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January 13, 2019 8:23 AM

Towns has 27-27 game to lead Wolves past Pelicans

With the Minnesota Timberwolves badly needing to win after blowing it the night before — and with the game hanging in the balance — Karl-Anthony Towns took over.

by Associated Press

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January 11, 2019 4:00 AM

Sandstone hopes to be a Minnesota ice climbing mecca, if the ice holds out

Sandstone's ice cliffs offer a practical lesson in the problems of climate change and how Minnesotans must increasingly adapt. The cliffs attract climbers and business, but it's getting harder to keep the scene going as winter temperatures moderate.

by Cody Nelson

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January 10, 2019 1:00 PM

Legendary sportscaster Mark Rosen retires this week

Mark Rosen will appear on his last TV sportscast Thursday night at 10 p.m. Rosen is leaving WCCO-TV after almost 50 years. MPR News's Tim Nelson talked with him about his storied career.

by Marianne Combs and Tim Nelson

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January 7, 2019 7:44 PM

'New captain' Saunders has Wolves' trust in interim role

Appointed interim coach of Minnesota on Sunday after Tom Thibodeau was fired halfway through his third season, Ryan Saunders ran practice for the first time on Monday before the team took off for a game at Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

by Dave Campbell, Associated Press

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January 6, 2019 8:45 PM

Ryan Redington wins third consecutive Gunflint Mail Run title

Musher Ryan Redington and his team won the 100-mile event in this weekend's Gunflint Mail Run sled dog race in northeastern Minnesota.

by Andrew Krueger

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January 6, 2019 6:55 PM

Timberwolves fire coach Tom Thibodeau

The Minnesota Timberwolves fired coach Tom Thibodeau on Sunday, halfway into his third season with the team that began with the turmoil surrounding the eventual trade of All-Star Jimmy Butler.

by Associated Press

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January 5, 2019 3:00 PM

College football: North Dakota State wins 7th FCS title

Easton Stick ran for three touchdowns and threw two quick scoring passes to Darrius Shepherd in a wild start to the second half Saturday, sending North Dakota State to its record seventh FCS championship with a 38-24 victory over Eastern Washington.

by Associated Press

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January 4, 2019 4:00 AM

Meet the Hurricanes, sled hockey's defending junior champions

Sled hockey is growing in Minnesota, and apparently is quite competitive: A Fargo-Moorhead junior team won its second national championship last year, and is hoping to defend its title this spring.

by Dan Gunderson

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January 2, 2019 4:22 PM

Pro wrestling interviewer 'Mean Gene' Okerlund dies

Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund, whose deadpan interviews of pro wrestling superstars like "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan made him a ringside fixture in his own right, has died. Okerlund started as an interviewer in the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association.

by Jeff Baenen, Associated Press