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Dinkytown Diary: The ‘blame game’

Dinkytown Diary: The ‘blame game’

As surprising as the University of Minnesota men's hockey team's defensive "no-show" was at Saturday night's NCAA championship game, anyone could see the Dinkytown arrests and damage coming from a mile away. And the post-"riot" quarterbacking has been even more predictable. And this is in a city that lost a championship game.
by Bob Collins

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Bubba Watson is Masters champ again

Bubba Watson is Masters champ again

Bubba Watson has won the Masters for the second time in 3 years.
by The Associated Press

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By helping gay athletes, group hopes to refocus on talent

By helping gay athletes, group hopes to refocus on talent

This week, Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay player in NCAA Division 1 basketball. You Can Play, the organization that helped him through the process, hopes someday to be irrelevant.
by Becky Sullivan

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Union wins NCAA title, beating Minnesota 7-4

Tiny Union College skated off with the biggest trophy in college hockey. Union (32-6-4) won its final 12 games and went 16-0-1 in its last 17. The 2,200-student liberal arts college in Schenectady, N.Y., competes in Division III in all other sports.
by The Associated Press

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Gary Woodland shoots 30 on front side at Masters

With the leaders still waiting to tee off, Gary Woodland put on quite a show for the early arrivers at Augusta National.
by The Associated Press

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Wild's Rupp suspended for hit on Oshie

Wild's Rupp suspended for hit on Oshie

Mike Rupp will lose $7,692.31 for the four-game suspension, which includes the regular-season finale on Sunday and the Wild's first three playoff games.
by The Associated Press

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Video: More milestones for the new Vikings stadium

Video: More milestones for the new Vikings stadium

Construction crews poured the first “deck” of the new Vikings stadium today. The 277 cubic yard pour will be the top of the loading dock at the new stadium. Here’s the video of the occasion today, courtesy the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority: The Vikings also said that crews will start removing Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Gophers win thriller against rival in NCAA tournament

Gophers win thriller against rival in NCAA tournament

Last night, the University of Minnesota Gophers men's hockey team beat North Dakota in the NCAA semifinals 2-1 on a last second goal by senior defenseman Justin Holl. That dramatic finish led to rioting in the streets of Dinkytown in Minneapolis. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the game, the riot, and the upcoming championship game against Union.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Gophers beat UND in Frozen Four semis; riot police break up Dinkytown fracas

Gophers beat UND in Frozen Four semis; riot police break up Dinkytown fracas

Police in riot gear broke up a rowdy crowd in Dinkytown last night who spilled into the streets after a dramatic last-second win by Minnesota's men's hockey team in the Frozen Four semifinals. The Gophers scored a shorthanded goal with less than a second left to defeat the University of North Dakota.
by Tim Nelson

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