Gophers' Mara Braun helps Team USA win gold at 3x3 basketball tournament
A year ago, Mara Braun barely knew that 3x3 basketball was a sport.
A year ago, Mara Braun barely knew that 3x3 basketball was a sport.
Star forward Christian Pulisic has been cleared to play after a pelvic injury.
A new sport is making its Olympic debut next summer in Tokyo: three-on-three basketball. A tournament today in Blaine was part of the process of choosing Team USA.
Patrick "Blake" Leeper dominated the field at a track meet in Prague, posting one of the best times of the year in the 400m.
USA Hockey announced Tuesday night an agreement has been reached with the U.S. Women's National Team, and they'll play in the upcoming IIHF World Championships.
Carli Lloyd scored twice and the U.S. women's national team defeated Switzerland 5-1 in an exhibition match on Sunday.
Fresh off winning the Olympic gold medal at the Summer Olympics, the four Minnesota Lynx players are returning home Monday night.
It's still a year away, but buzz is already building around the Ryder Cup. The competition between Team USA and Team Europe will be played at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska next fall.
We're still more than a year away from the Ryder Cup being held at Hazeltine, but for Team USA, the preparation has already begun.
The United States has won its third Women's World Cup title and first since 1999 with a 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday behind a first-half hat trick by Carli Lloyd.
From the president's overtime proposal to Apple launching their new streaming service, here are the four stories to know for Tuesday, June 30.
Two Minnesota gymnasts are among a small elite competing against the world's best in Italy this weekend. Maggie Nichols and Olivia Trautman train at Twin City Twisters in Champlin. They are part of Team USA competing in the City of Jesolo Trophy, along with three Gold medal Olympians.
If you knew Heidi Henriksen when she was younger, this is about the last thing you'd have imagined her doing. But 10 years ago, the shy and quiet artist did something that would change her life. She sat down and watched a movie.
Kevin Love still doesn't know where he will play next season, his NBA future hanging in the air while a seldom-used league rule complicates a potential trade to Cleveland. The only thing certain from a basketball standpoint for Love is that he won't be playing for Team USA this summer.
The U.S. won, despite losing Thursday in the World Cup. Thomas Mueller scored the only goal as Germany beat Team USA 1-0 in Brazil. But the U.S. team still had a good enough record to advance to the next round. The USA will play on, and the Twin Cities will party on.
An Olympic gold medal earned by a player on the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic team has been auctioned for nearly $263,000. It belonged to Mark Pavelich, who had the assist on Mike Eruzione's game-winning goal for Team USA against the Soviet Union.
Some of the puppies rescued at the Sochi Olympics are starting to come to the states. One member of the USA Men's Hockey Team, and his wife, brought home a couple of the strays. And, they have Minnesota ties.
Jamie Benn scored in the second period, Carey Price made 31 saves, and Canada beat the United States 1-0 Friday night in the semifinals of the Olympic men's hockey tournament. Canada advanced to the gold-medal match Sunday against Sweden, which beat Finland 2-1 in the earlier semifinal at Bolshoy Ice Dome.
Saturday's Olympic hockey match-up between Team USA and Russia had many thinking back 34 years ago to the "Miracle on Ice" game at Lake Placid. So it was only fitting that a viewing party was held at the Herb Brooks Training Center at the Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, with dozens of hockey fans in attendance. "You get to see the best players," said fan Brian Maloney. "It's fun to watch them play the Russians with all the history and stuff."
USA's Olympic hockey team beat Russia 3-2 in a stunning shootout Saturday. The arena in Sochi was packed to overflowing with fans of both nations, jovially posing for photos and comparing their colorful sweaters. The Russians waved hundreds of flags, blew horns and banged drums from the first moments of warm-ups. Hockey legend and former Golden Gopher Lou Nanne was team captain during the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. He says Saturday's game was quite a spectacle.
As T.J. Oshie led the U.S. men's Olympic team to a dramatic 3-2 shootout win over Russia on Saturday, people in his tiny northern Minnesota hometown were screaming in joy at their televisions, daring to hope that the 27-year-old would be the latest from Warroad to bring home Olympic gold.
Women's hockey gets started this weekend at the Sochi Olympics and the U.S. team has a strong Minnesota flavor. But beyond that, they're excited for the chance to win America's first gold since the very first gold.
As athletes from around the world prepare to attend the Olympics in Sochi next month, concerns about security continue to mount. One member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he wouldn't go, and he wouldn't have his family go.
