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Know This: Here's a sneaky (and 100 percent made up) theory: Jerry Kill is getting paid by the Wild to distract us all from the dumpster fire in St. Paul.
Watch This: You could say this is the biggest game of Richard Pitino's coaching career, and I wouldn't say you were wrong. Michigan at Gophers, 6 p.m., ESPN.
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Several dozen kids — 48 girls and one boy, from first-graders to teenagers — gathered recently at a gymnasium in northern St. Petersburg for a hobby horsing competition. The event looked exactly like a proper equestrian competition, but instead of a horse they rode a stick with a horse's head.
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Anze Kopitar scores in overtime, Kings beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to tie series
Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner's glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series.
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Defending champion Golden Knights beat Stars 3-1 to take 2-0 series lead home to Vegas
Jack Eichel and defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas got exactly what they anticipated, and withstood that early hard push in Game 2 by the desperate Dallas Stars.
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Castro's three-run birthday blast helps Twins beat White Sox
Willi Castro celebrated his 27th birthday with a three-run home run Wednesday night, and the Twins defeated the MLB-worst Chicago White Sox 6-3.
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