Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell-Pohl were teammates at the University of Minnesota, as well as on U.S. teams that won silver at the 2002 Olympics and gold at the 2005 world championships.
On Capitol Hill, Michael Phelps and fellow Olympic swimming star Alison Schmitt testified about doping by elite Chinese athletes and demanded reforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Bridget Carleton scored 23 points and Napheesa Collier added 21 to help the Minnesota Lynx win their first Commissioner’s Cup championship with a 94-89 victory over the New York Liberty.
Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer in the first inning and drove in the go-ahead run with an infield hit in the seventh as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4.
At the end of Gail Nucech’s 44-season coaching career for Hibbing girl’s volleyball, she had a Minnesota-record 884 match victories. On Tuesday, she’ll be inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
The U.S. is among the countries bringing portable AC units to the Paris Olympics this summer since the Athletes’ Village won’t have any. Many athletes are worried about competing in extreme heat.
Bailey Ober struck out 10 in a four-hitter for his first career complete game and the Minnesota Twins used a seven-run second inning to rout the Oakland Athletics 10-2.
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