal in [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].

[[Grandma's Marathon]] is run every summer along the scenic [[North Shore (Lake Superior)|North Shore of Lake Superior]], and the [[Twin Cities Marathon]] winds around lakes and the Mississippi River during the peak of the [[color change in leaves|fall color season]]. Farther north, [[Eveleth, Minnesota|Eveleth]] is the location of the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]].