YESTERDAY, ROSEAU SOPHIE HELGESON ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL BE TAKING HER TALENTS TO MADISON. SHE ANNOUNCED HER COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHERE SHE WILL CONTINUE HER EDUCATION AND HOCKEY CAREER.
ROOKIE ANDREW VAUGHN HIT HIS FIRST CAREER HOME RUN, YASMANI GRANDAL CONNECTED FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX BEAT THE MINNESOTA TWINS 13-8 FOR THEIR FIFTH WIN IN A ROW. JOSÉ ABREU DROVE IN THREE RUNS. NELSON CRUZ HIT HIS NINTH HOMER FOR THE TWINS, WHO HAVE DROPPED THREE STRAIGHT AND SEVEN OF EIGHT. JOSH DONALDSON DROVE IN THREE RUNS.
THE CLEVELAND INDIANS BEAT THE CHICAGO CUBS 2-1 IN EXTRA INNINGS.
MIGUEL CABRERA DROVE IN TWO, AND THE TIGERS DOWNED THE ROYALS 4-2.
THE ATHLETICS BEAT THE RED SOX 4-1, TO CLAIM THE BEST RECORD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AT 23-15.
FORMER MINNESOTA VIKINGS HEAD COACH JERRY BURNS HAS DIED AT 94. HE JOINED VIKING’S COACH BUD GRANT AS MINNESOTA’S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN 1968. HE HELD THE POSITION UNTIL 1985 AND BECAME HEAD COACH IN 1986, RETIRING AFTER THE 1991 SEASON. BURNS WAS A MEMBER OF THE GREEN BAY COACHING STAFF THAT WON THE FIRST TWO SUPER BOWLS.
THE VIKINGS WILL OPEN THE SEASON SEPT. 12 AT CINCINNATI, FOLLOWED BY A ROAD GAME IN ARIZONA, BEFORE THE HOME OPENER ON SEPT. 26 AGAINST SEATTLE. THE VIKINGS HOST DALLAS AND PITTSBURGH IN PRIME TIME GAMES, AND ALSO TRAVEL TO GREEN BAY AND CHICAGO IN PRIME TIME.
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ARE SIGNING FORMER JACKSONVILLE QUARTERBACK BLAKE BORTLES TO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.
THE MINNESOTA WILD WERE SHUTOUT 4-0 IN ST. LOUIS.
LAS VEGAS BEAT SAN JOSE 6-0, AND COLORADO BEAT LOS ANGELES 6-0. WITH ONE GAME REMAINING, COLORADO WILL WIN THE DIVISION WITH A REGULATION OR OVERTIME WIN. A LOSS OR WIN IN A SHOOTOUT WILL GIVE THE DIVISION TO LAS VEGAS.
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