FOX 9 Sports Now: Jim Rich goes 1-on-1 with Vikings DE Za'Darius Smith
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Sunday night on Fox 9 Sports Now, Jim Rich sits down with Vikings free agent signing Za'Darius Smith from training camp at TCO Performance Center.

How Vikings QB Kirk Cousins uses tennis to stay in football shape

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins explained this week how he uses tennis to stay in football shape during the summer offseason.

5 Questions facing the Gophers football team as fall camp starts

The University of Minnesota football team reported for fall camp on Monday and opens the 2022 regular season against Jerry Kill and New Mexico State on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Huntington Bank Stadium.

Minnesota Twins designate RP Tyler Duffey for assignment/release

It’s been a tough season for Tyler Duffey, and he may have thrown his last pitch with the Minnesota Twins in Thursday night’s 9-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Target Field.

Minnesota deputy gets hockey trophy named after him
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In the State of Hockey, we?ve got a sheriff's deputy whose on-ice exploits have earned him some extra special hardware. In fact, they are naming a trophy after him.

Aaron Rodgers talks ayahuasca experience, how it helped get him back in the game

Aaron Rodgers is entering the 2022 season as the two-time reigning NFL MVP and in a recent podcast interview, he credited a groovy experience with a psychedelic that helped his mindset.

Kevin O’Connell: Vikings TE Irv Smith Jr.’s thumb surgery ‘went as we hoped’

Kevin O"Connell said Wednesday Irv Smith Jr.'s thumb surgery went as planned and the hope is it's a minor setback, and he's ready for Week 1 against the Packers.

Vikings training camp: Irv Smith Jr. expected to miss rest of training camp
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It was a play during an 11-on-11 situation on Monday that Irv Smith Jr. has probably done a hundred times. He was blocking in a run situation, on what Kevin O?Connell labeled Wednesday "a simple play." The fourth-year tight end tweaked something in his thumb during the play, and headed inside TCO Performance Center to have trainers look at it. The result was surgery on Tuesday, and Smith?s training camp and preseason are likely over.

Hopkins native, UConn star Paige Bueckers to miss 2022-23 season with torn ACL

Hopkins native and UConn star guard Paige Bueckers will miss the entire 2022-23 season after tearing the ACL in her left knee during a pick-up game on Monday.

Phil Mickelson, 10 other LIV golfers file lawsuit against PGA Tour

Phil Mickelson and golfers who joined the LIV Golf tour were suspended by the PGA Tour. Three players involved in the lawsuit are seeking a temporary restraining order to play in the PGA's FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Gophers football to hold 3 fall camp practices open to public

The University of Minnesota football team announced Wednesday it will have three of its fall camp sessions open to the public before kicking off the 2022 season on Thursday, Sept. 1 against New Mexico State.

Gophers volleyball preps for Big 10 with another brutal early schedule

At Big Ten Media Day in Chicago, Gophers volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon talked about a tough early schedule for Minnesota before the Big Ten season.

Twins make trades for pitchers Jorge Lopez, Tyler Mahle, Michael Fulmer

Leading the American League Central Division with 60 games left, the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday made trades to acquire pitchers Jorge Lopez, Tyler Mahle and Michael Fulmer.

Minnesota Twins POBO Derek Falvey explains moves as MLB trade deadline passes
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Unlike years past the Minnesota Twins made some moves before the MLB trade deadline approached this year. FOX 9?s Jim Rich cuts to the front of the scrum to get questions answered.