Thief River Falls Sports Archives - Page 5 of 26

November 4, 2024

Loons upset Real Salt Lake, Head into Semis

(St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota United are moving on in the M-L-S playoffs. The Loons played Real Salt Lake to a 1-1 draw at Allianz Field on Saturday, but they won 3-1 on penalty kicks. Minnesota beat Salt Lake 2-0 in the best-of-three series. The United go up against the L-A Galaxy in the […]

November 1, 2024

Bob Costas hangs up his Play by Play Microphone

(New York, NY) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas is retiring from his M-L-B play-by-play duties. Costas confirmed the news to “The Athletic” on Thursday. His last time in the booth as a play-by-play announcer came in Game 4 of the A-L-D-S when the New York Yankees clinched the series. Costas has been M-L-B […]

November 1, 2024

Kirilloff retires

(Minneapolis, MN) — Twins outfielder Alex Kirilloff announced on Thursday that he is retiring from baseball and has been placed on the Voluntarily Retired List. Kirilloff, 26, hit .248 (198-for-799) in 249 games across four seasons with the Twins including 27 homers, 116 R-B-I eight doubles and three triples. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native was limited […]

October 31, 2024

Sports Schedule

Thursday, October 31, 2024 Sec 8-9 FB Final: WAO vs Stephen-Argyle 4pm Sec 8A FB Final: RLC vs Mahnomen 7pm NFL: Houston at NY Jets 6:30pm Friday, November 01, 2024 Sec 8A VB Final: KCC vs Ada-Borup West (UMC) 7pm MN T-Wolves vs Denver 8:15pm Gopher Hockey vs Penn State 6:30pm Saturday, November 02, […]

October 31, 2024

LA Dodgers win World Series

(Bronx, NY) — For the second time in five seasons the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series championship. The Blue Crew captured their eighth title in franchise history after rallying for a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees in Game Five of the World Series. Blake Treinen was credited with the victory after pitching […]

October 31, 2024

College Football helmets have a problem

(Undated) — A major change in college football may not be as foolproof as initially thought. E-S-P-N reports that coach-to-player communication in helmets has been on unencrypted frequencies. This means the communications can be accessed by someone with a scanner who knows how to find frequencies. The Big 12 has told its 10 teams playing […]

October 30, 2024

Vikings acquiring left tackle Cam Robinson from Jaguars

The Vikings have found their replacement for Christian Darrisaw. With Darrisaw out for the season after tearing his ACL and MCL in Thursday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota has agreed to a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars to acquire left tackle Cam Robinson, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

October 30, 2024

Loons take Game 1 of Playoffs

(Sandy, UT) — The Minnesota United stole Game One of their first round M-L-S playoff series against Real Salt Lake at America First Field last night. The Loons played to a scoreless draw in regulation before beating Salt Lake in penalty kicks 5-4. Minnesota is up 1-0 in the best-of-three series. The United host Real […]

October 30, 2024

Wild win in Fleury’s last trip back to Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA) — Minnesota goaltender Marc Andre-Fleury played in front of the Pittsburgh Penguins for likely the last time as he led the Wild to a 5-3 win overs the Pens at PPG Paints Arena. The former Penguins goaltender made 26 saves in the victory. Valtteri Puustinen and Rickard Rakell each scored in the first […]

October 30, 2024

Wolves lose to Dallas

(Minneapolis, MN) — The Dallas Mavericks earned a 120-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves an early season rematch of last year’s N-B-A Western Conference Finals at the Target Center. The Wolves had an eight-point after the first period, but Dallas outscored Minnesota 35-25 in the second quarter and 32-23 in the third quarter, eventually building […]