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It was a celebration fit for champions. The Minnesota Lynx held their victory parade Friday after winning the WNBA title Wednesday night for the first time on their home court. Lynx fans lined Hennepin Avenue for a chance to celebrate with the champs.
Thomas Barber knows the end is near for his high school career at Robbinsdale Armstrong, and it has been a good one on a good team. "All my friends I've made, I mean, I've created a bond with all these guys growing up from like second grade, third grade, fourth grade," Barber said. "It's finally our senior year and it's just been fun."
One of the most interesting roster experiments in the NBA is happening in Minnesota, where the Timberwolves have assembled a mentorship program of sorts for a promising young core of talent. President of basketball operations Flip Saunders and general manager Milt Newton brought in three veterans over the age of 35 to show five pups under the age of 23 how to be pros.
The Kansas City Chiefs will visit TCF Bank Stadium to play the Vikings. With the Chiefs in town, a rally is being planned. Members of the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media held a press conference Friday morning, calling the team's name and logo racist and offensive.
After winning at Augsburg 55-6 on Saturday, the No. 9-ranked St. Thomas football team is back home this week, hosting Hamline for Homecoming. The Pipers are winless in MIAC play (0-3) after getting off to a 2-0 start.
It's mid-October, the air is crisp and it's time to win or go home on the Minnesota high school football season. The prep football playoffs actually got started with several games Tuesday and Wednesday night. Those games helped set up what should be an exciting Friday and Saturday of high school football.
The Minnesota Wild jumped on a team that had played the night before, building a three-goal lead. The Wild stumbled through a series of penalties starting late in the second period, but it's hard to argue too much with a win — nor an undefeated start to the season.
Minnesota Lynx fans can honor the 2015 WNBA champions Friday morning in downtown Minneapolis. A parade for the Lynx starts at 11:30 a.m. on 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue, and ends at Target Center for a celebration shortly after noon.
The Minnesota Vikings know that Kansas City will commit to stopping the run, but who will catch the ball if they have to throw it often? That's been an ongoing and ever-changing discussion.
University of Minnesota athletic officials were notified this summer about a "concerning pattern" of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against Gopher football players over the past year, according to an email obtained through an open records request.
Nearly nine years into his professional career, though, there's still one skill that Adrian Peterson has not mastered. Pass protection.
It's fall in Minnesota and even though the environment is telling you to slow down, we're here to tell you the reasons why you should stay active.
The Minnesota Lynx are celebrating their third WNBA championship with a parade and pep rally Friday. The Minnesota dynasty clinched their third championship in five years Wednesday night on their home court at the Target Center.
Rock legend and noted basketball enthusiast Prince was in a "party like it's 1999" mood following the Minnesota Lynx's WNBA Championship win Wednesday evening. The Lynx captured their third title in five years with a 69-52 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 5, and it was their first time clinching the championship on their home turf.
Gorgui Dieng scored 14 and Tayshaun Prince had 13 to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to their first win of the preseason, coming from behind to beat the Toronto Raptors 89-87 on Wednesday night.
