Sports

Made for TV NCAAs: Louisville-Minnesota hits Pitino intrigue
The NCAA tournament has plenty must-see moments, but sometimes the excitement is arranged before the opening tip. Take the Louisville-Minnesota game, where coach Richard Pitino and the Gophers go against the program that fired his father.
Minnesota runner wins 350-mile Alaska race
A week before sled dog teams hit the trail for Alaska's famed Iditarod race, a hardy group of athletes tackles that same trail on foot, on bike or on skis.
The Minnesota Whitecaps are champions of the National Women's Hockey League.
Sen. Birch Bayh, author of Title IX law, dies at age 91
"It was clear that the greatest danger or damage being done to women was the inequality of higher education," Bayh said in a 2012 interview. "If you give a person an education, whether it's a boy or girl, young woman or young man, they will have the tools necessary to make a life for families and themselves."
NFL catch? Twin Cities native preps for a shot at the pros
Jesper Horsted gets his pro football tryout on March 25. The Roseville High and Princeton University wide receiver talked to MPR News about what it takes to get to the cusp of the NFL.
U.S. Olympic cyclist, Minnesota native Kelly Catlin dies at 23
Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin, who helped the U.S. women's pursuit team win the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, died Friday at her home in California. She was 23.
North Dakota State senior sweeps NCAA indoor throwing events
One day after becoming North Dakota State's first individual Division I champion in any sport, Minnesota native Payton Otterdahl added a second title.
Cancer leads athlete to tough choice
"You can exercise every day of the week for an hour-and-a-half. ... Eat lots of fruits and vegetables all the time. Drink green juice all the time. You know, you can be pretty healthy and live an active lifestyle and still get cancer," says cyclocross racer BrittLee Bowman. "It sucks."