Sports
March 12, 2018
Marit Bjoergen of Norway, center, winner of a cross-country ski, women's World Cup 30k Mass Start event, poses on the podium with second placed United

Olympian Jessie Diggins places 2nd in 30K race in Norway

The cross-country skier from Afton became the first American woman to earn a medal in a World Cup 30K event.
Sports
February 28, 2018
USA goalie Maddie Rooney (35) (Andover, MN) made a save in the third period during the Women's Gold Medal Hockey Game at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympi

Team USA goalie Rooney lobbies to play hockey with Justin Bieber

Andover's Maddie Rooney tweeted, "Hey @justinbieber let me know if you ever need a goalie for your beer league games??"
Eat & Drink
February 28, 2018
Hannah Brandt, the pride of Vadnais Heights and member of the U.S. women's hockey team, appears on a jug of Kemps.

Minnesota's gold medal hockey champ Hannah Brandt celebrated on Kemps milk

Milk jugs elbow cereal boxes as Olympic honor comes to dairy cases.
Sports
February 27, 2018
Kendall Coyne (26) and Hilary Knight (21) celebrated at the end of the game.

Crushing fear and doubt, U.S. women win hockey gold

The U.S. women beat Canada 3-2 for the Olympic gold medal in a shootout at Gangneung Hockey Centre, riding a stout performance from goaltender Maddie Rooney of Andover and the pond-hockey chops of North Dakota's Lamoureux twins.
Sports
February 27, 2018
Passengers took photos of Tyler George with the gold medal on the flight home from South Korea.

John Shuster returns to Duluth, where curling club is 'blowing up'

Duluth began what looks to be a 24-hour party when John Shuster and other members of Team USA's gold medal curling team arrived home from the Olympics.
Sports
February 27, 2018

Photos: Team Shuster brings the gold home to Duluth

Posing for selfies and even curling in the airport the U.S. men's curling team had fun and basked in the attention on the way home from the Olympics.
Sports
February 26, 2018
Jessie Diggins carried the flag for team USA at Closing Ceremony on Sunday night.

Afton's Diggins hoists U.S. colors at Olympics Closing Ceremony

South Korea concluded one of the most efficient Games in recent memory Sunday.
Sports
February 26, 2018
USA curling skip Shuster strikes gold again on flight home; first-class passenger swaps seats

USA curling skip Shuster strikes gold again on flight home; first-class passenger swaps seats

Delta celebrated their gold-medal achievement at the airport in Seoul popping champagne and giving the curlers a toast on board during their flight home.
Sports
February 26, 2018
Lindsey Vonn was carried as team USA entered Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium during Closing Ceremony on Sunday.

Scoggins: Minnesota's Olympians steal show (when do we leave for Beijing?)

After three weeks in Korea, Chip Scoggins writes: "Mostly, I'll remember those four days when Minnesota athletes stole the show with one riveting performance after another."
Sports
February 26, 2018
U.S. skiers Kikkan Randall, left, and Jessie Diggins of Afton, Minn., after winning the gold in the team sprint in Pyeonchang, South Korea, on Thursda

Diggins 7th in final Olympic race; Minnesotan Frankowski 21st

Jessie Diggins, who won a gold medal Wednesday in the team sprint, fell on the first lap on the 30-kilometer race and found herself playing catch-up the rest of the way.
Sports
February 26, 2018

Olympic highlights from Star Tribune photographer Carlos Gonzalez

Here are some of Star Tribune photographer Carlos Gonzalez's best images from his time covering the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Sports
February 25, 2018

Following our Minnesotan Olympic athletes

Here's the final results of how our Olympic athletes from Minnesota fared in Pyeongchang:
Sports
February 25, 2018

Final Pyeongchang Olympics medal tracker

Norway led the way with 39 medals; the United States finished fourth with 23.
Sports
February 25, 2018

Final Pyeongchang Olympics results

Here's the results from the final day of competition in the Winter Games:
Sports
February 25, 2018
Maddie Rooney of UMD was the goalie for the gopld-medal winning U.S. Olympians in 2018.

Minnesota Strong: Local athletes return home with impressive Olympic medal count

Athletes from this pocket of the world did the U.S. proud, and they have the medals to prove it
Olympics
February 24, 2018

Quite the haul: A look at Minnesota's medals

Fourteen athletes from Minnesota or with strong Minnesota connections are coming home with Olympic medals.
St. Paul
February 24, 2018
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Gold medal-worthy curling party in St. Paul: 'This is the place to be'

At a lock-in event late Friday night, curling revelers cheered on Team USA to a gold medal.
Sports
February 24, 2018
Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic competes in the ladies parallel giant slalom snowboard event, at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea,

Skier/snowboarder Ester Ledecka convinces skeptics

Sports
February 24, 2018
Team skip John Shuster reacted after throwing the last stone and scoring 5 on the eighth end to give the USA a 10-5 lead. Team USA beat Sweden 10-7 at

Scoggins: With gold, John Shuster's curling redemption is complete

Nothing in sports tops unexpected success, and the U.S. men's curling team, led by Chisholm-born John Shuster, engineered one of the greatest surprise endings in Olympic history.
Sports
February 24, 2018
Team skip John Shuster reacted after throwing the last stone and scoring 5 on the eighth end to give the USA a 10-5 lead. Team USA beat Sweden 10-7 at

Golden curls: Shuster leads USA to first curling gold medal

The best curling team Minnesota's John Shuster ever assembled shrugged off a 2-4 start to the Olympic round robin to win five in a row, ending its Winter Games with tears, hugs and a gold medal few saw coming.