PREP:
SECTION 8AA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS IN ROSEAU TODAY ARE POSTPONED TOMORROW, WHEN THE RAMS WILL HOST THE CROOKSTON PIRATES AT 5 PM.
SECTION 8A AND SECTION 8AA SOFTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES IN RED LAKE FALLS AND THIEF RIVER FALLS ARE POSTPONED TO TOMORROW. GAME SCHEDULE REMAINS THE SAME.
MLB:
THE MINNESOTA TWINS SUFFERED A 7-5 LOSS TO THE DETROIT TIGERS YESTERDAY, THEY ALSO SAW YOUNG PROSPECT ROYCE LEWIS HELPED OFF THE FIELD WITH AN INJURY.
NHL:
THE NEW YORK RANGERS FINALLY BECAME THE FIRST TEAM TO BEAT THE CAROLINA HURRICANES AT HOME IN THE PLAYOFFS AND IT CAME AT A PERFECT TIME, IN GAME 7. THE RANGERS JUMPED OUT QUICKLY AND NEVER LOOKED BACK IN A 6-2 WIN. THEY ADVANCE TO SEE TAMPA BAY IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.
HOST FINLAND TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEATING CANADA 4-3 IN OVERTIME. THAT WINNER CAME 6:42 INTO THE 3 ON 3 OVERTIME PERIOD, WHILE ON THE POWER PLAY. FORMER WILD SKATER, AND CURRENT PREDATOR, MIKAEL GRANLUND ASSISTED ON THE GOAL. IT’S THE FOURTH SUCH TITLE FOR FINLAND.
NFL:
FORMER DRAFT PICK AND CORNERBACK OF THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS, JEFF GLADNEY, WAS KILLED IN WEEKEND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN TEXAS. GLADNEY, WHO SIGNED WITH THE ARIZONA CARDINALS EARLIER THIS SPRING, WAS RELEASED BY THE VIKINGS AFTER DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES WERE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. HE HAD SINCE BEEN ACQUITTED ON THOSE CHARGES. GLADNEY WAS JUST 25 YEARS OLD.
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