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Target Apologizes for Selling 'Minnesota Badgers' Onesies in Minneapolis Store

Bleacher Report | February 12, 2020

Related Topics: University of Minnesota, Star Tribune, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Minneapolis, Wisconsin, Paul S. Walsh, Target Corporation, Wisconsin Badgers, Minnesota

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A Minneapolis-based retail giant should know better than to mistake the mascot of its state's university for one of its bitter rivals. The keyword there being "should."

Target offered an apology on Tuesday, per the Star Tribune's Paul Walsh, after it mistakenly created and sold a onesie with "Minnesota Badgers" printed on it in the University of Minnesota colors. However, the badger is not Minnesota's mascot.

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In fact, the badger is the mascot of Minnesota's rival, Wisconsin.

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