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That means about 99 percent of NHL players have gotten the vaccine. "All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that come into contact with the players are vaccinated," the commissioner adds.

The football coach at a small high school in northeastern Minnesota has resigned amid a police investigation into what district leaders describe as “player misconduct” on his team.

In emails dating back to 2011, Jon Gruden reportedly used racist, misogynistic and homophobic terms. The messages emerged in an investigation of the Washington Football Club.

Greg Joseph made a 54-yard field goal as time expired to give the Minnesota Vikings a 19-17 victory over the winless Lions on Sunday.

Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with allegedly pocketing $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan.

There’s not a lot of mountain climbing happening in Minnesota. But it was his upbringing in Detroit Lakes — visiting national parks and skiing with his family — that set Eddie Taylor up to join the first all-Black team of climbers training to take on Mount Everest next year.

A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects. One school district in Iowa is spending $100,000 on a weight room renovation, while another in Wisconsin is spending $1.6 million on new synthetic turf fields.

The game will be played Aug. 10 at Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United, the league announced Tuesday. The league’s stars will play an opponent that will be announced later.

After months of training, Laura Sosalla, who was declared legally blind earlier this year after a battle with COVID-19, ran the last mile of the Twin Cities Marathon alongside the women who helped her train and guided her along the way — exactly how Sosalla wanted her marathon experience to end.

Thousands of runners took part in Sunday's Twin Cities Marathon and TC 10 Mile race — a welcome return to a fall tradition, after last year's races were canceled due to the pandemic.