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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — As utterly dominant as Amanda Zahui B. has been lately, the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team has struggled to dominate its opponent in the same fashion. Zahui B. had one of the best two-game performances in college basketball in more than...

North Dakota State University freshman guard Taylor Thunstedt, a 2014 New London-Spicer High School graduate, was named to the Summit League’s five-player All-Newcomer Team in women’s basketball Thursday. In her first season of collegiate basketball, Thunstedt is leading the...

The Gophers’ signature overtime victory at Michigan State last week was reduced to a mere footnote Thursday night when their border rival reasserted itself in Minnesota. The season’s first sellout crowd at Williams Arena, bolstered by a squadron of Wisconsin fans, provided a...

WASHINGTON — Back in late January, when the NHL took a long weekend to stage its All-Star Game, the Minnesota Wild were mired in mediocrity with a 20-20-5 record. Since then, they have been the NHL’s hottest team. Veteran right winger Jason Pominville netted two third-period...

WILLMAR — The Willmar Stingers added two Kentucky Wildcats and a junior college pitcher to push their 2015 roster to 19 players, the team announced Thursday. Kentucky redshirt sophomore Storm Wilson should slot into a corner outfield spot for the Stingers. Wilson started 34 games...

ST. PETER — Brody Larson connected on a 7-foot runner with 2.5 seconds remaining in the second half to give No. 1-seed Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City a 63-61 victory over No. 2-seed Springfield in the Section 2A semifinals on Wednesday. The Falcons had two players record double-double’s...

The last road trip to Illinois was rough for the Gophers women’s basketball team, which suffered back-to-back 20-point losses to Northwestern and Illinois four weeks ago. But it also was a turning point. In order for Minnesota to reach its goal of an NCAA tournament berth, first-year...

COLLEGEVILLE — The Melrose boys basketball team will play for a Section 6AA championship for a third-straight year after a 56-47 win over Sauk Centre on Wednesday in the section semifinals. The 25-5 Dutchmen play Eden Valley-Watkins (25-2) for a trip to state at 8 p.m. Friday at...

Little did the Twins know they had a movie star in their midst. Not just any movie star, either, but one who appeared in the classic baseball film “Bull Durham.” “I remember ‘Bull Durham,’ ” Torii Hunter said. “Kevin Costner was in that movie.”