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The family of the former Totino-Grace High School hockey player who was paralyzed in an accident during a game with his junior hockey team expressed their gratitude for the support they’ve received from the tight-knit hockey community. Posted:Mar 08 2016 05:41PM CST Updated:Mar 08 2016 08:50PM CST Family of paralyzed Minn. hockey player amazed by support for son [  ] Hide Caption [  ] Show Caption Photo courtesy of Matt Olson’s GoFundMe…

  Just three seasons after creating the Minnesota United FC brand, local professional soccer seems headed for a name reboot. “Minnesota FC” is the name Major League Soccer registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Feb. 18, according to the Empire of Soccer blog. The filing occurred one day after a Sports Illustrated report that MLS did not want expansion franchises Atlanta and Minnesota entering the league with…

Furniture Row Racing officials have withdrawn their appeal request for penalties incurred earlier this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and crew chief Cole Pearn will serve his one-race suspension this weekend when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to Phoenix International Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM).   The organization made the announcement via news release Tuesday.   In Pearn’s absence, former FRR crew chief Todd Berrier will take over calling the shots for the…

HAMILTON — Shortly after Jacob J. St. Phard declined an offer to play soccer at a particular college he’d visited, the teen’s club team coach Julian Richens received a phone call. It was from the college coach, but he wasn’t upset. “He called to say what a great kid he was,” Richens said of St. Phard, who was killed by a train Sunday night in Hamilton. Richens said he has several similar…

Expect to hear a lot more about 3-(2,2,2-trimethylhydrazinium) propionate dihydrate in the coming days, weeks and months. Like a warped version of the Christmas standard, by Tuesday we were up to potentially nine Ethiopian distance runners, six Georgian wrestlers, two Ukrainian biathletes, two Russian speed skaters and a multimillionaire five-times grand slam tennis champion who had tested positive for the Latvian-manufactured heart drug more commonly known as meldonium. It was…

“Texas has their Friday night lights, Indiana has their barnyard hoops — here in Minnesota, it’s the land of 10,000 locks,” says the narrator in the intro of the “Best Minnesota High School Hockey Hair” awards video. “Hockey is king.” The competition to crown the best hair was stiff this year, but in the end, a quartet from Burnsville, Minn., took the top spot. “At No. 1, I’m sure this…

When Khalida Popal arrived alone at an asylum camp in Denmark – having been forced out of her native Afghanistan by death threats – she turned to her greatest passion as a source of strength: soccer. “You feel so alone and so unhappy in an asylum camp,” Popal tells PEOPLE. “The women there didn’t have any opportunities, so I encouraged them to come fight their stress and depression by playing…

NEW YORK A Florida-based sports marketing consultant pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday as part of an investigation of corruption in soccer and FIFA, its world governing body, saying he had schemed to bribe some officials in the sport. Miguel Trujillo, 65, pleaded guilty during a hearing in federal court in New York to four counts, including conspiracy to commit money-laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. “I…

HAMILTON — Shortly after Jacob J. St. Phard declined an offer to play soccer at a particular college he’d visited, the teen’s club team coach Julian Richens received a phone call. It was from the college coach, but he wasn’t upset. “He called to say what a great kid he was,” Richens said of St. Phard, who was killed by a train Sunday night in Hamilton. Richens said he has several similar…

Khalida Popal captained the Afghan women’s team before having to retire due to a knee injury, and has become a role model for aspiring female players in the war-torn country. “The national team shirt symbolizes all of our culture, our tradition, our history,” says Popal. “To wear that shirt and to lead your country out onto the football pitch is something that stays with you forever. “It was a huge…

“Texas has their Friday night lights, Indiana has their barnyard hoops — here in Minnesota, it’s the land of 10,000 locks,” says the narrator in the intro of the “Best Minnesota High School Hockey Hair” awards video. “Hockey is king.” The competition to crown the best hair was stiff this year, but in the end, a quartet from Burnsville, Minn., took the top spot. “At No. 1, I’m sure this…

“Texas has their Friday night lights, Indiana has their barnyard hoops — here in Minnesota, it’s the land of 10,000 locks,” says the narrator in the intro of the “Best Minnesota High School Hockey Hair” awards video. “Hockey is king.” The competition to crown the best hair was stiff this year, but in the end, a quartet from Burnsville, Minn., took the top spot. “At No. 1, I’m sure this…

“Texas has their Friday night lights, Indiana has their barnyard hoops — here in Minnesota, it’s the land of 10,000 locks,” says the narrator in the intro of the “Best Minnesota High School Hockey Hair” awards video. “Hockey is king.” The competition to crown the best hair was stiff this year, but in the end, a quartet from Burnsville, Minn., took the top spot. “At No. 1, I’m sure this…

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“Texas has their Friday night lights, Indiana has their barnyard hoops — here in Minnesota, it’s the land of 10,000 locks,” says the narrator in the intro of the “Best Minnesota High School Hockey Hair” awards video. “Hockey is king.” The competition to crown the best hair was stiff this year, but in the end, a quartet from Burnsville, Minn., took the top spot. “At No. 1, I’m sure this…

Donald Trump has lapped the field in some recent state primaries, but he caused a caution flag Monday when he claimed that he had NASCAR’s endorsement in a speech in Concord, N.C., just miles from the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Charlotte Motor Speedway. “NASCAR endorsed Trump,” Trump said. “Can you believe that?” At first glance, one might be tempted to believe it. Trump did,…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Hendrick Motorsports airplane made an emergency landing early Monday morning because smoke was discovered in the cabin. The plane was returning from Las Vegas Motor Speedway and made a fuel stop in Oklahoma before taking off again to return to North Carolina. Roughly an hour later, the plane was forced to land at Memphis International Airport in Tennessee. Team spokesman Jesse Essex said there were no…