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PWHL players joining NHL All-Star festivities is a chance to celebrate and grow the new league

PWHL players joining NHL All-Star festivities is a chance to celebrate and grow the new league

Two dozen of the best women’s hockey players in the world have converged on Toronto to be part of NHL All-Star Weekend. The sport’s latest turn on a major international stage is a chance to celebrate the successful launch and first month of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
by The Associated Press

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Mora's Vasaloppet USA cross-country ski race canceled due to lack of snow

Mora's Vasaloppet USA cross-country ski race canceled due to lack of snow

With “no ability to make additional snow or groom this week, we will not be able to put on a race worthy of the Vasaloppet name,” organizers of the longtime ski race in Mora announced Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades

Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades

The National Park Service suspended the count Tuesday out of concerns that warm weather has left the ice surrounding the island unsafe for the ski-planes the researchers use in their surveys. Regional temperatures have been above freezing for the last week.
by The Associated Press

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Kirill Kaprizov makes All-Stars, Timberwolves win and more

Kirill Kaprizov makes All-Stars, Timberwolves win and more

The National Hockey League's All-Star weekend kicks off today in Toronto, and Kirill Kaprizov is there. He’s the first Minnesota player to be chosen three seasons in a row.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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4 NHL players charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say

4 NHL players charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers say

Philadelphia Flyers' Carter Hart, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the N.J. Devils and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames are charged in an alleged assault by members of Canada's 2018 world junior team.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota’s weirdly warm winter made one of the world’s toughest races even tougher, two top finishers say

Minnesota’s weirdly warm winter made one of the world’s toughest races even tougher, two top finishers say

Two women finished top three of their group in an over 100-hundred mile marathon in the Northern Minnesota wilderness. MPR News host Tom Crann speaks with two friends and veteran racers of the Arrowhead Ultra 135.
by Tom Crann, Lukas Levin and Lindsey Seavert

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