Nebraska Rolls Over Gophers, 84-59
Shavon Shields scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half and Nebraska rolled to an 84-59 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night.
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Shavon Shields scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half and Nebraska rolled to an 84-59 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night.
On a cold January afternoon, a 9th grade wrestling match took place between Edina and Plymouth. Young wrestlers with little experience took center stage, and right in the middle of the action was Joe Steffenhagen.
Brian Gionta had a goal and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres scored three times in the first period and hung on to beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 Tuesday night.
Kevin Durant shrugged off a slow start to finish with 30 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 101-96 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
Police say a Vikings fan who was tailgating at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds broke into a police substation after the team's loss to Seattle, apparently thinking it was his own home.
That final play on Sunday has been a tough pill for Minnesota Vikings fans to swallow. Kicker Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal with just seconds remaining.
Six in a row. Ten of their last 11. Eighteen of their last 22. That is a lot of losing. "Yeah, definitely it's hard," Wolves forward Shabazz Muhammad said. "It's the NBA, and everybody's trying to step on your throat. Especially us, [because] we have a lot of young talent on our team."
Before the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night, rookie Karl-Anthony Towns will be honored by the NBA for a big month of December. Towns will receive the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award for December.
Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer held his news conference to wrap up the2015-16 season on Tuesday at Winter Park, and at least one coach on his staff will not be back next season. Zimmer said the contract for offensive line coach Jeff Davidson will not be renewed.
The Arizona Cardinals will meet a familiar foe in the NFC divisional playoffs on Saturday night. But they won't expect a one-sided affair over the Green Bay Packers like the previous time they met.
The Vikings' loss to Seattle on Sunday was brutal, but the value of replaying (and dwelling on) the game's final few seconds is questionable.
The day after, it still hurt. The Minnesota Vikings' playoff season ended Sunday with a heartbreaking loss, and on Monday morning, players cleaned out their lockers at Winter Park.
Blair Walsh is taking confidence, determination and belief in the goodness of people into the offseason along with the bitter disappointment of that missed kick.
The Seahawks' comeback win over the Vikings is the most-watched early Sunday NFL wild-card game on record.
There probably isn't much that can pick up Vikings kicker Blair Walsh right now, not after he missed a 27-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds of Minnesota's 10-9 wild-card loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
