With the NFL market now open, as teams try to make the math work to support their offseason shopping, the Minnesota Vikings have so far been doing more subtracting than adding. Their first official move of the new league year that began on Wednesday afternoon was to shed yet more salary, with the termination of […]
Minnesota high school baseball players should create unique memories (AUDIO)
(Pine Island, MN) — Minnesota high school baseball coaches and players are dealing with a season that is hanging in limbo. The executive director of the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association Craig Anderson says this is a big challenge for communities to rally around each other, while trying to keep their distance. Anderson […]
Softball coaches and players challenged in Minnesota (AUDIO)
(Rockford, MN) — The president of the Minnesota Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association says this is a challenging time for high school coaches and players in Minnesota. Dawn Engebretson is the head softball coach Rockford and says they all understand why the season has been put on hold, but it is a something coaches and players […]
President of Minnesota State High School Coaches Association says students need structure, discipline, optimism (AUDIO)
The president of the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association says combating COVID-19 has become a challenge for coaches and athletes all over the state. Terry Sadler also coaches varsity softball and is the activities director at Warroad. He says coaches need to make sure their players are handling the uncertainty of their seasons with […]
Cousins signs extension, Diggs shipped to Buffalo
Kirk Cousins will be staying longer in Minnesota. Stefon Diggs is headed out. The Vikings didn’t let limited salary-cap space deter them from making big moves as the two-day negotiating window prior to free agency opened on Monday. Cousins and the Vikings agreed to a two-year, $66 million contract extension, giving the quarterback another eight-figure […]
NSIC dealing with spring sports cancellations (AUDIO)
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Board of Directors voted unanimously to suspend all activities related to intercollegiate athletics and cancel the remaining 2020 spring conference competition and championships due to concerns of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The continued suspension of all countable athletically related activities (CARA) for all 18 NSIC sports remains in effect. […]
Gopher softball coping with loss of season (AUDIO)
Golden Gopher softball coach Jamie Trachsel talked with MNN Sports Director Mike Grimm on the emotions of canceling the rest of the season in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis:
Minnesota high school sports placed on hold (AUDIO)
(Brooklyn Park, MN) — High school sports activities in Minnesota have been placed on hold in hopes of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The Minnesota State High School League says there will be no games or scrimmages through at least April 6th. Practices, training, and drills will be prohibited through at least March 27th. All […]
Coronavirus Brings Sports to Halt
The world’s sports schedule cratered at warp speed Thursday, with one of the biggest events on the U.S. calendar, the fun-filled and colorful college basketball tournament known as March Madness, becoming the first mega-event to be scrubbed due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus. Leaders at all levels of sports, including the NCAA, […]
Big Ten Basketball Tournament canceled, Pitino discusses (AUDIO)
BIG TEN STATEMENT The Big Ten Conference announced today that in addition to the Men’s Basketball Tournament it will be canceling all conference and non-conference competitions through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year, and participation in all NCAA tournaments and competitions. In addition, the Conference has announced […]