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U.S. women's soccer champs soar over Portugal before St. Paul crowd
The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Portugal 3-0 Tuesday at Allianz Field in an exhibition match that was part of the team’s World Cup victory tour.
Court upholds dismissal of former UMD coaches' state suit
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a state lawsuit filed by three former women's sports coaches at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
U.S. women’s soccer brings victory tour to St. Paul
Coach Jill Ellis, who plans to retire in early October, said the tour gives her a sense of the support the team had in the U.S. when it won the 2019 World Cup in France.
Twins break home run record in loss to Tigers
The Minnesota Twins broke the major league record for home runs in a season — before September even started.
As Vikings prepare to make final roster cuts, some storylines out of training camp
NFL teams will make their final roster cuts Saturday as they wrap up the preseason. MPR News producer Jeffrey Bissoy and host John Wanamaker discussed some of the stories coming out of the Vikings' training camp.
Ex-Dolphins Hall of Fame center Jim Langer dies at 71
A Minnesota native, Langer signed with Cleveland as a rookie in 1970 but was cut, joined the Dolphins and made the team as a center in coach Don Shula's first season with Miami.
Coroner: Angels' Tyler Skaggs died of accidental overdose
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in an accidental overdose, a medical examiner in Texas said in a report released Friday.
Soccer: Salve for struggling neighborhood of immigrants
A soccer field is the first big project of the Meadow Park Initiative, a new community organizing effort in Rochester aimed at building trust, safety and stability in a neighborhood where Somali and Latino immigrants have come together from opposite sides of the globe to build their lives in America.
Town devastated by wildfire savors high school football win
"Everyone felt like, in a way that, we had the town on our back," Paradise senior running back Lukas Hartley said. "We had the responsibility of winning tonight, so that's what we went out here and did."