Minnesota

2021 Indigenous Bowl provides Native-American high school football players exposure & a unique opportunity.

Look back at the history of Baseball in Blue Earth County.

Mason Doherty, a high school basketball player in St. Peter, MN, recently became a social media celebrity after nailing a buzzer-beater shot vs. Minnehaha Academy. But it wasn’t the shot that was special. It wasn’t the fact they were playing Minnehaha, a top team in Minnesota and the top-five team in the nation. It wasn’t […]

On the 40 NCAA Division I women’s college hockey rosters last season, there were 157 Minnesotans, which led the country by a considerable margin. Massachusetts was second with 106. While the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team fell one game short of bringing another NCAA title to Minnesota in March, the overall state of hockey for […]

I guess I was simply having too much fun and feeling very comfortable out on the ice.  After the national anthems were sung, it was GAME ON once again!

Instead of punishing players for making mistakes, coaches should shift their focus to guiding players through the learning process and making an effort to recognize and reward them for their successes. 

“He’s taught me a lot about being strong and just to keep fighting. He’s definitely one of the toughest kids I’ve ever seen, if not the toughest.” Dominik Lawson never has been one to shy from a challenge. Case in point: If his older brother, Donte, comes after him trying to provoke a little horseplay, […]

I don’t really remember too much now that I think about it. It’s the best time of your life. It’s the biggest stage and louder and more crazy at the ‘X’ than at the World Juniors. As a silver medalist at the 2019 World Juniors, Noah Cates knows the big stage. But in his mind, […]

As his health club empire approaches its third decade, Bahram Akradi’s latest Life Time endeavor is more about sense than cents, more an homage to his past than a fixation on his future. He wants kids in the United States to enjoy pickup soccer the way he did throughout his childhood in Iran. “In every neighborhood, […]

“Being able to play with all of my teammates and having fun playing something you love.” Mohamud Ahmedad was introduced to skating during a first-grade field trip. “It was really fun,” said Mohamud, who’s now a sophomore forward for St. Paul Johnson High School. “Even though I was falling down a lot, I really liked […]