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Shortell stands tall for Gophers in victory

MINNEAPOLIS With each win, the confidence grows for the University of Minnesota football team. The Golden Gophers are now 4-0 after taking care of their latest opponent, the Syracuse Orange, by a 17-10 final at TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota played its only home night game of the season, and the Gophers shined under the bright lights. Minnesota now enters Big Ten play against Iowa...
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September 23, 2012  |  Discuss

Gophers 'D' makes statement vs. Syracuse

MINNEAPOLIS It's been a while since the University of Minnesota football team has had a defense to be reckoned with. After four non-conference games, it's perhaps too early to say that about the 2012 Gophers, but Minnesota's defense has certainly passed the litmus test thus far.Saturday's game against visiting Syracuse was the biggest challenge so far for Minnesota...
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September 23, 2012  |  Discuss

Minnesota defense stifles Syracuse

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Donnell Kirkwood rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns and the Minnesota defense showed it is no longer the pushover it has been for decades in a 17-10 victory over Syracuse on Saturday night. The Golden Gophers forced four turnovers and Max Shortell threw for 231 yards in place of injured starter MarQueis Gray to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2008...
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September 22, 2012  |  Discuss

Timberwolves' Love impacting youths at camp

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Kevin Love fondly recalls going to many basketball camps as a kid. The Minnesota Timberwolves forward once learned the game at camps held by Shaquille O'Neal, A.C. Green and Brian Grant. So as Love hosted his first annual Kevin Love ProCamp at Eden Prairie High School, he couldn't help but think of how the basketball camps he attended shaped his future...
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September 22, 2012  |  Discuss

All eyes will be on Moss in return vs. Vikings

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings are tied atop the NFC North after splitting the first two games of the season, but a sense of urgency crept into Winter Park this week with the team preparing for Sunday's game against the 2-0 San Francisco 49ers. Losing a close, perhaps winnable game, at Indianapolis last week caused some of Minnesota's veterans to speak up this...
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September 22, 2012  |  Discuss

Gophers' McDonald released from hospital

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota receiver Andre McDonald has been released from the hospital and is listed as questionable for the game against Syracuse on Saturday. McDonald was hospitalized on Thursday and released later that evening after an examination. The school declined to say what caused McDonald to be put in the hospital, only saying that he was having a series of tests done...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Vikings' depth at linebacker to be tested

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Facing one of the league's top running offenses and an elite pass-catching tight end, the Minnesota Vikings will be without starting linebacker Erin Henderson this weekend. Henderson, who leads Minnesota with 26 tackles and two sacks, is out for Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers with a concussion. Free-agent signee Marvin Mitchell will start...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Two games in, Vikings vets preaching urgency

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings don't want to be fooled again. Last season, Minnesota looked at the positives during its first three games -- when it held big halftime leads before letting wins slip away during disastrous second halves -- and was convinced cleaning up a few areas would turn the season around. That turned out to be fool's purple and gold, and...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Shortell, Gophers may have to win a shootout

MINNEAPOLIS The University of Minnesota football team will play its only night home game of the season when it faces Syracuse at 7 p.m. Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers enter the game with a 3-0 record following a win last weekend against Western Michigan. The Orange, meanwhile, come to Dinkytown on the heels of their first win of the year, a 28-17 victory over Stony Brook...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Report: Big gaps remain between NFL, officials

NEW YORK (AP) The NFL and its locked-out officials met the last two days but remain far apart in settling their dispute, a person familiar with the negotiations said Friday. The person briefed The Associated Press but requested anonymity because the negotiations are intended to remain private. The person added in the email that no progress has been made and no further talks are...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Lynx look to regain momentum for playoffs

The Minnesota Lynx are the reigning WNBA champions, and have already clinched the league's best record in 2012. They can tie the franchise record for wins in a single season. The Lynx enter their final two games of the regular season looking to beat the last-place Phoenix Mercury for a seventh time in a row Friday night. Minnesota (26-6) owns the best record in the WNBA for...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Twins try to derail Detroit on the road

With the season winding down, the Detroit Tigers will only see two teams the rest of the way.Fortunately for them, one of them is the Minnesota Twins.The Tigers try for a fifth win in six games in this series as they open a three-game set against the visiting Twins on Friday night.Detroit (79-70) scored a combined 18 runs in kicking off its 10-game homestand with back-to-back wins...
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September 21, 2012  |  Discuss

