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Anthony Edwards ineligible for NBA postseason awards

MN State Sports

DETROIT (AP) — Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can't reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night, listing his right knee injury and an illness. He has played in 59 games, but just 58 count toward the league's record of games and Minnesota has six games left in the regular season. Edwards did not play in Detroit, one game after he scored 17 points in 23 minutes in a win over Dallas in his first game in two weeks. He returned against the Mavericks after missing six games ...

New Ulm Club Athletic Banquet to be held April 18

Local Sports

NEW ULM — The 72nd annual New Ulm Club Athletic Banquet will take place at Martin Luther College on April 18. The senior letter winners will be celebrated at the banquet, which will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at Martin Luther College. The banquet will also name the ...

Big men, bigger lineups

National Sports

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer INDIANAPOLIS — Tarris Reed Jr. sat at his locker Thursday, fielding questions about his run as the interior-scoring, rebound-snagging force in UConn's latest Final Four push. Yet he wasn't the main attraction. That's because across the room, an even ...

Wild wrap up playoff spot with win over Canucks

MN State Sports

ST. PAUL. Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy scored his 39th and 40th goals, Kirill Kaprizov added his 40th and the Minnesota Wild wrapped up a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Third in the Western Conference and the NHL's stacked Central Division, ...

Brewers use 6-run 8th to power past Rays

National Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a six-run eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 on Wednesday. Garrett Mitchell added a two-run double during the decisive rally, Blake Perkins drove in a run with a groundout and David ...

Mendoza puts on impressive show at Indiana's biggest pro day

National Sports

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Fernando Mendoza warmed up with his college roommate Wednesday while nearly two dozen college teammates took turns running the 40-yard dash. Then the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback did what he always seems to do — deliver ...