Larry Olimb led Orono to the Class 1A state championship game in February.
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Larry Olimb led Orono to the Class 1A state championship game in February.

Neal: In ugly Orono hockey brawl, it's the kids who lost — again

June 30, 2023
High school leaders everywhere: If you need another reminder to sharpen your communication protocols, here it is. Kids lose when parents and coaches battle.
Brian Linder, left, and Nathan Thompson fish for the club team at Minnesota State Mankato. Their recent dramatic win in Michigan qualified them for th

Anderson: Best underdog story in Minnesota sports? Two dudes from Mankato

July 14, 2022
Fishing for Minnesota State Mankato, two young anglers beat the nation's best to qualify for a national tournament.
Alex Rodriguez and the other Timberwolves bosses will bring back Rudy Gobert ... and who else?

Which Wolves stay? Who goes? Our player-by-player roster breakdown

May 2, 2023
Which Timberwolves players will be back when training camp opens? Which Timberwolves do fans want back? Here's our early player-by-player projection of what's ahead.
The Wild’s lack of salary cap space will play a role in deciding who stays and who is gone for the 2023-24 season.

Will they still be Wild? A player-by-player look at the roster

May 5, 2023
The Wild have little flexibility in their budget but plenty of decisions to make when it comes to their roster. Hockey writer Sarah McLellan's outlook for each player on the team as it relates to the 2023-24 season.
Bally Sports North will show Twins games for the rest of 2023.
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Bally Sports news is financial win for Twins — and a loss for fans

July 3, 2023
Diamond Sports made its payment to the Twins by Saturday's deadline, keeping the team on Bally Sports North at least through the end of this season. Fans were quick to vent.
FILE - Team champions David Puig, Sebastián Muñoz, Mito Pereira, Captain Joaquín Niemann of Torque GC and their caddies celebrate on stage with the

Reusse: Don't expect peace in golf after PGA Tour, LIV merger

June 6, 2023
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan has some explaining to do among golfers who remained loyal to the PGA, according to former tour golfers Tom Lehman and Tim Herron.
Just a few months after the Twins traded Luis Arráez (bottom left) for Pablo López (top), the deal is already evoking the memory of the franchise lo

Souhan: Pablo López, Luis Arraez and the lingering fear of David Ortiz

June 13, 2023
When the Twins traded Luis Arraez to Miami for pitcher Pablo López, it felt like a logical move because the Twins needed pitching — and appeared to have an abundance of hitting. Right now, it looks misguided.
Vikings
May 30, 2023

Jacky Chen's journey: Sneaking onto the field to signing with the Vikings

The offensive lineman from a Division II college out east — the son of Chinese immigrants — is one of the more unlikely undrafted free agents at the Vikings' offseason workouts.
Twins
June 20, 2023
That’s Randy Dobnak under the towel after giving up eight runs to the Yankees in 2021. Also, Josh Donaldson’s arrival didn’t help and Luis Arrá

Reusse: Twins fail in many ways — and it starts with deals they've done

Ever since the COVID-wrecked season of 2020, the Twins front office has made blunder after blunder when trying to improve the roster. You want details?
Gophers
June 12, 2023
Jim Shikenjanski, left, has coached his son Max in basketball and watched him blossom into a record-breaking quarterback.

Shikenjanski follows father's U footsteps — but in a different sport

Max Shikenjanski, the son of former Gophers center Jim Shikenjanski, turned down a D-I basketball scholarship to walk-on for Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck.
Sports
June 3, 2023
Secretariat approached the finish line in his 31-length victory at the Belmont Stakes for the 1973 Triple Crown.

Secretariat's Triple Crown run turns 50, and Minnesota is part of the lore

The story behind the birth of the great Secretariat's first foal doesn't get told often. But Lynn Nankivil delights in telling the tale of how the birth of First Secretary was an international news event from a farm near Winona.
Outdoors
July 8, 2023
A service helicopter dumps water on a back burn along the Gunflint Trail in 2007.

Can the BWCA be saved from fire — by fire?

Climate change virtually ensures future fires in the wilderness area — something Indigenous people survived for eons. Can we learn something from their ancient practices?
Randball
June 16, 2023
Program legend Lindsay Whalen spent five years as Gophers women’s head coach.

The Lindsay Whalen mystery grew more complicated this week

While the Gophers have tried to depict the departure of the legendary former player and head coach as a mutual decision, Whalen's actions suggest that's not the case.
Sports
May 28, 2023
Think watching sports on TV is complicated? Wait for what's next

Think watching sports on TV is complicated? Wait for what's next

"Turning on the game" used to be one of the easiest chores a sports fan could do. Soon you'll wish you had an engineering degree. Change is coming even faster now — potentially big, and potentially as soon as Wednesday.
Sports
May 27, 2023
Volleyball teams from across the country compete on multiple courts simultaneously during the Northern Lights Qualifier, a tournament for teams trying

Club volleyball's multimillion-dollar world: Dreams, sacrifice, cold reality

Thousands of girls gather in Minneapolis throughout the year for elite competition in pursuit of college scholarships. A family can pay over $30,000 (plus travel) for a child to play from age 12 to 18. Here's an inside look at that world.
Gophers
July 1, 2023
University of Minnesota quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis

Gophers' next big hope at QB loves his family, football and fishing

Athan Kaliakmanis is an Antioch, Ill., native who is soaking up the outdoors in Minnesota while getting ready for training camp.
Sports
June 15, 2023
Tyrell Terry, the former DeLaSalle star, is back at school now, at Stanford in California.

Tyrell Terry picks up the pieces of a life broken by basketball

From Minneapolis high school star to Stanford to a $6 million NBA contract, the point guard from DeLaSalle looked to be making basketball's transitions easily. But the game turned on Terry, causing him to walk away from what he called "the darkest times of my life."