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All season long, the Hastings girls basketball team has proven itself to be a deep team with a number of players who can lead the way on any given night. That was proven in a nice 61-52 win over Henry Sibley on Friday night. Sam Schorzman was the story of the night with a 20-point...

The Hastings boys Alpine skiing team won another meet this week. The Raiders won a Metro East Conference meet with 319 points to cruise to the win. The boys took the top three individual spots on the way to the win. As for the girls, they settled for second in another close meet. The...

Just how dominant the Hastings Raiders have been this Metro East Conference boys Nordic skiing season was again shown last week. At a unique MEC sprint race last week, Hastings ended up with three of the top six skiers for the boys. Hastings had skiers place first, second and...

Fifty years of varsity hockey in Hastings will be celebrated Saturday at the first Hockey Day in Hastings. All four coaches in the program’s history will be in attendance and former players and managers are asked to come to the rink for a big team photo before the game. Following...

The Hastings girls hockey team is less than one week away from beginning its postseason. On Wednesday night, if all goes as planned, Hastings will be playing host to a first-round section tournament game. The way it looks right now, Hastings will have a good shot at earning the...

It came down to Jacob Bacon. And when it mattered most, the Hastings High School senior delivered. It just took him a long time. On Saturday, Hastings was in the championship match of a tournament at Bloomington Kennedy. Hastings faced Zumbrota-Mazeppa in the finals and the Raiders...

PHOENIX - As fans gather for Sunday's Super Bowl in Arizona, billboard trucks are expected to travel around Phoenix with messages reminding revelers of what critics see as an inadequate NFL response to domestic violence involving star NFL players. Dispatched by an anti-sexism group...

Whenever Marshawn Lynch decides to leave the National Football League, one thing is for certain: It will be on his terms. OK, two things. He also won't pop up six months later as an analyst for the NFL Network, and he is not going to kick Jon Gruden out of the color role on...

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Seattle's No. 1-ranked defense is one of the things keeping New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick awake at night this week. Belichick has studied the team from 2012, when the teams last played, and measured their progress in quality and depth. He marveled...

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft opened Monday's press conference with a stern statement in which he voiced displeasure for the way the NFL is handling the "Deflategate" investigation and how media is covering it, with assumption of guilt from the head coach...

Pete Carroll had a mission when he took over as coach of the Seattle Seahawks in 2010 -- to prove that his large-and-in-charge coaching model could work in the NFL. It was not the way things operated during his three years in New England. "This is a football game we play," Carroll...

The NFL and YouTube announced a partnership on Monday that will deliver content on a new channel. Through the official NFL channel on YouTube -- and video directly viewable for Google Search users -- the partnership will enable fans to engage with NFL content on computers, tablets...

The New York Jets will hire Rex Hogan as their director of college scouting and Brian Heimerdinger to a prominent front-office role, according to NFL Network. Hogan served as a national scout for the Chicago Bears, but was released from his contract. He had been a scout with the...

New England Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater said Saturday that the NFL Players Association has recommended players avoid publicly talking about the league's ongoing investigation regarding under inflated footballs. "I'd love to get into that with you, but we have been instructed...