Category Archives: Star Tribune-State Sports
Why modern baseball is unkind to thirty-somethings like Brian Dozier, Trevor Plouffe
A player that would have been signing a contract extension in the spring of 2018 to stick around into the next decade at sizable dollars appears to face two unfortunate options in 2021.
Patrick Reusse Feb 19, 2021
Eduardo Arteaga moved from Venezuela to Minneapolis, discovered winter and became a world-class skier
No, Eduardo Arteaga is not going to win an international medal. But he can zip across the Minnesota snow now, which is quite a surprise to everyone, most of all Arteaga.
Chip Scoggins Feb 19, 2021
Hockey Mailbag: Wild odds, Gophers seeding and what happened to that goalie prospect?
Randy Johnson Feb 19, 2021
Marcus Foligno almost kickstarts Wild's power play in win over Ducks
Marcus Foligno was on the ice at the end of a power play, the NHL's worst, and finished off a slick passing play just as it expired for the clinching goal.
Sarah McLellan Feb 19, 2021
Early burst, late insurance goal carry Wild past Ducks 3-1
First-period goals by Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala held up, but the club breathed easier after Marcus Foligno converted late in the third.
Sarah McLellan Feb 19, 2021
Early burst, late insurance goal carry Wild past Ducks
First-period goals by Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala held up, but the club breathed easier after Marcus Foligno converted late in the third.
Sarah McLellan Feb 18, 2021
Hopkins girls' surge past Minnetonka for 72nd consecutive victory
Brian Stensaas Feb 18, 2021
Wild players happy to trade COVID isolation for getting back on the ice
From holing up in hotel rooms to hiding in the basement, Wild players in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol coped with symptoms and/or boredom as best they could.
Sarah McLellan Feb 18, 2021
Training young dogs walking — this way and that — is a gift these days
During the pandemic, time is what many of us have more of, not less, and not utilizing it to some good end might be regretted when more normal days return.
Dennis Anderson Feb 18, 2021
Against all odds, Twins open spring training camp on time
The pandemic loomed over all MLB considerations for months, but the Twins are eager to get started in Florida and return to the playoffs.
La Velle E. Neal III Feb 18, 2021