Who's next in line for a new contract from the Minnesota Vikings?

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/24 7:01A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Vikings have spent this offseason rebuilding their defense and solidifying their offense. They went on a spending spree for defensive coordinator Brian Flores in free agency, adding pass rushers Jonathan Greenard and...

Minneapolis principal's 'sandlot' baseball team works social muscles during summer break

Star Tribune (Sports) 7/22 2:00A Rachel Hutton

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Minnesota Vikings, first-round QB J.J. McCarthy reportedly agree to 4-year contract

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/19 6:37A Cole Premo

MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota Vikings' presumed quarterback of the future is reportedly signing a four-year contract with the team. On Friday morning, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that J.J. McCarthy, the...

Stanley Cup's appearance in Twin Cities postponed due to global tech outage

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/19 6:11A Cole Premo

MINNETONKA, Minn. The National Hockey League's top trophy will not be in the Twin Cities on Friday due to flight issues caused by the global IT outage. The Stanley Cup was scheduled to be at the Pagel...

Minnesota Twins' 2025 season will start with earliest Opening Day game ever

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/18 9:01A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Twins will start their 2025 season with the earliest Opening Day in franchise history, the team announced Thursday. The Twins released their full 2025 schedule, with Opening Day set for Thursday, March 27 at Busch...

Which Minnesota players made ESPN's top 100 athletes of the 21st century?

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/18 6:17A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS Ranking the 100 greatest athletes of the 21st century is no easy feat, but ESPN took the task and boldly ran with it. The full list is finally out, and Minnesota's sports teams earned some...

Minnesota Timberwolves' Summer League 2024 roster features exciting rookies, developing talent

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/17 6:46A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS The 2024 NBA Summer League is underway, giving fans a look at the young talent across the league. The Minnesota Timberwolves have several exciting prospects playing in Las Vegas, some of...

Minnesota Twins draft shortstop Kaelen Culpepper with top pick

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/15 3:08A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Twins spent their top pick in the 2024 MLB draft on shortstop prospect Kaelen Culpepper. Culpepper, 21, plays college ball for Kansas State and is the school's first position player to be drafted in the first round. He...

Former Minnesota Timberwolves employee gets probation for stealing team executive's hard drive

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/10 5:34A WCCO Staff

MINNEAPOLIS A former Minnesota Timberwolves employee has been sentenced to two years of probation in connection with the theft of a team executive's hard drive, court records show. Somak Sarkar pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of...

Netflix releases "Receiver" featuring Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/10 4:58A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota Vikings fans seeking an offseason fix now have some relief, as Netflix's "Receiver" docuseries featuring Justin Jefferson was released Wednesday. All eight episodes of the series are now out. It follows Jefferson and four...

Timberwolves sign first-round picks Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon Jr.

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/8 10:10A Riley Moser

MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Timberwolves officially signed guards Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr., the team announced on Monday. The terms of the agreements have not been released, per team...

Dates, matchups announced for Hockey Day Minnesota 2025 at Valleyfair

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/8 5:25A WCCO Staff

SHAKOPEE, Minn. Organizers announced the dates and matchups for one of the Minnesota hockey community's biggest events of the year on Monday. Representatives from the Minnesota Wild and Bally Sports North and coaches from participating teams hosted...

Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson dies in car accident

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/6 6:24A Aki Nace

MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson died overnight in a car accident. The Upper Marlboro, Maryland native played for Alabama and Oregon. He was drafted by the Vikings in April in round 4 as the 108th overall pick. He was 24 years...

What have the Minnesota Timberwolves done in NBA free agency?

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/3 4:00A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS With three of the NBA's most expensive players on their roster Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert the Minnesota Timberwolves have little extra cash to spend in free agency. As a result, they've been priced out of a...

St. Paul's Suni Lee makes U.S. Women's Gymnastics Olympic team

CBS Minnesota (Latest Sports Headlines) 7/1 7:06A CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS St. Paul native and Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee will again represent the U.S. as part of the Women's Gymnastics team at the Paris Games this summer. Lee will be joined on the five-woman team by Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade...