Sports
Jon Gruden's emails, Ben Johnson's challenge, Kyrie Irving's weirdness
How much more is behind the Gruden resignation? Columnist La Velle E. Neal III and Michael Rand swap ideas. Also basketball writer Marcus Fuller joins the Daily Delivery and Rand on the Kyrie Irving story.
Wild
Wild bonds, practices in Duluth before Friday's season opener
The Wild begins the season in southern California, Friday at Anaheim, but first the team ventured north to Duluth for a practice and time to bond.
Loons
Minnesota United has little room for opportunity lost with six games left
"We have like six Cup finals left," Loons coach Adrian Heath said Tuesday, two days after a 3-1 loss to Colorado left the Loons in seventh place.
Vikings
Neal: Troubling Gruden case yet another sign of NFL's broken culture
The NFL's awful hiring history didn't lead to Jon Gruden's behavior, but anyone familiar with the league's homogeneous upper crust shouldn't be surprised views like his are shared within it.
Vikings
Why Jon Gruden's departure means more trouble for the Raiders
The Raiders moved to a new, $2 billion stadium in Las Vegas last year, hoping to build a football dynasty. Things haven't gone as they'd hoped.
High Schools
Chaska withstands Bloomington Jefferson in five-set thriller
Chaska dug deep and won the final two sets in the Southwest Metro Conference game.
High Schools
St. Louis Park soccer star will follow mother's path to play for Gophers
Alma Beaton, Anne Beaton's daughter, will be the first legacy player in the University of Minnesota program.
Gophers
Gophers guard Dunlap re-enters portal; QB Morgan gets engaged
Curtis Dunlap Jr., a 345-pound redshirt junior, started 16 games in his Minnesota career and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in 2019.
Vikings
As Vikings showed us again, winning ugly in the NFL is still a thing
On the NFL: Vikings fans annoyed by Sunday's game should ask any Lions fan over the past 60 years if winning ugly beats losing ugly.
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Why does the Vikings run defense keep springing leaks?
The Vikings defense is starting to come together, but there remains a major flaw that should be of added concern because of the team's next three opponents.
Vikings
Lions Pro Bowl center Ragnow out for season
Frank Ragnow — a former Chanhassen High School standout and a 2018 first-round pick out of Arkansas who signed a $54 million, four-year extension in May, making him the NFL's highest-paid center — went on injured reserve last week for a toe injury.
Gophers Basketball
U basketball starters? Here's our projected starting five and subs
Ben Johnson admits that he doesn't know yet which players will be in the Gophers' starting lineup in the Nov. 9 opener vs. Missouri Kansas City.
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