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PHOENIX - Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is hopeful that his son will be born after Super Bowl Sunday but should an early arrival occur, coach Pete Carroll says he will leave it to the player to decide how he responds. Sherman's girlfriend Ashley is due to give birth...

PHOENIX, Jan 30 (Reuters) - As fans gather for Sunday's Super Bowl in Arizona, a billboard campaign is seeking to win acceptance for gay players whom the organizers say have been part of the National Football League since it started, but are scared to come out in public. The campaign...

PHOENIX -- Super Bowl coaches Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick shared a stage divided only by the Lombardi Trophy the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots play for Sunday. "We got a great two weeks. It's been nothing but fun," Carroll said at the joint press conference. "The...

COKATO — Courtney Henjum and Mya Rohman won two events apiece and Henjum finished first in all-around to help New London-Spicer trip up Dassel-Cokato 136.025-131.125 in a Wright County Conference dual Thursday. NLS (6-3 overall) is now 5-0 in the conference and hosts Glencoe-Silver...

WILLMAR — Willmar’s 200-yard Freestyle Relay team had a second-place finish and Nash Van Klompenburg was second in the 500 Freestyle, but the Cardinals fell to St. Cloud Tech 117-59 on Thursday at Willmar High School. The Cardinals’ River Rowan placed third in diving, and Teman...

MELROSE — Melrose remained undefeated in the West Central Conference with a 58-47 victory over Montevideo on Thursday. Tyler Braegelmann led the Dutchmen with 14 points and Drake Meyer had 11. Blake Gerads finished with nine points and four rebounds, and Dylan Haider scored eight...

KERKHOVEN — Class A No. 8-ranked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg rolled past Canby 49-13 and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 48-18 Thursday at a triangular the Fighting Saints hosted. The Saints posted nine pins and a technical fall in their two wins with Nick Meyer at 138 collecting a pin...

WILLMAR — Emily Kuhlman scored the game-tying goal with just four seconds left in the second period and River Lakes rode that momentum to two more goals in the third to defeat Willmar 4-2 on Thursday at the Willmar Civic Center. The Stars closed out the regular season at 20-4-1...

SAUK CENTRE — Sauk Centre took down the powerhouse Alexandria Cardinals with a 59-44 win in a non-conference game Thursday. The Mainstreeters, winners of their last 14 and ranked No. 4 in Class AA, were led by Kelsey Peschel with 15 points. Maesyn Thiesen scored 11 points with...

RICHMOND — Grant Thompson scored four goals and assisted on another to lead River Lakes to an 8-1 Central Lakes Conference victory over Willmar on Thursday at Richmond Arena. Thompson scored once in the first period, then completed the hat trick with a three-goal outburst in the...

ST. CLOUD — Ethan Novacinski scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as St. Cloud Apollo edged Willmar 54-49 on Thursday. The Cardinals managed just 15 first half points, but were able to get as close as two in the second half. However, the Eagles kept up the momentum to get the...

PHOENIX -- Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is days away from possibly winning another Super Bowl and being named a head coach for the first time. "They are getting a great coach," Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner said of Quinn, who is expected to be introduced...

PHOENIX - Federal authorities and the National Football League have seized $19.5 million worth of fake sports memorabilia as part of a year-long crackdown on counterfeit goods, they said on Thursday. Authorities said over 325,000 counterfeit items, including jerseys, hats and Super...