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"I'm disappointed, I like scoring touchdowns," said Leidner.

It is down to a two-man race now for the starting quarterback job at Wisconsin, and one of the candidates didn't even take a snap at the Badgers spring game.

Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season and free-agent acquisition Ricky Nolasco earned his first win for the Minnesota Twins in a 7-1 victory Saturday over the Kansas City Royals.

There are tons of questions facing the team, although the biggest, once again, is under center.

At 8-2 on the year, the Brewers are off to their best start since opening with 13 wins in 1987.

Holmen slides into a 3-2 extra-innings win over Eau Claire Memorial. In the WBCA preseason poll, the Vikings were No. 5, while the Old Abes were No. 20.

Last year, they finished runner-up in the state, falling in the Div. 3 championship game.

Acting manager Terry Steinbach says: "There's a place in Gardy's heart for him. He was going to try and do everything he could to get there."

The NHL has suspended Minnesota Wild forward Mike Rupp for four games without pay for Rupp's hit on St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie on Thursday night.

The 2014 Final Four was a record-breaker.

It was just three seasons ago when Union beat Minnesota — in overtime, in Minneapolis — for a win that pretty much put its program on the map.

 Iowa State has given coach Fred Hoiberg a $600,000 a year raise, bumping his average annual salary to $2.6 million in an effort to keep "The Mayor" in Ames for life.

Nine consecutive runs scored by Holmen helps the Vikings to an 11-9 win against Onalaska.

Justin Holl scored a short-handed goal with 0.6 seconds left to give Minnesota a 2-1 victory over North Dakota on Thursday night in the NCAA hockey semifinals.

The Brewers' wins have all come on the road during the streak.

Dan Straily pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and Sam Fuld hit a rare home run to help the Oakland Athletics complete a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 6-1 victory Thursday.

The Minnesota Vikings won't have to wait long to break in TCF Bank Stadium.

Asked how important Gordon's presence will be this fall, Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen said, "Huge is probably not a big enough word."

"When I was in college, I know personally, as far as jersey sales and ticket sales, I helped make that university a lot of money," Peterson said.

Holmen is swinging for a championship. But you can't blame one senior for thinking about more than that. That's because Jeren Kendall is swinging for the major leagues.