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    Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen (97) celebrates his sack during the fourth quarter against the Carolina Panthers at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Nov. 20, 2014. Brace Hemmelgarn / USA TODAY Sports
    Vikings give DE Griffen 4-year contract extension
    Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen has sign a four-year extension to keep him in the Twin Cities for the foreseeable future. NFL...
    sports1 hour 14 min ago
    Area hoops teams to play in Pacesetter tournament
    ST. PAUL -- The Bemidji and Red Lake ninth-grade boys basketball teams will play in the Pacesetter Great Four-State Championships on Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, with some games at Maple Grove Middle School. This one-class tournament includes...
    sports1 hour 53 min ago
    Mark Hunt (blue gloves) is elbowed by Brock Lesnar (red gloves) during UFC 200 at T-Mobile Arena July 9, 2016 in Las Vegas. Joshua Dahl / USA TODAY Sports
    Lesnar on potential Jones superfight: 'Anytime, anywhere'
    Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar said he is willing to take on Jon Jones "anytime, anywhere" in a potential superfight that likely...
    sports2 hours 44 min ago
    Former world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic speaks during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic/Pool
    Djokovic to miss rest of the season with elbow injury
    BELGRADE- Twelve-times grand slam champion Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of the tennis season, including next month's U.S. Open, to recover...
    sports4 hours 31 min ago
    The Minnesota Vikings hold their first afternoon practice of training camp on the football field at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn. on Monday, July 24. This will be the last year the training camp will be held in Mankato, where it began in 1965. Photo by Jackson Forderer
    Purple Pilgrimage at an end: Vikings saying goodbye to longtime training camp home
    MANKATO, Minn. — Lori Patterson's father, Vern Parenteau, owned the Corner Bar in Bemidji when the Minnesota Vikings held their summer...
    sports5 hours 34 min ago
    The Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig hits an RBI single in the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
    Puig delivers key RBI as Dodgers stymie the Twins, 6-2
    LOS ANGELES - Justin Turner is the redhead with the easy smile that belies the lethal bat. Corey Seager is the steady hand, Cody Bellinger the...
    sports6 hours 39 min ago
    July 25, 2017
    Sports physical blitz planned for July 27, Aug. 10
    BEMIDJI -- Sanford Bemidji Orthopedics & Sports Medicine will host sports physical blitzes on Thursday, July 27, and Thursday, Aug. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Sanford Bemidji Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center, 1300 Anne St. NW. No appointments are necessary, and the cost...
    sports15 hours 56 min ago
    Spectators and players watch as golfers tee off from hole No. 10 on Tuesday during the second day of the 93rd annual Birchmont Golf Tournament at the Bemidji Town and Country Club. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    Three-time champ Sheetz makes her return as women tee off at Birchmont
    BEMIDJI -- The last time Katie Sheetz was in the field at the Birchmont Golf Tournament, she was putting the final touches on her women’s division...
    sports16 hours 5 min ago
    Minneasota's Maya Moore shoots a free throw during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against Dallas at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Wednesday, July 19. Minnesota won, 100-74. Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press
    Minnesota Lynx weather Liberty rally for 76-75 win
    ST. PAUL — The one-two punch of Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles proved too much for New York, but the Minnesota Lynx had to hang on after...
    sports16 hours 23 min ago
    Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Jaime Garcia, now with the Minnesota Twins, pitches July 16 against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the sixth inning at SunTrust Park. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
    Garcia comes aboard; Twins send Gibson packing
    LOS ANGELES—One day after being traded and only hours after joining his new team, the Twins' latest acquisition already feels at home....
    sports16 hours 29 min ago
    Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer speaks with the media as the Minnesota Vikings rookies arrived for training camp at Minnesota State University-Mankato, Sunday, July 23. Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press
    Vikings' Mike Zimmer likely to turn over defensive play calling -- in a preseason game
    MANKATO, Minn.—Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards is in line for an audition. Coach Mike Zimmer said Tuesday, July 25, he likely...
    sports16 hours 59 min ago
    An architectural rendering, circa March 2017, shows the Minnesota Vikings practice facility, currently under construction in Eagan. In 2015, the team announced it would relocate its headquarters and practice facility from Eden Prairie, its west metro home since 1981, to Eagan. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Vikings)
    New Vikings campus in Eagan to feature areas for fans to walk, sit, play and interact
    EAGAN, Minn. — When Minnesota Vikings fans descend on the team's training camp next summer in Eagan, they will be greeted with large plazas...
    sports17 hours 14 min ago
    A rendering shows what the new Minnesota United soccer stadium in St. Paul could look like now that it has been officially named Allianz Field. It was announced Tuesday, July 25, 2017, that Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America will be the stadium’s official sponsor. (Courtesy of Minnesota United)
    St. Paul's new soccer stadium gets its name
    ST. PAUL — The name Allianz decorates professional soccer and rugby stadiums in Brazil, Germany, Italy, France, England, Austria and Australia....
    sports17 hours 35 min ago
    Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) during mini camp June 13 at Novacare complex in Philadelphia. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
    Carson Wentz has become comfortable as the Eagles' leader
    PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz likes to grill. When the Eagles quarterback hosted his offensive linemen at his expansive South Jersey property...
    sports17 hours 43 min ago
    New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau celebrates sacking San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers in first quarter of the NFL's AFC championship football game in Foxborough, Mass., on Jan. 20, 2008. Brian Snyder / Reuters file photo
    Study shows signs of brain disease in 99 percent of former NFL players
    BOSTON — The brains of 99 percent of former National Football League players showed signs of a disease linked to repeated hits to the head...
    sports23 hours 24 min ago
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