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The Minnesota Vikings announced Wednesday they have a new strength and conditioning coach, and he's a seasoned veteran in the NFL. The Vikings have brought in Brent Salazar to be the new strength coach.
What are professional athletes like when they're away from the playing field? Are they in the community and do they generally enjoy interacting with fans who spend big bucks to watch them play on a daily basis? Here are seven Minnesota athletes who by all accounts are also good dudes.
This week, the "State of Hockey" will play host to a very different kind of winter sport. The Roseville Oval will be the site of the 2016 Women's World Championship of Bandy.
With more than 3.2 million worker hours logged at the new home of the Minnesota Vikings, U.S. Bank Stadium is 90 percent complete. The Vikings organization and Mortenson Construction gave a tour of the stadium Tuesday, which they hope will be the talk of the National Football League.
Following an 83-79 finish in manager Paul Molitor's first season, during which they stayed in the American League wild-card race until the second-to-last day on the schedule, the Twins have naturally returned for 2016 with higher hopes.
What started as a summer camp for Minnesota kids who love soccer has evolved into an international exchange program.
Minnesota Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo didn't need to make reservations for his Valentine's Day dinner. That's because he took his date to McDonald's.
The University of Minnesota men's hockey team got a pair of one-goal victories Friday and Saturday to earn a sweep of Ohio State. Justin Kloos and Hudson Fasching earned two of the Big Ten's three Stars of the Week on Tuesday as a result of the weekend.
A new voice and approach paid immediate dividends for the Minnesota Wild. Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist to make interim head coach John Torchetti a winner in his debut Monday night as the Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 to snap an eight-game losing streak.
The Gopher women's basketball team has been playing at its very best of late, in large part because of out of this world scoring by senior guard Rachel Banham. She did it again Monday, hitting a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift the Gophers over Iowa.
The good news is the use of high-tech equipment prevents the ice from melting. But the weather still plays a big factor, and monitoring the status of the ice is a 24-hour job for the NHL.
Peter Jok scored 27 points and Jarrod Uthoff had 24 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots to help fourth-ranked Iowa hold off skidding Minnesota 75-71 on Sunday night.
The University of Minnesota men's hockey team beat Ohio State 4-3 Saturday night to complete a weekend sweep of the Buckeyes and maintain its spot at the top of the Big Ten standings.
It was far from just another optional practice for the Wild at Braemar Arena on Sunday. Ousted head coach Mike Yeo was no longer there, In fact, neither was new head coach John Torchetti, who arrived late Sunday morning from Iowa, where he coached the Wild farm team Saturday night.
After outlasting Aaron Gordon in what many believe was the best slam dunk contest in All-Star weekend history, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine posted a touching tribute to the late Flip Saunders on his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
