2+ week, 4+ day ago (421+ words) The best running back in the National Football League is on bye this week. And that's bad news for about 10 percent of the nation's fantasy football teams. Indianapolis' Jonathan Taylor is in the running for NFL Most Valuable Player, along with New England quarterback Drake Maye, Rams QB Matthew Stafford and a few others. He's on pace for 25 touchdowns and could make a run at 2,000 yards for the AFC-leading Colts. So many fantasy league leaders need a RB replacement for this week, and there aren't many decent prospects left. Here's the best you could probably do this week: Sean Tucker (Buccaneers) " He has taken a bigger share of the workload since Bucky Irving's injury. Over the past two games he has 21 rushes for 95 yards and one TD, outshining Tampa's presumed No. 2 back, Rachaad White. And the Bills' run defense he'll…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (570+ words) National Signing Day for the fall period is Wednesday, as high school seniors can sign with the college of their choice. Below is our list of the East Metro athletes committing to scholarship-level programs this week Have a name to add? Email [email protected] Sam Abrahamson, Hudson, St. Thomas Andrew Gette, Mounds View, Miami Kashton Bodden, Lakeville South, Minnesota State Mankato Jack Drieman, Cretin-Derham Hall, Sioux Falls Harrison Falk, Cretin-Derham Hall, San Francisco Joe Fenlon, Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Thomas Connor Finn, Mahtomedi, Texas Tech Ethan Hagman, Farmington, New Mexico State Brody Illa, Eagan Minnesota State Mankato Cody Loida, Mahtomedi, Sioux Falls Stephen Loshek, Woodbury, Iowa South Eastern Jace Mataczynski, Hudson, Auburn Chase Sanders, East Ridge, Sioux Falls Bennet Skinner, East Ridge, Minnesota Kevin Kemp, Eagan, St. Cloud State JoJo Mitchell, Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Thomas Nolan Myren, Spring Lake Park, Bemidji State…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago (300+ words) The Tommies volleyball team is going dancing. In its first season of Division-I postseason eligibility, the program became the school's first to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament by knocking off top-seeded South Dakota State in four sets in the Summit League Tournament title match Tuesday in Brookings, South Dakota. "We put in so much hard work, and it's just so cool to see it all pay off. We've worked so hard and we all bought in so much and it's just so awesome," Senior right side Tezra Rudzitis told the broadcast.It's the best feeling in the world. It's so awesome that I get to do it with so many awesome girls." The Tommies fell twice to the Jackrabbits during the regular season, but claimed the first set Tuesday. South Dakota State responded to win the second set,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago (1105+ words) Cade and Hunter Tyson, a pair of 6-foot-7 brothers, have reached some impressive heights on a wide variety of basketball courts. Cade is having a strong start to his senior season with the Gophers men's basketball team; the transfer wing leads the Big Ten Conference in scoring through six games. His older brother Hunter surged in his last year at Clemson and became a second-round pick in the 2023 NBA draft; the small forward now comes off the bench for the Denver Nuggets. Yet a piece of both wishes they were just kids again, playing one-on-one in North Carolina. Their first hoop was nothing more than iron rim fastened to a five-foot wooden post stuck out in their grass yard. No frills, not even a backboard. "Very Carolina of us," Hunter recalled. When in elementary school, the boys, along with their…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (54+ words) Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell watches the clock tick down late in the game with the Vikings trailing 28-22 against the Philadelphia Eagles in a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings, 28-22. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago (161+ words) The Tommies volleyball team is one win away from the school's first-ever Division I NCAA tournament berth. St. Thomas knocked off second-seeded South Dakota in the Summit League Tournament semifinals Monday via a thrilling five-set victory in which the third-seeded Tommies rallied from a 2-1 deficit to win 25-22, 22-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-9 in Brookings, South Dakota. St. Thomas will meet top-seeded South Dakota State in the title match at 6 p.m. Tuesday with the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line. The Jackrabbits swept the two regular season meetings between the two teams, winning both in four sets. Anya Schmidt paced the Tommies with 19 kills, while Tezra Rudzitis added 17. Ella Voegele had a team-high 25 digs. The semifinal marked the first match to go the distance for St. Thomas this season since the team's season opener against Ball State....

3+ week, 3+ day ago (551+ words) Apple Valley rolled into the postseason with the opposite of momentum. The Eagles lost seven of their final 11 regular-season matches. "That can definitely set some teams back," said Apple Valley junior outside hitter Sophia Cowan, "but we know who we are." The Eagles still made the state tournament, despite their sputtering finish, and were seeded seventh heading into the Class 4A state tournament. No matter. Coaches agreed Seeds No. 2-7 can all beat one another in this year's Class 4A tournament. That came to fruition Wednesday, as the Eagles upset second-seeded East Ridge in a five-set quarterfinal thriller in St. Paul. The Eagles (19-9) will next face third-seeded Prior Lake in the semis at 11 a.m. Thursday. Apple Valley was swept by Prior Lake on Oct. 9, part of that difficult season-closing stretch. Apple Valley claimed the first set Wednesday to announce its presence. But East Ridge…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (610+ words) EUGUNE, Ore. " The visitors" postgame interview "room" for Autzen Stadium didn"t, in a small way, cushion the fall from the Gophers" 42-13 loss to eighth-ranked Oregon on Friday. It didn"t even sterilize from it. Thin white walls of a temporary event tent allowed for the sounds of reveling Ducks fans departing the venue to contrast from the downbeat scene inside. Lights flooded the podium, leaving a squinting P.J. Fleck to ask, "This necessary?" After what happened under the stadium lights on national TV, there was no escaping how noncompetitive Minnesota was against another program in position to make the College Football Playoff in December. When Fleck was at multiple more-comfortable podiums during Big Ten Media Days in Las Vegas in July, the head coach talked about his program"s dream-big goal of punching up into the CFP conversation. "If we…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (21+ words) It wasn't a banner day for J.J. McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings against the Baltimore Ravens. More in Minnesota Vikings...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (292+ words) It was a historic football weekend in River Falls. On Friday, the Wildcats high school team beat Oshkosh North 52-38 to secure the program's first 11-win season and sectional title.River Falls will meet Notre Dame Academy in the Division-2 state semifinals Friday at 7 p.m. at D.C. Everest High School. Wildcats quarterback Tino Massa threw for 323 yards and four scores in the win over Oshkosh North, while Joseph Tarasewicz ran for 213 yards and two touchdowns as River Falls jumped out to a 28-0 lead and fended off numerous Oshkosh North comeback attempts. River Falls accumulated 548 yards of total offense. University of Indiana commit Sam Simpson added a pair of sacks for the Wildcats (11-1). On the same field a day later, Wisconsin-River Falls made history of its own, securing at least a share of the program's first WIAC conference title with a 41-7 thrashing of Wisconsin-La…...