The U.S. men's hockey team for the Winter Olympics has been announced, and close to half of the players all share Minnesota connections. Among those headed to Sochi in Russia will be the Minnesota Wild's Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
Five members or former members of the University of Minnesota women's hockey team will be heading to Sochi in Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Among those who were named to the team was forward Amanda Kessel, who was named NCAA player of the year.
From May through October, customers at licensed businesses can take alcoholic drinks to most of Anoka's historic downtown.
At St. Cloud State, students and faculty were told in 2023 that the university faced tough decisions ahead, and proposed a series of cuts to faculty and programming. They included closing the School of Public Affairs, as well as dropping dozens of areas of study.
Four people were injured on Friday afternoon when a tree branch fell during a funeral.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office has entered into a contract with a Washington D.C.-based law firm amid an internal shakeup to prosecute Ryan Londregan, who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II on an interstate last summer.
There were four different robberies of this variety with five victims within a period of less than half an hour in Bucktown Thursday morning. One of them was caught on video.
From May through October, customers at licensed businesses can take alcoholic drinks to most of Anoka's historic downtown.
Four people were injured on Friday afternoon when a tree branch fell during a funeral.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office has entered into a contract with a Washington D.C.-based law firm amid an internal shakeup to prosecute Ryan Londregan, who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II on an interstate last summer.
Though it originally seemed as if the dry winter would lead to fewer mosquito eggs hatching, the 4 inches of rain in April quickly made up the difference.
Officers arrested a woman and two teenage girls Thursday night in connection to a violent Minneapolis carjacking.
At St. Cloud State, students and faculty were told in 2023 that the university faced tough decisions ahead, and proposed a series of cuts to faculty and programming. They included closing the School of Public Affairs, as well as dropping dozens of areas of study.
Authorities are searching for a man they say robbed a central Minnesota bank on Thursday.
The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says it received a report around 6:48 p.m. of an ATV accident on the Soo Line Trail, about a mile west of Highway 10 in Bellevue Township.
rom unpredictable weather to unpredictable farm prices, rural Minnesotans face challenges every day.
Canadian wildfires in 2023 caused multiple days of smoke and poor air quality in Minnesota.
Anglers will head to Wisconsin this weekend for the state's fishing opener, where they'll get a good idea of how the mild winter will also impact the fish bite during next week's opener in Minnesota.
Twenty-four-year-old Madison Bergmann, of St. Paul, was charged with one count of first-degree child sexual assault with a child under age 13.
Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
Police are removing an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus on Wednesday morning and have taken away several protesters.
Six middle school students and two adults were injured in a school bus crash near Hudson on Thursday morning.
Dr. Greg Ekbom founded LimbFit, a Christian nonprofit that designs and fits prosthetics and also works side-by-side in hospitals with Ukrainian trauma surgeons.
The nation's third-largest food bank is using a 24-hour fundraiser to fight food insecurity.
An Eden Prairie family is keeping their son's legacy alive, one year after his sudden death.
Fifteen-year-old Bennett Fisk loves baseball and has been playing youth league his whole life. Unfortunately, last season, he had to sit out because even the largest adult-size baseball helmet didn't fit his head and it was too unsafe to play without a helmet.
For the first time in Minnesota cannabis usage on 420 is legal.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress.
Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan highlighted a way on Friday for more people to become police officers thanks to public safety funding passed last session at the Capitol.
Two measures that would strengthen gun laws in the state are now on their way to the Minnesota Senate.
A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan rancor over the arrest of a state senator on a felony burglary charge.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill to undo a long-dormant law that bans all abortions except those done to save a patient's life, but the ban is still in effect until the fall.
Are you looking for love this summer? Caribou Coffee is ready to play cupid.
John Lauritsen looks at how a Breezy Point barn went from housing buffalo and cattle to hosting customers and wedding parties.
For Minnesota sports fans, this is the wrong time for Bally Sports North to go black.
Americans are struggling to keep up with their credit card payments and personal bankruptcies are rising — and it's starting to worry economists.
The cost of buying a home continues to climb.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office has entered into a contract with a Washington D.C.-based law firm amid an internal shakeup to prosecute Ryan Londregan, who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II on an interstate last summer.
There were four different robberies of this variety with five victims within a period of less than half an hour in Bucktown Thursday morning. One of them was caught on video.
Officers arrested a woman and two teenage girls Thursday night in connection to a violent Minneapolis carjacking.
A 25-year-old Coon Rapids man is accused of fatally stabbing his mother's boyfriend during a fight earlier this week.
Three bills addressing gun safety are now heading to the Minnesota Senate.
More new mothers and babies die in the United States than in any other high-income country, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than White women.
