Warriors Find Footing Without Green, Beat Minnesota
On a night the Golden State Warriors were without their emotional leader, it took them a while to find a flow.
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On a night the Golden State Warriors were without their emotional leader, it took them a while to find a flow.
Taking over for all-state quarterback and now current Gopher Tyler Johnson, whose electric play led Minneapolis North just one win shy of a state title last season, to say Zeek Rodgers had some big shoes to fill is like saying Minnesota has a few lakes.
Jaden Schwartz had two goals in the third period, David Perron scored the only goal in a shootout and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday night.
Forward Draymond Green is sitting out the Golden State Warriors' game against Minnesota as a precaution, a night after he injured his left ankle at Los Angeles.
Nicholas Rice ran for 242 yards and three touchdowns, and Elk River beat Spring Lake Park 42-14 Saturday to win the Class 5A state football championship at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Corey Clement ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, a big-play defense pitched a second-half shutout, and No. 5 Wisconsin beat Minnesota 31-17 on Saturday for its 13th straight win in the annual border rivalry.
Jake Groteboer's 6-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds remaining lifted Rochester Lourdes past St. Croix Lutheran 42-35 in the Class 3A title game at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Taylor Johnson caught a touchdown pass and scored on a fumble return and Minneapolis North won its first state football championship with a 30-14 win over Rushford-Peterson in Saturday's Class 1A title game at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Andrew Wiggins scored 25 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 22 and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Phoenix Suns 98-85 on Friday night.
Great coaches are not defined by wins, they are defined by what they do for student athletes. Sometimes it can be what they do in the course of one game, and other times it can be what they do over the course of decades.
With the opening of the brand new U.S. Bank Stadium this fall there have been a lot of firsts. Of course, that includes the first state tournament for high school football in the new building.
This season that started with so much promise for the Minnesota Vikings has been slipping away. Their margin for error, nearly flattened by an offensive line depleted almost beyond belief, has rendered moot most of their strides during the skid.
The Chiefs are good at everything rather than great at any one thing, and that's how they remain competitive in the brutal AFC West.
Helped by hard work on the forecheck by linemates Zach Parise and Eric Staal to pry the puck loose, Charlie Coyle scored for Minnesota just two shifts and 40 seconds into the game.
The St. Thomas football team hosts No. 16-ranked Coe College Saturday after shutting out Northwestern 43-0 in the opening round of the playoffs last week.
