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Minnesota Duluth's Perunovich named NCHC player of the year
The junior from Hibbing, Minn., won the league scoring title and is a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.
High Schools
Reusse: An epic ending to the era of Minnesota's one-class basketball
This Week in Minnesota Sports: There were the usual 18,000 customers inside Williams Arena to watch a state one-class basketball champion in 1970, when tiny Sherburn ended that era by beating South St. Paul.
Sports
Maggie Nichols looks back on her college gymnastics career and smiles
The Oklahoma star from Little Canada finished with 22 perfect 10s.
Local
Business as unusual: Being a sports fan during a pandemic
Yes, the sports world has gone dark at the start of what would have been one of the most active periods in American sports. The fun is gone. But what's also gone are millions upon millions of interactions in the midst of a pandemic.
Gophers
One simulated moment: How March Madness would have played out
Kansas vs. who for the title? The Minnesotans we'll miss seeing? Great underdog stories? College basketball writer Marcus Fuller has a guide to the tournament that didn't happen.
Gophers
MSU Mankato's great hockey start has no ending
How does the story of this season end? With blank pages for the Mavericks.
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Minnesota State's Michaelis signs with Vancouver Canucks
The undrafted senior is a Hobey Baker Award top 10 finalist and the WCHA player of the year.
Gophers
Coronavirus spoiled Division III swimming showdown between Minnesotans
Wentzel, who set a new D-III 200 breaststroke record, will be back next season for St. Catherine, but Kustritz was a senior this year for Denison in Ohio.
Gophers
Missing in action: The tournament? The pool? Your tournament pool?
NCAA basketball pools are part of the office fabric at this time of year. Right now many of us are missing three things: The office, the tournament and the office tournament pool.
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Souhan: A virus knocks us all from our NCAA pools at the same time
The bracket is what makes March Madness a societal phenomenon. The bracket is the greatest driver of sports conversations in America. The bracket is what we will miss the most.
Sports
St. Olaf ski teams place high at national championships
Junior Erica Meyers took first place in two Nordic ski races, the classic sprint and the 15K classic.
Gophers
Reusse: U baseball players got reality check with quick end to season, Anderson says
A "do-over" season being offered by the NCAA can be viewed as an optimistic scenario given this week's shutdown events. But for some, another year means spending more money to stay in school.
Gophers
Game off: NCAA cancels Final Four, wrestling and other winter, spring championships
A day after announcing that its championship events would be played in front of no spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA on Thursday pulled the plug entirely.
Wild
NCHC, WCHA Big Ten cancel postseason hockey tournaments
The moves were made in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Minnesota State, Bemidji State, Minnesota Duluth and the Gophers were to play this weekend.
Gophers
NCAA bars fans from March Madness events, wrestling championships
The wrestling event is still scheduled for March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Organizers had hoped to shatter its attendance records, but the big stadium will be mostly empty.
Gophers
St. Thomas-St. John's basketball game will be played without fans
The NCAA ruling Wednesday will limit the tournament game to parents and immediate family members.
Gophers
Gophers, Penn State to play Big Ten hockey semifinal before no fans
Penn State announced Wednesday amid the global coronavirus crisis that it will not allow fans, only "essential" personnel, at Saturday's hockey game at Pegula Ice Arena. Penn State is offering refunds.
Sports
Nebraska coach Hoiberg taken to hospital after feeling ill
Doc Sadler took over after Fred Hoiberg, a former Timberwolves player and executive, left the floor in the second half. His symptoms were eventually diagnosed as a common cold and he was later released.
Gophers
N. Dakota St. dismantles N. Dakota for Summit crown
For the fifth time in school history, North Dakota State is headed to the NCAA tournament, and this time it was never in doubt.
Sports
It's Tommies vs. Johnnies for spot in Division III basketball quarterfinals
A trip to the Elite Eight will be on the line. Both MIAC teams advanced to the Sweet 16 with victories over the weekend.
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- Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
- Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
