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Vonn urges athletes use platform for good

In a photo provided by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Lindsey Vonn displays her award during the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame in

Lindsey Vonn used her induction speech into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame on Friday to urge athletes to put their platform to good use, "especially today," the day the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a women's constitutional right to abortion.

Olympian and Afton native Jessie Diggins getting married on Sunday

Jessie Diggins and Wade Poplawski are getting married on a farm on Sunday.

The Olympic medalist and World Cup champion in cross country skiing will be marrying her longtime boyfriend on a farm in the Twin Cities area.

  • Conquering illness, Diggins ends her Olympics with historic silver medal

Neal: Former Gopher Meyers seeing world because of hockey talent

Kristaps Zile, left, of Latvia and Ben Meyers of Team USA chased the puck in the IIOHF Wordld Championship in Tampere, Finland, last Friday.

Ben Meyers played for the U.S. team in the Beijing Olympics and is now on another national team in an international tournament in Finland.


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