The Minnesota Timberwolves have cleared All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns for full-contact, five-on-five basketball activities. Towns had surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee four weeks ago.
The Minnesota Twins acquired right-hander Michael Tonkin from the New York Mets to aid their injury-depleted bullpen. The cash deal reunites the 34-year-old with his original major league team.
Minnesotan Tessa Johnson helped bring the South Carolina Gamecocks the NCAA women’s championship Sunday. But just last year, the college freshman helped bring the St. Michael-Albertville high school girls basketball team a state championship. Her community is overjoyed.
Kirsten Simms scored 3:38 into overtime to lift the United States to a 1-0 preliminary round win over rival Canada, and clinch the Americans the Group A title heading into the women’s world hockey championship playoffs.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.
The Minnesota Timberwolves capitalized on LeBron James’ absence and Anthony Davis’ early exit with an eye injury for a 127-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist, rookie Jesper Wallstedt made 24 saves in posting his first NHL shutout and the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Sunday.
Coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark’s historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship game. Tessa Johnson, who is from Albertville, Minn., led South Carolina with 19 points.
Tani Oluwaseyi scored late in the second half to help Minnesota United earn a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake (3-2-2) scored first when Cristian Arango used an assist from Andrés Gómez in the 24th minute to send a header to the top left corner of the net.
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