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Dalvin Cook has flown home to Miami and will not be available for the Vikings in their regular-season finale against the Detroit Lions due to a family emergency.
The MDH released new guidelines on Monday that will require athletes to wear masks during practice and games.
The Twins announced the signing Tuesday, bringing in a former closer who struggled through the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Three days after surging back to beat Iowa in overtime behind a stream of 3-pointers, Minnesota followed with a decisive victory over Michigan State on the strength of a stifling defense.
The Minnesota Vikings' grind of a season will end this week with a failure to notch consecutive appearances in the playoffs that has continued for 11 years and counting.
Drew Boe started Managers on a Mission, a nonprofit that takes discounted sportswear from college and professional teams and re-sells it to help people in sports administration careers with a faith-based foundation. The name has changed, and the need has grown.
Minnesota health officials released new guidance on Monday allowing high school athletics and other youth sports to resume games and scrimmages on Jan. 14, with masks required in some sports.
Minnesota, whose lone loss came to Illinois and which was last ranked on Dec. 4, 2017, plays its next six against Top 25 teams: Michigan State, at Wisconsin, Ohio State, at Michigan, at Iowa and the Wolverines at home.
Star big men Anthony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns sat out. Davis has a bruised calf that isn't expected to be a long-term problem, while Minnesota's Towns has a more serious dislocated left wrist.
Fogerty Arena in Blaine, which is the home ice for Blaine and Spring Lake Park's hockey teams and curling leagues, put out a call for help in a "Save Fogerty" campaign video asking for donations to keep the arena afloat while it's shut down during a traditional time to hit the ice.
Karl-Anthony Towns added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves. Minnesota had five players score in double figures.
A few weeks ago, Jordan High School lost its coaching confidant. She succumbed to a two-year battle with cancer at the age of 57.
This game would have produced one of the most electric atmospheres of the season at Williams Arena had it not been for the pandemic that kept the gates closed and prompted the Big Ten to schedule it along with three other conference contests for Christmas Day television programming.
Vikings receiver Adam Thielen is getting accustomed to playing high-stakes, high-intensity games against the New Orleans Saints.
The Texans running back has the opportunity for a big day against the Cincinnati defense this week.