Musgrave vows to get the ball downfield more

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Quarterback Christian Ponder and the Minnesota Vikings' receivers have taken the brunt of the criticism for the team's lack of downfield passing over the first two weeks.Ponder has completed two passes that traveled more than 20 yards in the air during the first two games, both in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Last week, Minnesota...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Peterson will have tough job against 49ers

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Through eight months of rehab for a torn ACL, Adrian Peterson couldn't think of anything more than getting the chance to run the ball in a game again. Now that he has returned to the field, the Minnesota Vikings' top running back knows he can't do it alone.Preparing for Sunday' game at home against the stout San Francisco 49ers run defense, Peterson...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Aeros to train at Xcel Energy Center

ST. PAUL -- The American Hockey League's Houston Aeros, an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, will hold their upcoming training camp at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. The Aeros' camp is set to take place Sept. 28-30. Open scrimmages will take place Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.. Gate 1 will open each day...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Vikings' Allen laments lack of sacks

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The way Jared Allen sees things, he believes he should have about three sacks already this season while facing young quarterbacks Blaine Gabbert and Andrew Luck through the season's first two weeks.Allen, who led the NFL last season with 22 sacks, is still without one and is left to wonder about the occasions in which he had quarterbacks in his grasp. Allen...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Heart problem hospitalizes Gophers' McDonald

MINNEAPOLIS University of Minnesota freshman wide receiver Andre McDonald was hospitalized Thursday and is undergoing tests, a school official confirmed.The Minnesota Daily first reported that McDonald was hospitalized on campus and told the student paper that he had a "little problem with my heart. McDonald played his high school football at Hopkins (Minn.) High School. He...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Twins rookies discover a new team color

Late September road trips mean rookie dress-up for most major league teams. On Thursday, it was time for the Minnesota Twins' rookies to put on the costumes as the team traveled from Cleveland to Detroit.Twins reliever Glen Perkins tweeted a picture of several of the team's rookies donning orange prison jumpsuits, with the caption: "Rookie dress up chain gang. Hope nobody...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Safety Wells' talent runs deep for Gophers

MINNEAPOLIS The Gopher football team's leading tackler also leads Minnesota in interceptions through three games this season. He has a team-high five pass break ups and has also registered a tackle for loss.This same player earned numerous accolades after two interceptions in the Gophers' season-opening win against UNLV, which earned him Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Going, going was that one gone?

Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe hit his 23rd home run of the season Thursday against Cleveland but it took him a while to realize it. Plouffe tagged Indians starter Corey Kluber for a deep shot to center field on a 3-0 pitch in the top of the sixth inning. Indians center fielder Michael Brantley retreated toward the warning track as if he had the fly ball sized up...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

UM hockey freshman Reilly out for year

A freak injury has cost the Minnesota men's hockey team the services of a key freshman. Forward Connor Reilly slipped and fell awkwardly over the weekend and suffered a knee injury that will require surgery and the school announced Thursday that he will miss the 2012-13 season. The date of Reilly's surgery has yet to be determined. "I'm disappointed for Connor...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Report: Celtics to sign Milicic to one-year deal

MINNEAPOLIS The last time a Timberwolves big man was bound for Boston, it caused a negative uproar. This time, it's something closer to good riddance. Darko Milicic is no Kevin Garnett, and Minnesota was happy to let him go in July. Now, according to a report from CSNNE.com, the Celtics will sign the former Timberwolf next week to a one-year deal worth the veteran's minimum...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Lynx-Storm playoff schedule set

The defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx have three games left in the regular season but already know their schedule for the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The Lynx, who are a league-best 26-5 and will enter the postseason as the Western Conference's top seed, wrap up the regular season Sunday at San Antonio and then will have four days off before hosting Seattle in Game...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Vasquez, Twins aim for sweep of Indians

One bright spot during the Minnesota Twins' dismal season might be how well they've played against the Cleveland Indians. The Twins look to complete a three-game sweep with a sixth consecutive win over the Indians on Thursday at Progressive Field. The only team with a worse record than Minnesota (62-87) in the AL is Cleveland (61-88). That's in part because the Twins...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Lynx brace for compact late-season slate

By PAUL DIGIACOMO, STATS Senior EditorThe Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks have home-court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs and know who they'll be facing when the postseason begins next week.Los Angeles, though, will be the better rested team.The Sparks conclude their schedule Thursday night when they host a Minnesota team which still has...
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September 20, 2012  |  Discuss
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