Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting and Braden Smith had 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as No. 20 Purdue pulled away from Minnesota for an 81-61 victory.
Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is expected to miss two to three weeks with an apparent right leg injury. Spurgeon was injured when he was slew-footed by Nashville’s Zachary L’Heureux earlier this week.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers put their seven-game bowl win streak on the line Friday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against a Virginia Tech squad that has been decimated by transfers and opt-outs.
Britta Curl-Salemme scored a goal with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Minnesota Frost beat the Boston Fleet 4-3. After a Boston turnover, Kendall Coyne Schofield passed the puck ahead on the breakaway to Curl-Salemme, who beat goaltender Aerin Frankel over their outkicked leg in the closing seconds.
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died at age 103. Hungary’s state news agency says Keleti died Thursday morning in Budapest. She was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25.
No. 20 Purdue takes on the Minnesota Golden Gophers after Boilermakers’ 83-64 victory against the Toledo Rockets. Thursday’s meeting is the first this season for the squads. Minnesota is 0-2 against the Big Ten, and Purdue is 1-1 against conference opponents.
The College Football Playoff quarterfinal in New Orleans has been postponed a day after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away from the site of the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame.
As temperatures begin to drop into the teens and single digits in the coming days, Minneapolis park officials prepare to open outdoor ice rinks — again.
It’s Week 18 of the NFL season, which means just one game remains before postseason action begins. In the NFC, a crucial game awaits when the Minnesota Vikings travel to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday in a game that will decide the division winner, the No. 1 seed in the conference and home-field advantage until the Super Bowl.
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