Chaska's Michelle Love received a stunning bit of information Monday: the race she signed up for months ago, at the time just a demonstration event, had suddenly become a competition.
At Minnesota United FC practice on Wednesday, midfielder Seamus Schuller participated in the first half of practice before bowing out to train separately. Goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth trained separately the whole time.
The players were calmer than coach Bruce Boudreau during Wednesday's skate in St. Louis. The coach responded sharply when asked about Martin Hanzal's play, saying: 'I don't know why you pick on him.'
The Vikings are entering a season that falls along a scheduling and timing pattern that has led to the firing of three of their last four head coaches. Can this be headed off?
Angus Flanagan of England is eligible to tee up for the Gophers in the fall and expected to quickly position himself as one of the top golfers in the Big Ten.
When Zach Parise played for New Jersey, he got good of advice on how to rally from a 3-0 deficit in the NHL playoffs. It came from his father, J.P. Parise, who actually did it with the New York Islanders in 1975.
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