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Doncic and Cunningham eligible for NBA awards after appeals, Edwards is not

National Sports

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Los Angeles Lakers ' Luka Doncic and Detroit Pistons ' Cade Cunningham will be eligible for awards such as MVP and All-NBA this season despite falling short of the 65-game minimum, the league and the National Basketball Players Association said Thursday. Doncic played in 64 games and Cunningham played in 63. But the league and the union both agreed that each should be on the ballot based on the "extraordinary circumstances provision" in the collective bargaining agreement. Doncic — who is one of the favorites to contend for MVP honors ...

MLC roundup: Knights set track and field records

Local Sports

Courtesy of Adam Hussman/MLC SID WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ROMSDAHL SETS MLC WOMEN’S RECORD ST. PETER — The Martin Luther College women's outdoor track and field team delivered an all-around performance across multiple events at Gustavus on Wednesday. In total, the Knights collected seven top-three finishes. The 4x800m relay team placed first with a mark of 10:30.17 (Sarah Felsing, Jemimah Habben, Carys Wendland, Rachel Weed). Madelinn Romsdahl had an active day as a thrower and broke an MLC outdoor record in the shot put (12.12 meters), which surpasses the previous mark ...

Wild aren't ready to name their Game 1 goalie

MN State Sports

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have entered the Stanley Cup playoffs with fully professed confidence in both of their goalies. Their preference is to keep a secret whether Filip Gustavsson or Jesper Wallstedt will start. After the Wild practiced on Thursday ahead of their trip to Dallas for the first round series, coach John Hynes declined to answer the question about who will get the net for Game 1 against the Stars on Saturday afternoon. "You can argue both sides, right? This is what I would say: We have two excellent goaltenders. We've ...

Rieser homers in Greyhounds' sweep of Mustangs

Local Sports

NEW ULM — While plenty of New Ulm Cathedral players got their moment during a Tomahawk Division baseball sweep of Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Thursday at Mueller Park, perhaps the highlight of the night was Elijah Rieser's. The senior left fielder was able to touch all four bags in the ...

Youth leads Eagles at home invite

Local Sports

NEW ULM — Two of the youngest varsity golfers Thursday ended up leaving the biggest splashes at New Ulm Country Club. Those splashes weren’t water hazards either, they were the varsity golf debuts of eighth-grader Asher Wendinger and seventh-grader Ethan Schmidt. Asher Wendinger shot a ...

Backer named finalist as Freshman of the Year

Local Sports

NEW ULM — Maddie Backer, a freshman from New Ulm, is one of three finalists at Central College at Pella, Iowa, for the Freshman Female Athlete of the Year. Backer finished as runner-up for the Freshman Athlete of the Year in the American Rivers Conference. The award winner is announced later in the spring.