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Vikings mock draft: seven rounds, eight picks and, yes, one quarterback
Star Tribune Vikings beat reporter Ben Goessling predicts how the team will use its nine draft picks and secure a quarterback of the future.
Scoggins: Worried about costly trade up in draft for QB? Vikings bosses shouldn't be.
If the Vikings on Thursday night draft a quarterback who becomes a star, you won't remember what they paid to get him.
Reusse: Shaver was 'Voice of the North Stars' and an all-time great guy
Al Shaver, who had a premier standing among Minnesota sports radio voices, died Monday at 96. He made many friends and called it like he saw it.
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.
Wolves' Reid wins NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award
The center was chosen as the league's best bench player in his breakout 2023-24 season.
Duran, Correa hope to return during Twins' upcoming road trip
Jhoan Duran made his season debut with the Saints on Tuesday, and Carlos Correa has progressed to on-field workouts.
Wolves' shut-down defense frustrates Suns in first-round playoff series
Phoenix has yet to score 100 points in the series, and the efforts of the perimeter defensive trio of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jaden McDaniels and Anthony Edwards have led the way to a 2-0 lead.
Mark Craig's mock draft: QBs, trades and the Vikings take . . .
This mock draft has offensive players taken with the top seven picks. So if you like defense, you really don't need to show up for the start.
Reusse: There's no doubt Finch is the right coach for the Wolves
Chris Finch is a finalist for NBA Coach of the Year, but he brings more to the table than just victories, including lessons learned in faraway places.
Matt Boldy is selected to the U.S. world championship team
Wild coach John Hynes will lead the team from May 10-16 in the Czech Republic.
Al Shaver, voice of the North Stars, dies at 96
Shaver was the radio play-by-play announcer for the team's entire history. He is enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Vikings fan guide to the 2024 NFL draft: TV, radio, picks and more
The Vikings currently have nine of the 257 selections in the NFL draft, which starts Thursday and runs all weekend. Here's everything you need to follow the action.
U football continues strong activity in transfer portal with QB addition
The Gophers received a commitment from quarterback Dylan Wittke out of Virginia Tech, who ESPN rated as a Top-40 QB in the Class of 2023.
Gophers hoops lands Oregon guard transfer after Hawkins' departure
The Gophers had an increasing need at guard after Elijah Hawkins entered the transfer portal earlier this week.
Herro scores 24, Heat hit franchise playoff-record 23 3s to beat Boston and even series 1-1
The Miami Heat beat Boston with an unprecedented barrage of 3-pointers on Wednesday night to erase the home-court advantage the Celtics worked all season to establish.
Wild roster 2024-25: Who stays, who goes after playoff failure?
The Wild's salary cap problems will have an impact of how quickly the team can recover from their failure to make the playoffs. Hockey writer Sarah McLellan looks at who could be gone and why.
Yuen: Lynx No. 1 pick Pili finds 'blessing' fueling dreams of Samoan, Indigenous kids
We in Minnesota are about to witness the legions of fans from two under-represented communities who flock to see "Pili Power."
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Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Shaver was 'Voice of the North Stars' and an all-time great guy
Al Shaver, who had a premier standing among Minnesota sports radio voices, died Monday at 96. He made many friends and called it like he saw it.
Chip Scoggins
Scoggins: Worried about costly trade up in draft for QB? Vikings bosses shouldn't be.
If the Vikings on Thursday night draft a quarterback who becomes a star, you won't remember what they paid to get him.
News
Minnesota Senate GOP files ethics complaint against Sen. Nicole Mitchell
Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows
Body camera video shows Minnetonka man shooting at deputies several times before dying in firefight
Her son bought a fake pill via Snapchat. Fentanyl killed him. Hastings mom is on a mission.
Wild
Reusse: Shaver was 'Voice of the North Stars' and an all-time great guy
Al Shaver, voice of the North Stars, dies at 96
Wild roster 2024-25: Who stays, who goes after playoff failure?
Matt Boldy is selected to the U.S. world championship team
Gophers
Gophers hoops lands Oregon guard transfer after Hawkins' departure
Reusse: Shaver was 'Voice of the North Stars' and an all-time great guy
U football continues strong activity in transfer portal with QB addition
How will Minnesota be represented in the NFL draft?
Wolves
Wolves' shut-down defense frustrates Suns in first-round playoff series
Reusse: There's no doubt Finch is the right coach for the Wolves
Wolves' Reid wins NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award
Gilgeous-Alexander's 33 points lead Thunder past Pelicans 124-92; OKC takes 2-0 lead
Loons
Even if Reynoso returns to Loons, his old role has disappeared
Liverpool's Premier League title hopes hit by 2-0 loss to Everton. Man United survives another scare
Mbappe nets twice in 4-1 win over Lorient to put PSG on the verge of French league title
Macron takes part in charity soccer game, showing off sporting prowess
Lynx
Yuen: Lynx No. 1 pick Pili finds 'blessing' fueling dreams of Samoan, Indigenous kids
Excited for new journey, Lynx first-round pick Pili gets warm welcome
Lynx sign three players to training camp contracts
Caitlin Clark's early play in WNBA will be her tryout for a roster spot on US Olympic women's team
Twins
Castro's three-run birthday blast helps Twins beat White Sox
Duran, Correa hope to return during Twins' upcoming road trip
Alec Marsh and 4 relievers combined for a 6-hitter as the Royals beat the Blue Jays 3-2
Aaron Judge homers 1 pitch after Joe Boyle is called for a balk as Yanks top A's 7-3
High Schools
Former Totino-Grace star set to follow father as first-round pick
High school archer focuses on target: another national championship
Is the east side the best side in high school baseball? Poll has an answer.
Prep Athletes of the Week: Pitcher and her team perfect together
Outdoors
St. Paul event organizers aim for spirit of Midwest Mountaineering expos
Wildlife agency: Sturgeon won't go on endangered species list
Anderson: Celebrate Earth Day by rekindling real connection to nature
State parks reservation system going through another round of changes
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Next phase of O'Connell's quarterback journey begins now
In the first round of the NFL draft Thursday, the Vikings could make franchise history with a choice coach Kevin O'Connell was hired two years ago to make.
He replaced Mickey Mantle. Now baseball's oldest living major leaguer, Art Schallock, is turning 100
Whether at home or on the road, Art Schallock would begin each day by taking the elevator down to the lobby and collecting the latest comic books for roommate Yogi Berra.
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.
Thunder's Holmgren bests Pelicans' Valanciunas in center matchup to help OKC take 2-0 lead
Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren won his center matchup with Jonas Valanciunas and helped Oklahoma City beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92 in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series Wednesday night.
AP PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse's head in hobby horsing competition
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.