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Soccer insider: MLS teams have better shot in Champions League tourney
Five MLS teams, including champion Toronto, are in the field.
Gophers
Gophers hockey will be without Bristedt for opener against Ohio State
Senior forward Leon Bristedt will miss Friday's game because of an illness but could return for Saturday's series finale.
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U.S. men's curling starts strong, tops Denmark to even record at 2-2
The victory put the Americans in a four-way tie for second place in the Olympic round robin.
Local
Roger French, assistant football coach with Gophers, BYU and more, dies at 87
A longtime Maple Grove resident, French had a career that spanned six decades, capped by his key role on Brigham Young University's only national championship team.
Vikings
Vikings to raise season ticket prices an average of 7 percent
The team is coming off an NFC North title, a first-round playoff bye and a 14-win season.
Gophers
Could Gophers basketball get roster help for game vs. Wisconsin?
Gophers coach Richard Pitino hopes starting guards Amir Coffey and Dupree McBrayer can return soon after both missing the last two games with injuries
Outdoors
Minnesotan builds a rabid following in the geocaching world
Joshua Johnson's celebrity grows in pursuit of hidden caches.
Local
Ice climbing park's rising star fits vision for Winona as winter playground
One of the driving forces behind the icy playground saw an untapped resource in the city's bluffs.
Wild
Wild changes up lines; Cullen takes maintenance day
It made sense for Wild coach Bruce Boudreau to scramble the forward lines during practice Friday after the team was upended 5-2 by the Capitals Thursday to snap a franchise-record 13-game point streak on home ice.
Gophers
Gophers baseball, picked as third-best in Big Ten, will lean on infield, veterans
Season starts Friday afternoon.
Wolves
As Timberwolves win, mystery of Andrew Wiggins continues
Wiggins is perhaps the most talented player on the Wolves' roster, and his performance will make or break Minnesota.
Wild
Wild's franchise-record home points streak ends with 5-2 loss to Washington
The Capitals on Thursday handed the Wild just its fifth regulation home loss at Xcel Energy Center this season, and first since Dec. 13.
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