RECORD WATCH
The Gophers women's hockey team is rewriting the NCAA record book (all streaks are ongoing):
37: Consecutive games won (broke Harvard's record of 21 on Nov. 17).
37: Consecutive games won or tied (broke Wisconsin's record of 32 on Jan. 25).
22: Consecutive road wins (broke Mercyhurst's record of 15 on Dec. 7).
29: Wins in 2012-13 (most wins in a season: Wisconsin, 37 in 2010-11).
0: Losses in 2012-13 (fewest losses in a season: Wisconsin, 1 in 2006-07).
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Sports
Twins
Buxton to have MRI; Baldelli won't speculate about extent of knee issue
Byron Buxton left the game in the second inning with what the Twins described as knee soreness after slowing to a jog on a stolen base try.
High Schools
Gophers are finding their golfers at Minnesota high schools
Three of the state's top boys players have committed to the U, and the top-ranked girls player will join her successful sister on the U roster.
Sports
Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons.
Outdoors
Five things to know before you hit the Minnesota fishing opener
It's a week out, but consider this wisdom from a hall of fame guide and other tips ahead of one of the most highly anticipated days in Minnesota's outdoors
Wolves
Breaking it down: Wolves-Nuggets match-ups (and who's going to win)
The Nuggets easily defeated the Wolves 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs last season and went on to the NBA title. This year's series features more "big-boy basketball." But why should the outcome be different?