North Metro
Blaine velodrome that hosted Olympic trials gets ready to close
One of the only outdoor wooden tracks in the nation and a source of pride for the local bicycling scene, the 250-meter velodrome will be torn down after this race season.
Duluth
Attack on neighbor puts 'Miracle on Ice' skater Pavelich in jail; family suspects CTE
Mark Pavelich's sister says his aggression is uncharacteristic and may be related to head injuries suffered on the ice, including during his career in the National Hockey League.
Duluth
U.S. Olympic hockey player Jack Petroske dies at 84
Helping the United States team earn the silver medal at the Games in 1956 in Italy, Petroske made an impression on and off the ice.
Sports
Local 3-on-3 basketball teams take step toward 2020 Olympics
With 3-on-3 basketball on tap for the 2020 Olympics, a group of former Twin Cities stars has reconnected for a run at Tokyo.
Sports
Olympic bound? Isanti gymnast McCallum rising toward challenge
Grace McCallum, 16, is part of a deep group of women contending for a spot on the U.S. team for October's world gymnastics championships in Germany.
Wild
Minnesota Scene: Former Tartan star signs with Whitecaps
Audra Richards, a Maplewood native, led the Metropolitan Riveters with eight goals last season as a National Women's Hockey League rookie.
Gophers
Led by Minnesotans, USA volleyball qualifies for Olympics
Middle blocker Tori Dixon, a former Gopher, is back in a key role with the U.S. after she was forced to miss the 2016 Olympics because of a left knee injury that required reconstructive ACL surgery. She won Sunday on her 27th birthday.
Gophers
From pros to preps, pay equity fight cuts across Minnesota women's sports
Celebrate and agitate, simultaneously. Pay equity has become the national sports story of the summer, and champions of women's sports are pushing for action as they celebrate triumphs.
Gophers
Minnesota's top female stars on pay equity in sports
Star Tribune reporters caught up with some of Minnesota's most prominent women's sports figures, listening to their thoughts on the pay equity movement
Gophers
Ewen, two former U runners make U.S. team for world championships
Hassan Mead and Ben Blankenship join former St. Francis star Maggie Ewen, who won a bronze medal at the U.S. track and field championships, on the American team.
High Schools
More gold for Lakeville's Regan Smith plus another world record
Regan Smith's first leg in the 400-meter medley relay gave herself a world record and helped the U.S. team set a record in the event, too.
Sports
Regan Smith's record run at world swimming championships
Lakeville 17-year-old Regan Smith set two world records Sunday at the swimming world championships, giving her three for the weekend.
Sports
Minnesota's Tokyo 2020 Olympic hopefuls
Regan Smith isn't the only Minnesota athlete hoping to make next summer's Olympic squad. Here's a look at the hopefuls vying for a spot on Team USA.
Sports
Ewen finishes fourth in nation in hammer throw
The St. Francis native posted a personal best in the hammer at U.S. meet.
Sports
Lakeville's Smith wins gold at worlds, but Olympics 'away from the center of my focus'
The senior-to-be at Lakeville North won the 200-meter backstroke a day after smashing a seven-year-old world record in South Korea, putting her at the top of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics radar.
Gophers
Former Gophers runner Blankenship reaches final in U.S. 1,500-meter run
Stillwater native Ben Blankenship will race Sunday in Des Moines for a spot in the world championships.
Sports
Rosemount's Otterdahl sixth in shot put at nationals
Payton Otterdahl, who won the NCAA indoor shot put title last winter in his final season at North Dakota State, faced a daunting field at Drake Stadium
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