Star Tribune Sports

10/13/2024

With its hills, curves and distinct terrain, the trail across the Iron Range offers one of the state’s most unique cycling experiences.

10/13/2024

A bad call contributed to a Wild loss to the Kraken.

10/13/2024

Twins followers are better complainers than they are fans, Patrick Reusse says

10/13/2024

Minnesota appears ready to win without a wait.

10/13/2024

Lynx leader Cheryl Reeve is in the WNBA Finals for a seventh time.

10/13/2024

Like many Gophers football fans Saturday, Minnesota Star Tribune columnist Chip Scoggins found his way to the Rose Bowl, and he was reminded it’s a special stadium in a special setting.

10/13/2024

Dry conditions greet hunters on season’s first day. But roosters are successfully put to wing.

10/13/2024

The Gophers women’s hockey team, ranked second in the nation, and No. 4 Ohio State skated to a tie before the Buckeyes won a shootout.

10/13/2024

Minnesota needed a score in the final 120 seconds to beat UCLA and produced it on Max Brosmer’s pass to Darius Taylor with 27 seconds left.

10/13/2024

Controversial calls and bad breaks doomed the Wild to a shootout loss to the Kraken on Saturday. Minnesota Star Tribune hockey writer Sarah McLellan has the story.

10/13/2024

The Gophers volleyball team made 19 blocks, its most since 2021, and Phoebe Awoleye had 14 of them on her own in Saturday’s victory over Maryland.

10/13/2024

Gophers defensive end Jah Joyner, possessor of only a half-sack after five games, is back to his disruptive self as the team faces UCLA. Minnesota Star Tribune football writer Randy Johnson reveals the details.

10/13/2024

The Lynx made WNBA playoff history when storming back from a 15-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter to get the Game 1 win in overtime

10/13/2024

Check out the preview of Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, where Minnesota State Tribune women's basketball writer Kent Youngblood points out Liberty superstar Breanna Stewart might be a little upset.

10/12/2024

Gov. Tim Walz’s hunting party successfully bagged a rooster, though Walz didn’t take a shot during the two-hour hunt.

10/12/2024

Robbinsdale Armstrong is one game from completing a perfect regular season in high school football. Minnesota Star Tribune high school sports writer Ron Haggstrom tells how the Falcons are doing it in his weekend recap.

10/12/2024

“You do have to modernize,” UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said. “You can’t romanticize because college athletics are not the same.”

10/12/2024

A nap. A shower in the dark. Just a small bite of food. “A full lion doesn’t hunt,” he says. This is how Wil Trapp gets ready for a game. Wil, a Minnesota United midfielder, is the subject of Day 5 of our special “Getting Ready for Work” series. Here’s a piece of his getting-ready story, and please go to startribune.com/sports/loons to read the full article from Chip online. ...

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10/12/2024

Moorhead, No. 2 in Class 5A, and Alexandria, No, 1, scored touchdown after touchdown until a missed field goal settled their high-profile clash. Minnesota Star Tribune writer Ron Haggstrom reports it.

The Moorhead Spuds remain undefeated after defeating Alexandria.

10/12/2024

East Ridge, with a QB supplying touchdowns and a kicker testing the state record with a long field goal, rolled over Lakeville North, No. 1 in Class 6A, in high school football. The Minnesota Star Tribune's Ron Haggstrom has that and more.

East Ridge piled up points against Class 6A's top-ranked team, Lakeville North.

10/12/2024

The Gophers men’s hockey team won big in Las Vegas, opening the season by routing Air Force in the Ice Breaker Tournament.

10/12/2024

Anthony Edwards scored 16 points in his preseason debut in a game played at the home of the Iowa Wolves.

10/12/2024

Forest Lake scored on its first possession, and the scoring ended there in the Rangers’ victory over No. 5 Eagan in high school football. Minnesota Star Tribune football writer Jim Paulsen has the coverage.

10/12/2024

The Gophers volleyball team added to a remarkable streak with its home victory over Indiana on Friday.

The Gophers swept Indiana in volleyball at Maturi Pavilion for the 20th time in a row.

10/12/2024

The Gophers women’s hockey team lost for the first time this season, to a familiar figure. Check out the details.

Ohio State defeated the Gophers in a matchup of high-ranked women's hockey teams.