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Pain, joy, solitude share the trail in Minnesota's 'world's toughest race'

Pain, joy, solitude share the trail in Minnesota's 'world's toughest race'

The Arrowhead 135 winter ultra race tests athletes like no other competition. Some run it to test their survival savvy. Others come to test their spirit in the frozen, lonely North Woods. Every competitor has a story.
by Ben Hovland

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Jokic posts triple-double by halftime, Nuggets rout Wolves

Jokic posts triple-double by halftime, Nuggets rout Wolves

Nikola Jokic posted his 19th triple-double of the season by halftime and the Denver Nuggets rode a 49-point first quarter to a 146-112 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jokic finished with 20 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds.
by The Associated Press

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Winter Play: Let's go ride a kite!

Winter Play: Let's go ride a kite!

For our Winter Play series, where MPR News staff try winter activities new to them, Bemidji bureau reporter Mathew Holding Eagle III drove further — and maybe flew further — than anyone else as he tried winter kiteboarding.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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‘It’s really saving folks’: Meet Minnesota’s first all-trans, nonbinary hockey team

‘It’s really saving folks’: Meet Minnesota’s first all-trans, nonbinary hockey team

Team Trans Twin Cities is the only ice hockey team in Minnesota made up of all transgender and nonbinary players. They scrimmaged at the Xcel Energy Center Jan. 31 and talked empowerment, friendship and trans joy.
by Sam Stroozas

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Bruins rolling, rest of NHL making final push for playoffs

Bruins rolling, rest of NHL making final push for playoffs

The Boston Bruins are atop the NHL standings and running away with the Atlantic Division going into the second half of the season. But the playoff races are hot in the Metropolitan, Central and Pacific with roughly 30 games left to go down the stretch.
by The Associated Press

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Bamba, Rivers, Suggs all suspended after Magic-Wolves dustup

Bamba, Rivers, Suggs all suspended after Magic-Wolves dustup

The NBA has suspended Orlando’s Mo Bamba for four games and Minnesota’s Austin Rivers for three games for their roles in an on-court altercation on Friday night.
by The Associated Press

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Magic beat Wolves 127-120 after fight, 5 players ejected

Magic beat Wolves 127-120 after fight, 5 players ejected

The brawl broke out in front of the Orlando bench late in the third quarter, when Minnesota guard Austin Rivers and Magic center Mo Bamba got into an altercation. Bamba came off the bench and Rivers threw punches at him in a tussle that spilled over to include several others on the court.
by The Associated Press

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Winter Play: We tried Minnesota birrrd-watching

Winter Play: We tried Minnesota birrrd-watching

It’s cold. But the birds here don’t mind. Why not try your hand at joining them? As part of the Winter Play series MPR News’ Amy Felegy took to a snowy, wooded path in northwestern Minnesota to give you the scoop on winter birding for the first time.
by Amy Felegy

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