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Minnesota Twins support high school baseball and softball programs with unique event
After the conclusion of the April 25 Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox game, a high school doubleheader will be played, first with Prior Lake versus Shakopee and then Minneapolis Edison versus Saint Paul Johnson. Thursday’s baseball ‘tripleheader’ is part of the Twins hosting six high school baseball games at their ballpark...
Al Shaver, voice of the Minnesota North stars, dies at 96
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Al Shaver, the long-time radio voice of the Minnesota North Stars, died Monday at 96 years old. Shaver had a brief illness and died in Vancouver, British Columbia. He joined the North Stars in the inaugural 1967-68 season and was their radio voice for 26 years. He did not leave with the team when they departed for Dallas.\
2024 FOX 9 Town Ball Tour schedule
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The lineup is set for the 2024 FOX 9 Town Ball Tour. FOX 9 is back on the road for the seventh season of the Town Ball Tour this summer. First up on June 5, FOX 9 travels south of the Twin Cities to visit the renovated Memorial Park in New Prague, home of the Orioles.
St. Paul adopts updates to bike plan, will add over 160 miles in next 15 years
The future for bicycling just got a bit brighter. The St. Paul City Council unanimously approved a bicycle plan on Wednesday that lays the framework for installing protected off-street bike lanes. Council members Anika Bowie, Mitra Jalali, Saura Jost, Hwa Jeong Kim and Cheniqua Johnson voted in favor. Councilmembers Rebecca Noecker and Nelsie Yang were absent at the time of voting.
The U’s men’s gymnastics team is thriving … just without the U
Parking was tight around Humboldt High School, on St. Paul’s West Side, on a Saturday night in mid-February. Latecomers bypassed the packed school lot and hunted for street parking in the neighborhood. Some ended up more than a block away. They weren’t coming for a school play, a basketball...
Running Aces’ proposed horse race game clears one hurdle, more on horizon
Not only was it a long meeting when the Minnesota Racing Commission approved historical horse race betting earlier this month, but it has been a long-time coming, according to Running Aces Casino & Racetrack President and CEO Taro Ito. “We have been working on this for 10 years. We have been cultivating this, and tailoring this application and waiting for the right time,” Ito said. The approval from the commission...
A historical first finally immortalized
The 1981-82 Cheyney State women’s basketball team competed in the first-ever NCAA women’s national title game, losing to Louisiana Tech. It was an all-Black team coached by an all-Black female staff at an HBCU located near Philadelphia. The first and still only Black school to play for a...
Gophers wrestlers Mitch McKee, Michael Blockus finding success in MMA
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A pair of former Gophers’ wrestling standouts are done with their days on the mat, and have exchanged their singlets for boxing gloves and head gear to venture into the world of mixed martial arts. Mitch McKee and Michael Blockus now train in Florida with...
Former Coyote standout joining Gopher staff
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – There’s going to be another familiar face on the bench for the University of Women’s basketball team. Chloe Lamb, a former South Dakota standout and Summit League player of the year, has been hired as the director of player development / assistant coach for the Gophers. Lamb played for Minnesota […]
Georgia receiver announces transfer commitment
After entering the transfer portal a week ago, a one-time highly touted recruit for the Georgia Bulldogs has found his new home. Wide receiver Tyler Williams announced on his X page that he has committed to the Minnesota Golden Gophers and head coach P.J. Fleck. Williams was a four-star receiver and top 100 overall recruit in the class of 2023. He is originally from Lakeland, Florida. He is listed at 6 feet, 3 inches and 205 pounds. In his one season in Athens, he recorded one catch for four yards. After improvements to Georgia’s receiver room that included three incoming transfers, Williams decided to leave the program. Williams will provide an immediate boost for a Golden Gopher offense that was lackluster a year ago. He will join 2023 leading receiver Daniel Jackson in catching passes from new quarterback Max Brosmer, who is a transfer from New Hampshire, that is replacing outgoing starter Athan Kaliakmanis.
Team Birkie Announces New Teams for 2024/2025
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN) – Team Birkie’s U.S. Ski Team athletes Kevin Bolger and Zak Ketterson welcomed six new members to their top-tier, re-branded teams for the 2024-2025 season. Former Minnesota State High School skiing phenom and four-time American Birkebeiner winner Alayna Sonnesyn returns home to the community where she...
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