The 13th class ever to be honored, six deserving recipients had the honor of entering the Faribault Sports Hall of Fame Friday at Faribault American Legion Club.
It’s an honorable achievement to have one family member inducted into a hall of fame, let alone three.
The rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.
No. 6 Wisconsin (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) at Illinois (2-4, 0-3), Saturday at 12 p.m. EDT (BTN).
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals manager Dave Martinez is an optimistic sort, a live-in-the-moment guy who loves his mantras and his mottos, whether it's telling players to "go 1-0 today" or to "stay in the fight."
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graduation rates among college athletes continue to hit record highs.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Doug Pederson had to downplay some trash talk from one of his linebackers the previous time Philadelphia visited Dallas for a crucial NFC East meeting.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — When Minnesota United takes the field for the franchise’s first match in the MLS playoffs, the Loons will have a stadium full of fired-up fans behind them.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions are thankful they have a short week to prepare to play Minnesota in a possibly pivotal NFC North matchup.
RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Minnesota is back in the Top 25 for the first time in five years and it has a shot at staying there a while.
The 2019-20 athletic season is underway at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Between now and the end of the athletic season, we’ll provide a weekly update on the state of Sabre athletics. Given last week’s break, this roundup will be for Oct. 2-17.
Playoff games are different. Ask anyone involved in sports and they will agree.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas has been tabbed as the favorite to win the Big 12 men's basketball title, the season after the end of the Jayhawks' NCAA record run of winning the conference 14 years in a row.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Joe Maddon is back under the halo.
Bradley Beal signed a two-year extension worth nearly $72 million with Washington on Thursday, a major victory for the Wizards and a move that will keep the All-Star guard out of free agency for at least the next three summers.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the new video review rule for pass interference is working as expected, with only obvious mistakes by officials being corrected.
The WEM/JWP girls cross country team dominated the Gopher Conference Championships Tuesday, placing runners in the 1-5 individual leaderboard. The WEM/JWP boys placed third as a team.
Former MSAD volleyball standout, Molly Perkins, has recently been selected as a member of the USA Deaf Women’s National Volleyball Team.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The NFL says the number of concussions in exhibition games this year rose to 49 from 34 in 2018, an increase of 44% and a setback in efforts to reduce brain trauma.
(AP) — The Minnesota Vikings shifted their strategy this season, determined to re-establish a running game that could not only get them in the end zone more but dominate an opponent when they need it to.
Entering Wednesday, there were a plethora of possible outcomes for the Mid Southeast Red district standings. With a win against United South Central, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown would clinch at least a share of the regular season district title. If USC won, they would earn the outright sha…
The Knights’ struggles against Goodhue continued Wednesday night, as the Wildcats (6-2 overall, 4-1 district) surged past Kenyon-Wanamingo (3-5 overall, 1-4 district) for a 32-7 victory.
Saying the KoMets of Kasson-Mantorville were run heavy Wednesday would be an understatement.
Bethlehem Academy got a little taste of one of the best passing teams in the state Wednesday, as Randolph quarterback Nick Drinken completed 24-for-38 passes for 463 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Rockets to a 34-26 victory at Bruce Smith Field.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina is projected to win the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball championship, according to a media panel’s preseason poll.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota forward Eric Curry has suffered another season-ending knee injury.
MIAMI (AP) — Getting to 100 points in the NBA used to almost certainly guarantee victory.
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — For an accomplished, experienced group like the Minnesota Vikings’ defense, maintaining that edge is more of the goal than plowing new ground.
In a meet that came down to the wire Tuesday, Owatonna squeaked past Faribault by six points for a final score of 96-90.
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf defeated Wisconsin School for the Deaf 25-19 Wednesday in a game that came down to the final minute.
Beating a team of Northfield’s caliber is a difficult challenge. When you are missing a key player, like Faribault was Tuesday in junior Bennett Wolff, it only gets tougher.
In a Gopher conference battle, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown volleyball surged past Bethlehem Academy Tuesday for a 3-0 sweep by scores of 25-8, 25-10 and 25-20.
All seven boys varsity runners had lifetime bests. The girls had two all-conference and two honorable-mention runners — the best the Falcons have ever had in terms of individual accomplishments.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The featured attraction of this latest fresh start for the Minnesota Timberwolves is Karl-Anthony Towns, the two-time All-Star center who finished in the top 20 in the NBA last season in more than a dozen major statistical categories.
The Bethlehem Academy volleyball team swept Owatonna Monday by scores of 25-7, 25-20, 25-14.
3-and-out with the Randolph Rockets
3-and-out with the Kasson-Mantorville KoMets
There are a myriad possible outcomes for the Mid Southeast Red district standings Wednesday. With a win against first-place United South Central, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown would clinch at least a share of the regular season district title. If WEM and Mayer Lutheran — tied for second in t…
3-and-out with the Goodhue Wildcats
In battles with evenly matched teams this season, Faribault volleyball has rarely came out on top this season. On Monday, the tide shifted in the Falcons’ favor.
Marcus Mariota might be out as the starting quarterback in Tennessee, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers might have to decide how many more interceptions they can afford from Jameis Winston.
The St. Louis Cardinals’ front office says baseballs have suddenly lost their juice this postseason, supporting a claim from a prominent data scientist that the balls have changed following a historic, homer-friendly regular season.
NEW YORK (AP) — LSU moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the 29th time and putting the Tigers behind No. 1 Alabama less than a month before the rivals meet in Tuscaloosa.
The Faribault boys soccer team’s plans to make some noise in the postseason came to an abrupt end Saturday vs. Worthington, falling to the Trojans 2-1 in the second round of the Class A - Section 2 Tournament Saturday.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown keeps humming right along. Friday, they defeated Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 20-8 for their fourth consecutive victory to improve to 5-2 overall and 5-1 in the district. The Bulldogs fell to 3-4 overall and 2-4 in the district.
On a cold, windy night with sleet falling from the sky, one could predict Friday’s matchup between Kenyon-Wanamingo and Medford would be low-scoring. And those people would have predicted correctly.
Behind three total touchdowns and 105 yards from senior Braden Black, Class 5A Rochester John Marshall surged to a 35-0 victory in a non-district home game against Faribault.
For Bethlehem Academy, it was always going to be a tough task to upset Class A No. 2 Blooming Prairie. On Friday, the Blossoms made sure that didn’t happen, defeating the Cardinals 48-6.
Coaches will deny until the end of their careers that when you play an opponent in the schedule doesn't matter.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The stakes will be high on Monday night.
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Denny Hamlin climbed from his car at Talladega Superspeedway and was shocked to learn he had not only topped the speed chart, but reached nearly 205 mph in pacing practice.
