Wild
Beginning to believe: Win over Czechs gave 1980 U.S. hockey team hope for medal round
Team USA's first win at the 1980 Winter Olympics came in convincing fashion, and soon whispers became actual conversations: could the Americans advance?
Wild
U.S. makes quarterfinals at world junior hockey championship
Cole Caufield scored in overtime to give the United States a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic at the world junior hockey championship on Monday and a spot in the quarterfinals.
Sports
Current, former Augsburg wrestlers qualify for U.S. Olympic trials
Augsburg women's wrestler Emily Shilson and former Auggies men's wrestlers Leslie (Mike) Fuenffinger and Donny Longendyke qualified by finishing in the top five in their weight classes at the USA Wrestling Senior Nationals on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Sports
Biles adds to her medals, legend at world championships
Biles won gold on the vault, tying the record of 23 world championship medals earned by Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus in the 1990s. And she's not done yet.
Duluth
'Miracle on Ice' player Pavelich found incompetent to stand trial
A judge suspended the assault case against the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" hockey star.
Sports
St. Paul's Lee falls to eighth as Biles rolls to more gymnastics gold
Sunisa Lee's mastery on the uneven bars helped vault the St. Paul gymnast to international prominence this year. Thursday, her bars routine tripped her up at the world championships.
Minneapolis
Paralympics trials come to Minneapolis in June 2020 for swimmers, cyclists and track athletes
Cyclists, swimmers and track athletes will seek team spots for Tokyo.
Sports
Minnesotans Lee, McCallum join superstar Biles on U.S. gymnastics team
Sunisa Lee and Grace McCallum were named Monday to the six-woman team that will represent the United States at next month's world championships
Sports
Father's injury weighs on her, but South St. Paul gymnast Suni Lee stays on course for Olympics
Suni Lee's focus is on her Olympic dream, and her dad's recovery from a spinal injury that has left him paralyzed.
Sports
Sunisa Lee, St. Paul standout gymnast
The 16-year-old is a contender for the six-woman U.S. team for next month's world championships in Germany.
Father's injury weighs on her, but South St. Paul gymnast Suni Lee stays on course for Olympics
Suni Lee's focus is on her Olympic dream, and her dad's recovery from a spinal injury that has left him paralyzed.
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Gophers
Former U wrestler Smith eliminated from world championships
Chaska native and former Gopher Pat Smith met an early end Monday at the world wrestling championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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Former U wrestler Smith peaking as 2020 Olympic Trials approach
Pat Smith moved up a weight class and begins competition Monday at the world championships in Kazakhstan.
Gophers
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Firm grasp: U.S. championships a game-changer for U gymnast Wiskus
Following a viral moment last month, Gophers gymnast Shane Wiskus is thinking more ambitiously about the next steps in his career. He is competing this weekend at a U.S. selection camp in Colorado Springs.
Sports
Souhan: Greatest of all time? Biles could be best of the best
Most debates about the greatest athlete of all time skew toward our most popular sports and most celebrated performers. But Simone Biles could be the greatest athlete ever.
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.
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