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HIGH SCHOOL

High School football, volleyball seasons in Minnesota moving to spring, state adds 4th season

August 4, 2020 Grant Bilse

Some Minnesota high school fall sports are moving seasons, while sports season lengths will be shortened. The news from the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) comes a week after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced individual districts would have freedom to set their own agendas. The MSHSL announced it would be moving football and volleyball […]

COLLEGE

St. Thomas can go D1; Minn. school was ousted from D3 league

July 16, 2020 Associated Press

The NCAA gave the University of St. Thomas permission Wednesday to jump directly from Division III to Division I, the final clearance for a bold move born out of the Minnesota private school’s ejection from its conference for competitive reasons. The Tommies, who previously secured a spot in the Summit League for all but three […]

COLLEGE

University of Minnesota: 7 students test COVID-19 positive

July 1, 2020 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota said Tuesday that seven athletes from “multiple sports” have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Gopher Athletics Department conducted 170 COVID-19 tests during June, and seven athletes tested positive. The school said students who test positive are entered into a protocol and asked to self-isolate. Those students will […]

NEWS

DRAFT RECAP: Packers fall short, while Vikings and 49ers fill needs

April 27, 2020 Associated Press

The task for the San Francisco 49ers heading into the draft was straight forward. Find replacements for departed starters DeForest Buckner at defensive tackle and Emmanuel Sanders at receiver and then find a player to step in for longtime left tackle Joe Staley, who informed the NFC champions before the draft that he planned to […]

COLLEGE

Vikings draft LSU WR Jefferson 22nd and TCU CB Gladney 31st

April 24, 2020 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Jefferson was a late-blooming wide receiver who claimed the last scholarship for LSU’s freshman class in 2017 before finishing his college career as a national champion with the school record for receptions. The Minnesota Vikings will be counting on more of that swift progress. Filling two significant needs in the first […]

BADGERS

Davison, Pritzl Help Wisconsin Slip Past Minnesota 71-69

March 1, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Brad Davison scored 20 points and Brevin Pritzl added 15 as Wisconsin rallied from a late deficit to beat Minnesota 71-69 on Sunday night. Daniel Oturu missed a heave from half court off a missed free throw that would’ve won it for Minnesota (13-5, 7-11 Big Ten). Oturu led Minnesota with […]

BADGERS

Gophers blow it for Badgers, as Maryland makes huge comeback

February 27, 2020 Rick Solem

“Thanks a lot Minnesota.” #Sarcasm That’s what Badgers fans — and most of the Big Ten — are saying after watching Maryland-Minnesota on Wednesday night. A chance for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, and the rest of the Big Ten, to catch first-place Maryland flopped thanks to the Gophers. Ninth-ranked Maryland was down […]

NEWS

Twins right fielder Max Kepler grew up idolizing Derek Jeter

February 20, 2020 Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Twins right fielder Max Kepler didn’t get to watch a lot of major league baseball growing up in Germany. The games he did did see included many Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees matchups, which caused him to become a big fan of Derek Jeter. “I loved watching Jeter, even though […]

MLB

AP source: Dodgers, Twins, Sox divvy Betts deal into 2 swaps

February 9, 2020 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Moving Mookie Betts out of Boston proved to be quite the task for the cost-cutting Red Sox. The trade wound up taking all week — and being divvied into two different deals. The Minnesota Twins agreed Sunday to send bullpen prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Los Angeles Dodgers for starting pitcher Kenta […]

Badgres Brad Davidson celebrate v Maryland AP

BADGERS

Davison’s return to Badgers sure to be jeered by Gopher fans

February 5, 2020 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brad Davison is one of the many Minnesota natives who have crossed the border to play for Wisconsin, a sure path to enemy status in college sports. The junior guard has also been widely branded, fair or not, as the biggest villain in the Big Ten for his intense habits on the […]