Sports

Gophers women's basketball team earns NCAA tournament berth
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA tournament for the first time in nearly a decade — and they’ll start the tourney at home.
Visually impaired skier racer Meg Gustafson chases Paralympic medals with her brother as guide
Para ski racer Meg Gustafson competes at the Paralympics with her older brother Spenser guiding her down the mountain. Meg is visually impaired, so she follows Spenser’s line and listens to his calls through Bluetooth headsets.
Schultz ending Paralympic snowboarding career to focus on building prosthetic gear for top athletes
American Para snowboarder Mike Schultz is putting an end to his competitive days at the Paralympics. The Minnesota native will go behind the scenes to work fulltime making the prosthetic equipment that has helped so many Para athletes — including some of those who beat him this week at the Milan Cortina Games.
Travis Konecny scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
Vikings sign QB Kyler Murray a day after the 2019 first overall pick was cut by the Cardinals
The Minnesota Vikings signed quarterback Kyler Murray on Thursday, after focusing their latest search on the first overall pick from the 2019 NFL draft who was just released by the Arizona Cardinals.