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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The San Diego Padres started small and had a big finish. Somewhere in there, they found a spark. The Padres used three Minnesota errors and savvy baserunning by Ha-Seong Kim and Fernando [Read More…]

Joe Kapp, the hard-nosed quarterback who routinely ran into tacklers instead of away from them while leading the Minnesota Vikings to their first Super Bowl and California to its last Rose Bowl, has died. He [Read More…]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s Cal Quantrill had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh and combined on a one-hitter, leading the Guardians over the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday. Alex Kirilloff [Read More…]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Max Kepler hit a two-run homer and Bailey Ober pitched seven innings in a combined three-hitter, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night. Ober [Read More…]

CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Correa drove in a run during Minnesota’s five-run 12th inning, and he and Byron Buxton homered to lift the Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7-3 Thursday and avoid a three-game [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Sanford Sports) – The Nebraska Cornhuskers are returning to the Sanford Pentagon in 2023 for a non-conference matchup with the Oregon State Beavers on Nov. 18. Ticket information and game time will be announced later. [Read More…]

Mitchell High School will hold Athletic Facilities Open Houses on the following dates from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Thursday, May 11th Tuesday, May 16th Monday, May 22nd The open houses will allow open access [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves made a big move last summer — in more ways than one — to build off a breakthrough season, and the end result was a small impact in the NBA [Read More…]

CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox manager Pedro Grifol was on the coaching staff in Kansas City when Andrew Benintendi played for the Royals. Grifol thinks Benintendi is best appreciated over time. “We’re not going to [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer as part of a seven-run third inning, Sonny Gray kept rolling with six strong innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on [Read More…]

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Throughout the draft process, Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah heard from people in the organization that saw LSU’s Jay Ward as a potential NFL starter at three spots in the secondary. [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco and Jose Miranda homered as the Minnesota Twins stayed hot at the plate with an 8-6 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Kansas City loaded the [Read More…]

Nebraska’s goal was to set the NCAA volleyball attendance record when it announced the “Volleyball Day in Nebraska” outdoor event at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln this summer. With almost 83,000 tickets sold for the Aug. 30 doubleheader, [Read More…]

KANSAS CITY — South Dakota State tight end Tucker Kraft was selected in the third round of the National Football League Draft by the Green Bay Packers Friday night. Kraft was the 15th pick of the third round [Read More…]

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Addison could hardly have found a better place to break into the NFL than Minnesota, with Justin Jefferson in place to learn from. The Vikings selected the USC wide receiver [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa homered back-to-back for the Minnesota Twins, who routed the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Thursday. Buxton and Correa teed off on Royals veteran right-hander Zack Greinke in [Read More…]

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The persistent need for cornerbacks has only ramped up for the Minnesota Vikings, with the departure of their best player in pass coverage, Patrick Peterson, after another rough season for the [Read More…]

DENVER (AP) — Michael Malone surveyed the scene Tuesday night and wondered where everyone was — not just Denver’s fans, but the Nuggets themselves. “Our team was kind of like the crowd tonight — we [Read More…]