SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — There's a familiarity among the four teams playing in Sacramento Regional 2 as UCLA and Minnesota are Big Ten opponents while LSU and Duke faced off in December in the ACC-SEC Challenge. “It’s an interesting thing. You’ve got a couple matchups that way," UCLA ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves were missing five of their top seven players for most of their record-setting overtime rally to beat the Houston Rockets. They chose focus over frustration. With a game-closing 15-0 run, the Timberwolves came back from 13 points down for a ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched seven shutout innings and Colton Cowser and Blaze Alexander had seventh-inning RBIs to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on opening day Thursday. Following a stellar 2025 season in which he went 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA, Rogers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league's owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of adding franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle. It was not a surprise move; expansion has been a consideration for ...

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University football program announced its 2026 schedule on Tuesday, featuring six home games in the 11-game slate as well as a non-conference matchup against Valley City State (N.D.). The schedule features six in-division Northern Sun Intercollegiate ...

MANKATO — The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys track and field team placed second at the Wolverine Indoor Meet at Minnesota State University’s Myers Field House over the weekend. The Panther boys finished with a total of 39 points, trailing only Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet’s 157, ...