Jay Caldwell
The dust is settling after Tubby Smith was fired as the head basketball coach at the University of Minnesota on Monday. Athletic Director Norwood Teague will conduct the search to find a replacement.
The Sartell-St. Stephen boys basketball team lost 70-55 Wednesday at Williams Arena to top seeded DeLaSalle in the Class 3-A State Tournament Quarterfinals.
St. Cloud State's Halenbeck Hall is the site for a boys basketball section final doubleheader Thursday night. Apollo plays 6th ranked Delano at 6pm tonight in the first game, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 5:50. Apollo is 16-12 while Delano is 25-3.
The Vikings traded receiver Percy Harvin to Seattle for at least 1 first round draft pick according to Mike Florio with profootballtalk.com.
The St. Cloud State men's basketball team lost 73-55 to Upper Iowa in the NSIC/Stanford Health Quarterfinals at SCSU's Halenbeck Hall Saturday.
The 7th ranked St. Cloud State men's hockey team lost 5-1 Saturday night at home to Michigan Tech. Jimmy Murray scored the lone SCSU goal in the 3rd period. SCSU was outshot 37-27 and Ryan Faragher had 14 saves with 4 goals allowed.
The St. Cloud Area Youth Basketball Association (SCAYBA) is hosting their annual "Quarry Classic" boys and girls youth basketball tournament this Saturday and Sunday.
The St. Cloud State men's hockey team is ranked #8 this week in the USCHO.com Division I poll with the Gophers ranked #2. Quinnipiac is ranked #1 this week receiving 41 of a possible 50 first place votes. The Gophers received the other 9.
Viking running back had sports hernia surgery today and revealed he sustained the injury in week 10 and played the rest of the season with the injury.
Viking running back Adrian Peterson should be named Most Valuable Player for the 2012 NFL season Saturday. Peterson led the NFL in rushing with 2,097 yards and 12 touchdowns. Peterson is also coming off a torn ACL in his left knee in week 16 of 2011.
The Twins Winter Caravan brought approximately 200 fans to Rivers Edge Convention Center in downtown St. Cloud. Twins relief pitchers Glen Perkins and Brian Duensing met fans, signed autographs and fielded questions.
The St. Cloud Rox signed 4 pitchers to the 2013 roster Monday. The four are Jason Hoppe (Minnesota State-Mankato), Kasey Ralston (Indiana University), John Oltman (Creighton), and Bryce Jackson (Washington State).