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Bradley lifts Arizona past Iowa St in Big 12 thriller

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By Dave Skretta AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Second-ranked Arizona and seventh-ranked Iowa State traded shot-for-shot down the stretch in their Big 12 Tournament semifinal Friday night, and it seemed almost inevitable that whichever team had the ball last would win. It wound up in the hands of Wildcats guard Jaden Bradley with a few seconds left in a tie game. He made the inevitable happen. Bradley drove to his right as Cyclones guard Killyan Toure guarded him tightly, created just enough space to get off a jumper from the wing, and watched it splash through as ...

Rolling Thunder girls strong at MN/USA state wrestling

Local Sports

ROCHESTER — New Ulm Rolling Thunder Wrestling girls wrestlers Hazley Hoffmann, Karlie Horner and Anna Pollard all finished top five in their brackets at the Minnesota/USA Wrestling State Folkstyle Championships on Friday at RCTC Fieldhouse. Hoffmann finished 3-1 at the tournament for a ...

Knights state title game bound

Local News

MINNEAPOLIS — With under a minute to play in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament semifinals, second-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz pulled up from the right wing and drained a 3-pointer. That shot put the Knights up 53-47 over sixth-seeded Central Minnesota ...

Vikings sign Kyler Murray in their latest QB pivot

MN State Sports

By Dave Campbell AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings found in Kyler Murray an ideal addition to their quarterback depth chart, setting up stiff competition for incumbent J.J. McCarthy for the starting job this season — and perhaps beyond. Murray visited Vikings headquarters and signed a one-year contract on Thursday, after the first overall pick from the 2019 NFL draft was released by the Arizona Cardinals. Because he’s already owed $36.8 million in guaranteed salary by the Cardinals for this season, Murray was able to sign for the veteran minimum of ...

Flyers come back, beat Wild in shootout

MN State Sports

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Travis Konecny scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. After Flyers goalie Dan Vladar stopped all three Wild attempts, Konecny ended it with a wrister over Jesper Wallstedt’s shoulder. Emil Andrade and Owen Tippett scored in regulation, and Vladar made 21 saves for the Flyers. They’ve have won six of eight. Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov scored for Minnesota. Quinn Hughes had two assists, and Wallstedt made 24 saves. The Wild are 3-0-2 in their last five. Philadelphia ...

Straka tied for lead at Players Championship

National Sports

By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sepp Straka saved par seven times and chipped in for eagle late in his round Thursday while avoiding big trouble on the TPC Sawgrass for a 5-under 67 that gave him a share of the lead at The Players Championship amid wind, rain, sunshine and darkness. Whether he remained top the leaderboard with Maverick McNealy, Lee Hodges and Sahith Theegala would not be determined until Friday morning. Austin Smotherman was at 5 under and had a 15-foot birdie putt on his final hole, the par-5 ninth. It looked as though he might try to ...