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Podcast: Vikings' defensive departures and free-agent moves
Ben Goessling, Andrew Krammer and Michael Rand keep their social distance while discussing Everson Griffen's departure, the Vikings' plan with safety Anthony Harris and the Michael Pierce signing.
Wild
Minnesota Duluth star defenseman Scott Perunovich agrees to terms with Blues
The junior from Hibbing, Minn., and Hobey Baker Award top 10 finalist will forgo his senior season with the Bulldogs to join the St. Louis organization. He was a second-round draft pick in 2018.
Curious Minnesota
Your top questions about Minnesota lakes answered
If Minnesotans love one thing, it's their lakes. We did some research to answer your five most frequent questions about Minnesota's cherished bodies of water.
Wild
Owner: Wild will pay its full-time staff through the end of April
The Wild's full-time staff will receive full pay and benefits through the month of April while the NHL remains paused during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Gophers
Big Ten Conference extends suspension of team activities through May 4
The suspension originally went through April 6.
Twins
Podcast: Neutral site World Series? Saturday doubleheaders?
Chip Scoggins and Michael Rand reflect on what would have been opening week for MLB and the Twins by examining what baseball could look like in 2020 when and if it returns.
Local
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Minneapolis to close some parkways so runners, walkers can spread out
The Park Board is expecting to close other parkways, but hasn't said which ones.
High Schools
'Touched by stardust.' Edgerton's magical basketball title turns 60
This Week in Minnesota Sports: Today is the 60th anniversary of the 1960 state basketball title game, in which tiny Edgerton captured the hearts of Minnesota by beating Austin to cap an amazing tournament run.
Vikings
NFL Draft will go on as scheduled -- but will rookies suffer the most?
Roger Goodell distributed an NFL-wide memo saying the draft will go on as planned while warning that anyone who criticizes the plan publicly "serves no useful purpose and is grounds for disciplinary action."
Outdoors
A final pheasant hunt was part of a poignant Minnesota goodbye
Albert the Lab was calm, easy going, a fierce hunter -- everything.
Gophers
No NCAA hockey tournament? We're making our picks anyway
Puck Drop editor Randy Johnson and national hockey contributor Nate Wells take you step by step to the Frozen Four in Detroit for a couple of projections of what might have been.
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