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Outdoors
April 15
Star Tribune Vikings reporter Ben Goessling competes in the Hot Dash 10K on March 23 in Minneapolis. He will run his first Boston Marathon on Monday.

Training for Boston Marathon during a never-ending Vikings season

Interviews, free-agent signings and NFL injuries interrupted Vikings reporter Ben Goessling's training to prepare for the race. So how did he prepare to run in today's race?
Olympics
April 5
Lexi Zeiss stretches alongside other gymnasts during practice at Twin City Twisters in Champlin.

Aspiring U.S. Olympics team gymnast Lexi Zeiss training in Champlin

Lexi Zeiss moved from Nebraska to Minnesota with hopes of enhancing her gymnastic abilities and earning a spot on Team USA for the 2024 Olympics.
Olympics
March 22
Jessie Diggins, middle, celebrates with the World Cup cross-country skiing trophy on March 17 in Falun, Sweden.

Jessie Diggins says she really needs a break from skiing right now

After revealing last fall that she had a relapse of an eating disorder, Diggins roared to the best season of her career. Now, it's time for the Afton native to dial things down.
Olympics
March 17
Afton native Jessie Diggins celebrates after winning the 20-kilometer mass start freestyle in Falun, Sweden, on Sunday, becoming the first American to

Diggins makes history, clinches second overall World Cup title

Afton's Jessie Diggins prevailed Sunday in a 20-kilometer mass start freestyle in Falun, Sweden, and became the first American to win two World Cup cross-country skiing crowns.
Colleges
March 16
Tyler Kim holds up the "Swens-Milboy Belt," awarded to the winner of the Augsburg-Wartburg men's wrestling dual meet, after his win at 285 pounds clin

Reusse: Why Augsburg, heavyweight star deserve their spotlight

Tyler Kim and the Auggies will be battling for another Division III wrestling title this weekend in Wisconsin.
Olympics
March 15
Minnesota native Jessie Diggins skis in the qualifying round during the first day of the COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at Theodore Wirth Park on Fe

Diggins' World Cup lead shrinks with two races remaining in season

Linn Svahn finished second in a classic sprint in Sweden to pull within 41 points of the Afton native in the standings.
Olympics
March 14
Afton native Jesse Diggins (shown in April of 2023) got to race in her home state in the Loppet Cup cross-country skiing event at Theodore Wirth Park

Diggins clinging to World Cup overall lead entering closing weekend

Afton native Jessie Diggins is ahead of Linn Svahn by 102 points after leading by more than 300 points in early February, and the season's final races will be held on Svahn's home snow in Falun, Sweden.
Olympics
March 9
Regan Smith competing in the 200 butterfly last summer.

Regan Smith sets two records at Pro Swim Series meet

The Lakeville native and three-time Olympic medalist won the 200 butterfly in 2:04.80 and the 100 backstroke in 57.64 seconds.
Olympics
March 5
Shoreview native Lara Dallman-Weiss has qualified for her second Olympics in sailing, making the U.S. team for this summer’s Paris Games.

Shoreview native qualifies for second Olympics in sailing

Lara Dallman-Weiss, who won the U.S. Olympic trials in Miami last month with teammate Stu McNay, qualified their boat with a 26th-place finish at the 470 world championships, which ended Sunday in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Gophers
March 1
Herb Brooks and the 1974 national championship team won the Gophers' first national title 54 years after the program's official start.

Reusse: With playoffs looming, Gophers hockey honors the men who won it first

Motzko's boys are gearing up for another playoff push. They could learn a thing or two from Herbie's boys, winners of the program's first NCAA title in 1974.
Gophers
February 25
Former Gophers gymnast Shane Wiskus, shown in 2021, finished second in the men’s all-around Sunday at the Winter Cup in Louisville, Ky.

Former U gymnast Wiskus places second in all-around in Winter Cup

Shane Wiskus, a Tokyo Olympian, had a two-day score of 167.450 to finish behind Olympic teammate Yul Moldauer (169.750).
Olympics
February 24
Suni Lee performed on the uneven bars at the USA Gymnastics Winter Cup competition in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday.

Despite falls, Lee happy to be at Winter Cup after battling kidney issues

The reigning Olympic all-around champion fell on her events as she sought a spot at the upcoming World Cup, where a new skill would be named after her if she completes it.
Randball
February 24
Max Exsted carried his tennis gear into a match at InnerCity Tennis in Minneapolis last year. It was the only time he played competitively in his home

Daily Delivery: On Max Exsted's global tennis pursuit

Jeff Day of the Star Tribune joins Michael Rand to discuss his story on Max Exsted, a 16-year-old from Savage who is one of the best junior tennis players in the world.
Sports
February 19
American Gus Schumacher, center, celebrates winning the men's 10-kilometer World Cup race Sunday at Theodore Wirth Park. Harald Oestberg Amundsen of N

Souhan: American's stunning win was another Minneapolis Miracle

The weekend World Cup event at Theodore Wirth Park in north Minneapolis was a success just by existing. Then 23-year-old Alaskan Gus Schumacher added a miracle on the snow.
Sports
February 19
Minnesota native Jessie Diggins celebrated her third-place finish at the women's 10-kilometer race Sunday at Theodore Wirth Park.

Diggins' dream-come-true weekend ends with third-place finish in 10K

The roar that followed Jessie Diggins around the Wirth Park course was the loudest she has ever heard, part of a day made even sweeter when an American pulled a stunning upset in the men's race.
Sports
February 18
Young fans surrounded skiers like American Rosie Brennan, left, every chance they got, hoping for an autograph or even a coveted piece of equipment.

Minnesota skiers find inspiration across generations at World Cup

From pros who once idolized Jessie Diggins skiing alongside her to thousands of children clamoring for autographs, Theodore Wirth Park made many dreams come true.
Sports
February 18
Gus Schumacher, center, celebrates with his teammates after winning the men's 10-kilometer World Cup race at Theodore Wirth Park.

American claims surprise win in World Cup cross-country race

Gus Schumacher, a 23-year-old from Alaska, won the men's 10-kilometer freestyle race at Theodore Wirth Park on Sunday, becoming the first American man to win a World Cup distance event since 1983.
Sports
February 18
Minnesota native Jessie Diggins, left, finished fourth in Saturday's sprint races. She competes in her signature event, the 10k, on Sunday.

How to watch Diggins ski at the Loppet Cup this weekend

Afton's Jessie Diggins, the leader in the World Cup standings, will compete in front of 30,000 spectators in her home state in races at Theodore Wirth Park on Saturday and Sunday — tickets are nearly impossible to find.
Sports
February 17
Zak Ketterson of Bloomington (14) reached the quarterfinals of the men's sprint race Saturday.

'Zak! Zak! Zak!': Ketterson returns to Wirth Park for World Cup

The Bloomington native returned to the paths he grew up skiing, this time with thousands cheering him on.
Sports
February 17
Minnesota native Jessie Diggins crossed the finish line in fourth place Saturday, but falling just short of the podium couldn't ruin a day she'd dream

'Wall of noise' celebrates Diggins in World Cup race on home snow

Afton native Jessie Diggins finished fourth in Saturday's World Cup freestyle sprint at Theodore Wirth Park, a cross-country skiing event she lobbied for years to bring to her home state.
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