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Wild beat Avs 5-4 in Game 7 to advance

Wild beat Avs 5-4 in Game 7 to advance

Nino Niederreiter scored his second goal of the game at 5:02 in overtime after Ilya Bryzgalov made a big save filling in for the injured Darcy Kuemper, leading the Wild to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 on Wednesday night.
by The Associated Press

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Long before Sterling's comments, there was Calvin Griffith

Long before Sterling's comments, there was Calvin Griffith

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, the chair of the NBA Board of Governors, says he will work quickly to try and convince Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the franchise after Sterling was banned from the league for life and fined $2.5 million.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Timberwolves owner backs NBA on Sterling ban over racist comments

Timberwolves owner backs NBA on Sterling ban over racist comments

Taylor said the punishment shows that people need to be held accountable for their words, especially now that the rules of communication have changed.
by Laura Yuen

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NBA to announce results of Sterling investigation

The NBA is scheduled to announce Tuesday afternoon the result of its investigation into alleged racist remarks by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

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Parise lifts Wild past Avs to force 7th game

Parise lifts Wild past Avs to force 7th game

"It's one of those nights where you just want to keep touching it and keep having the puck," said Zach Parise, who added two assists for a career-playoff-high four points.
by The Associated Press

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Are the Vikings ‘nickel and diming’ the state on the new stadium?

Are the Vikings ‘nickel and diming’ the state on the new stadium?

The Star Tribune’s Mike Kaszuba has a story today about the tax bill the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority agreed to pick up for a parcel of real estate owned by the Vikings owners, currently being used to store extra dirt for the stadium project.
by Tim Nelson

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Video: Ride the whitewater with the Lester River kayak racers

Video: Ride the whitewater with the Lester River kayak racers

Ever wonder what it's like to race down a raging, cold river in a kayak? Photographer Derek Montgomery was at the Lester River race in Duluth over the weekend to find out. He strapped video cameras to the racers' helmets and their boats.
by Derek Montgomery

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All eyes now on NBA commissioner Silver in light of Sterling fallout

All eyes now on NBA commissioner Silver in light of Sterling fallout

Facing the first real crisis of his short tenure as NBA commissioner, Adam Silver is under pressure to swiftly bring some sort of resolution to the scandal surrounding Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the racially charged comments he allegedly made in a recorded conversation.

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Clippers players stage silent protest over team owner Sterling

Clippers players stage silent protest over team owner Sterling

In response to Sterling's purported comments urging a woman to not bring black people to his team's games, they ran out of the tunnel for Game 4 of their first-round playoff at Golden State wearing their warmups. Then they huddled at center court and tossed their warmups to the ground, going through their pregame routine with their red Clippers' shirts inside out to hide the team's logo.
by The Associated Press

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