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Goodbye, 2020. What's ahead for Minnesota sports in 2021?
Let's peer into our crystal ball and answer 10 big questions looming over local sports teams in the new year.
Lynx
Lynx were among early promoters of Black Lives Matter movement
The Lynx helped set the stage for athletes speaking out about social justice.
Colleges
Bueckers has 11 points, UConn routs Creighton in Big East home opener
Former Hopkins star Paige Bueckers finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists as UConn dominated the Bluejays from the start.
Sports
Bailey, Tar Heels women cruise past No. 18 Orange 92-68
Janelle Bailey scored 25 points and North Carolina ran away from No. 18 Syracuse 92-68 on Thursday night.
Sports
Cooke leads No. 5 South Carolina to 103-41 win over Temple
When Zia Cooke is confident in practice, it usually shows the next time South Carolina takes the court.
Sports
No. 4 NC State women beat Wake Forest 79-65 with fast start
Jakia Brown-Turner scored 14 of her 23 points in the first quarter and No. 4 North Carolina State used sizzling early shooting to beat Wake Forest 79-65 on Thursday night.
Lynx
AP source: Vickie Johnson agrees to coach Dallas Wings
Johnson has been an assistant for the Las Vegas Aces after serving as the team's head coach for the franchise's final season in San Antonio in 2017.
Lynx
New York Liberty win WNBA draft lottery again
The New York Liberty will pick No. 1 for the second consecutive year in the WNBA draft, although this time there isn't a clear-cut choice of who they'll take to pair with last year's choice Sabrina Ionescu.
Gophers
Sarah Fuller currently only kicker on Vanderbilt's roster
The Vanderbilt Commodores have only one kicker listed on their two-deep chart for this weekend's game at No. 11 Georgia, and it's Sarah Fuller, the first woman to play in a Power Five game.
Lynx
For Lynx players overseas, challenges continue in 2020
WNBA players augmenting their income by playing overseas is a time-honored tradition. But the pandemic has made that more difficult, as Lynx guard Bridget Carleton is discovering.
Golf
Reusse: Grading which sports dealt best with the coronavirus
The financial hits have been onerous and TV ratings plunged, but how have the sports entities handled holding competition at a time when the biggest foe has been the coronavirus.
Sports
Sports venues across country in play on Election Day
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson cast her vote at the Detroit Pistons' training facility. About 12 hours later, she saw metal boxes on wheels with ballots inside roll into Ford Field for double checking.
Sports
Nancy Darsch, former Ohio State and WNBA coach, dies at 68
Darsch led the Buckeyes for 12 years, from 1985 to 1997, compiling a 234-125 record and making seven appearances in the NCAA tournament.
Vikings
With votes and voices, Minnesota pro athletes answering call to action
From registering for the first time to using their considerable social media platforms, sports figures are finding new ways to affect change outside the game.
Lynx
Reeve likes Lynx roster, but WNBA could be stronger than ever next season
The Lynx will have to improve to keep pace with a league that — with several star players expected to return — might be the deepest in its history next season.
Wolves
Souhan: LeBron is the greatest ... for these strange, polarized times
Two players rose above all others in the Florida bubbles: Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm and James. Both led their teams to championships. Both could at some point be regarded as the best to ever play the game.
Wolves
Day of outreach: Wolves, Lynx visit Floyd memorial, help register voters
The Wolves have held other voter registration events in Minneapolis, their way of putting words spoken since George Floyd's death into action.
Lynx
Lynx's Collier makes all-WNBA second team
Lynx forward Napheesa Collier made the all-WNBA second team, the league announced Sunday at halftime of Game 2 of the league finals.
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