Новости за 20.12.2017

A month ago, I asked if Vikings QB Case Keenum was a top-10 NFL MVP candidate based on an ESPN midseason piece that looked at candidates. While Keenum wasn’t listed in the top 10 at the time, I argued that soon he could supplant those above him on the list. Here we are a month later, with Keenum having played well during that stretch while others have faltered. He’s now No. 5 on that same updated ESPN list of NFL MVPs candidates, a list arrived at by asking 12 self-termed experts to compile their... Читать дальше...

Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler remembers getting an elbow from Denver big man Nikola Jokic.

A Minnesota food truck has been serving Floridians battered by Hurricane Irma.

Actor Sally Wingert returns to “Blithe Spirit” at the Guthrie with a bit of otherworldly experience.

A Minnesota single mom who donated a kidney to a stranger to save her son ends up on “Ellen.”

14-year old Zachary Elsenpeter continues to defy the odds after being born with congenital kidney failure. Thanks to the Paired Exchange Program at the U of M, Zach's mother Stacey donated a kidney and Zach received one in return.

The bear went on to attack two men at a residential construction site before a sheriff’s deputy fatally show the animal.

Without knowing why, ears of NFL defenders may have perked up around the country Wednesday morning when Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer made a pitch to quarterbacks regarding player safety and the recent spate of suspensions for illegal hits this season. Asked if he saw the illegal blindside hit on Packers receiver Davante Adams, who remains in the concussion protocol while Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis serves a one-week suspension, Zimmer said “the NFL is trying to do an awful lot on it.” “I think... Читать дальше...

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Minnesota completed is recruiting Class of 2018, and coach P.J. Fleck sees improvement ahead.

Police say more evidence is needed.

Union claims it’s the first-ever healthcare lockout in the state.

Trista Lights with its 17,000 computerized lights went dark over the weekend due to overexuberant party bus revelers.

SEIU workers staged a one-day strike at Mayo's hospital, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 in Albert Lea, MN. The strike is part of the ongoing labor-community uprising against Mayo's consolidation of its southern Minnesota hospitals.

Union claims it’s the first-ever health care lockout in the state.

The U.S. Census Bureau released data last week shedding light on demographics and economics of counties and other small areas.

Coaching staffs also filled out at all the team’s minor league affiliates.