The enduring image of the Wild’s first-round playoff series against Vegas was glimpsed early in Game 3. After an impressive road win that knotted the series at a game apiece, the Wild were home at Xcel Energy Center and on … Continued
Minnesota’s women’s basketball team didn’t achieve its goal of an NCAA tournament berth last season, but the Gophers certainly got better. After a 16-1 start got them a two-week stay in the AP Top 25, for the first time since … Continued
More than 160 schools across the state have signed up to participate in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Bike to School Day on Wednesday. Sponsored by MnDOT and the Minnesota Safe Routes to School program each year, the event promotes … Continued
Even though he only touched the ice during warmups, Marc-Andre Fleury’s final NHL game ended like so many more of the 1,200-plus in a two-decade career, with the crowd chanting his name. Just hours after the final game of his … Continued
The playoffs are known to create unlikely heroes and unexpected villains in the span of one good or bad shift. Looking back on the Minnesota Wild’s six-game playoff run, perhaps the unlikeliest of heroes to wear red and green in … Continued
With the excitement of a teenager and the time-worn experience of an elder, Steve Hurvitz describes a five-day summer camp that takes young people through a free crash course in first responder training, from sitting in on mock water rescues … Continued