You may have seen an anti-abortion ad that's taken over Minnesota airwaves recently. Esme Murphy reviewed 15 years of state abortion data to show us what's true, what needs context, and what is misleading.
Spring has sprung, and so have allergies. And if you've felt like your sniffles and sneezes are worse this year, you're not alone.
Mike Max is going to turn 60 years old this year and he's been thinking a lot about how to make the next ten years healthy years.
Minnesotans love to get outside no matter the season. Something about being in nature always seems to leave us feeling better. So why does it feel good to get outdoors? Good Question.
See who's nominated for the 77th annual Tony Awards. The Tonys will air live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, June 16.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
Billie Eilish, the pop musician and two-time Oscar winner, will stop in St. Paul for two shows on her upcoming tour.
French screen actor Gerard Depardieu was reportedly detained for questioning and released Monday after two women accused him of sexual assault.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Anglers will head to Wisconsin this weekend for the state's fishing opener, where they'll get a good idea of how the mild winter will also impact the fish bite during next week's opener in Minnesota.
This inaugural season of the PWHL has been a long time coming.
The St Paul Academy boys' tennis team is hoping to hold onto the dynasty they've created, working to three-peat their single-A state championship title.
A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan rancor over the arrest of a state senator on a felony burglary charge.
Natalie Spooner scored twice and Toronto clinched first place in the inaugural season of the Professional Women's Hockey League with a 4-1 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night.
University of Minnesota students continue growing calls across the country for a cease-fire in Gaza. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy spoke with the students leading the demonstrations about why it's so important to them.
University of Minnesota students continue growing calls across the country for a cease-fire in Gaza. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy spoke with Ethan Fine, a leading voice of Jewish students on campus. Hamline University Professor David Schultz weighed-in on the rights of students and the university.
University of Minnesota students continue growing calls across the country for a cease-fire in Gaza. Most of the protestors are not of Palestinian, Muslim or Jewish heritage. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy explores the motives of local protesters.
University of Minnesota students continue growing calls across the country for a cease-fire in Gaza. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy spoke with Sana Wazwaz, the president of the local chapter of American Muslims for Palestine.
Before marijuana was legalized in Minnesota, the state patrol and other law enforcement agencies repeatedly voiced their concern over how to determine if someone pulled over was high on cannabis.
John Lauritsen looks at how a Breezy Point barn went from housing buffalo and cattle to hosting customers and wedding parties.
It's one of the few covered bridges remaining in the Midwest, and it's seen a lot of traffic over the years.
Decades ago, at an 88-acre pasture near Annandale, cars replaced cows and French Lake Auto Parts was born.
There's an attraction in Fergus Falls that's centered around a man-made disaster.
In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen goes to New Ulm where the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame is celebrating 35 years.
Whether you're a new driver or new to the state, scheduling a driving test in Minnesota can be a bumpy road.
From drama involving Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell to now-former Republican Congressman George Santos, we've recently seen the flames of expulsion being fanned.
Releasing balloons is like slowly littering potentially miles from where the person let them go.
Minnesotans love to get outside no matter the season. Something about being in nature always seems to leave us feeling better. So why does it feel good to get outdoors? Good Question.
What do Lebron James, David Bowie and Bill Gates all have in common? They're left-handed. While they're a minority of the population, they're not alone. So why are we right- or left-handed? Good Question.
Many Minnesotans were treated to a stunning double rainbow on Thursday.
Nicolae Miu, a 54-year-old man from Prior, Lake, Minnesota was found guilty of six criminal charges, including first-degree reckless homicide. Miu's trial lasted eight days in a Hudson, Wisconsin courtroom.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
An early spring snowstorm made for many beautiful sights across the state of Minnesota over the weekend.
State fire officials say a grass fire near Waseca is contained Monday morning after burning more than 1,000 acres.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the weekend’s going to bring some lovely weather.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
WCCO meteorologist Mike Augustyniak says that Sunday will feature sunshine, a light breeze and highs near 70, making it a #Top10WxDay.
Meteorologist Adam Del Rosso says the Twin Cities are in for a lovely Friday, but more rain is on the way.
Meteorologist Joseph Dames says we're in for a lovely Friday, but more rain is on the way.
The district allows people to take drinks outside of bars and restaurants in downtown Anoka.
The city has officially filed a request this week for proposals to tear down the Dundry House.
On Thursday afternoon, a 14-year-old boy with autism left campus and walked across a bridge into Long Lake Park.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the weekend’s going to bring some lovely weather.
Anglers will head to Wisconsin this weekend for the state's fishing opener, where they'll get a good idea of how the mild winter will also impact the fish bite during next week's opener in Minnesota.