Rachel Blount

Reporter/Columnist | Sports
Phone: 612-673-4389
Rachel Blount is a sports columnist and general assignment reporter, with a particular emphasis on Olympic sports.

Recent content from Rachel Blount

U.S. hoops team aces final test

Team USA gave coach Mike Krzyzewski the perfect going-away gift -- an impressive surge vs. Spain to secure the long-awaited gold medal.

Updated: August 13, 2012, - 01:19 AM

Berg, McCutcheon miss out on gold as U.S. falls to Brazil in volleyball final

A four-set loss in the final hit the former Gophers setter hard, but she and future Gophers coach Hugh McCutcheon were proud after their final matches.

Updated: August 12, 2012, - 02:00 AM

Crashes end Alise Post's medal hopes

St. Cloud's Alise Post looks forward to getting another chance four years from now in Rio.

Updated: August 10, 2012, - 11:22 PM

U.S. edges Japan to take third straight women's soccer gold

Carli Lloyd's two goals -- and several stunning saves by U.S. keeper Hope Solo -- gave the U.S. a 2-1 victory over the team that broke its heart in last year's World Cup.

Updated: August 10, 2012, - 12:14 PM

Blunt Bernard: 'I wasn't ready' to wrestle

With a shot to rewrite the end of her career, the New Ulm wrestler went out tentatively in first round.

Updated: August 10, 2012, - 07:03 AM

New Ulm wrestler Bernard loses to Swede, eliminated

New Ulm's Ali Bernard said Fransson did nothing that surprised her and placed the blame squarely on herself.

Updated: August 09, 2012, - 11:38 AM

Ali Bernard rewrites final chapter

Ali Bernard lost at the Olympic trials, but a foe's suspension gave her a ticket to London.

Updated: August 09, 2012, - 11:38 AM

Post, other BMX riders get up to speed

BMX racing opened with St. Cloud's Alise Post establishing her position in the semifinal round.

Updated: August 09, 2012, - 11:35 AM

Bryant latest USA player to star

The Lakers guard took over in the fourth quarter to give the U.S. another lopsided victory.

Updated: August 09, 2012, - 10:24 AM

A final sand-off for U.S. beach volleyball team

Their third Olympics will be the last for Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, who go for gold again.

Updated: August 08, 2012, - 03:45 PM

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