INDIANAPOLIS – Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 44-year-old Johnson is the first driver in any NASCAR series to test positive and the news Friday evening cast a shadow over the historic NASCAR-IndyCar doubleheader races coming up Saturday and Sunday. There was no indication any races…
FARGO, N.D. — The roar of the crowd could finally be heard once again from Newman Outdoor Field as the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the Winnipeg Goldeyes played their first game of the 2020 season. A slow start kept things close early on. After Winnipeg gets on the board with an RBI single, Blake Grant-Parks hit the first home run of…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo South-Shanley’s Alex Senf took home the KVRR Sports Play of the Year crown on Monday. KVRR’s Nick Couzin sat down with Senf to talk about the play, the support of his teammates and those who voted for him along the way. Senf lead the Bruins in goals this past season and is heading into his junior…
FARGO, N.D. — Minnesota-State Moorhead football is set to play one less game and start one week later in the fall due to the coronavirus and the impact it’ll have on division two athletic departments. To gain some more perspective on this topic, KVRR’s Nick Couzin talked with the Dragons head coach Steve Laqua. The season starts on September 12th…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The Minnesota Timberwolves 2020 season may not be over after all, at least from a getting on the court standpoint. According to an ESPN report on Thursday, the NBA is considering having a second bubble for the eight teams not invited to Florida for the league’s 22-team restart. The second bubble would be in Chicago, and…
WASHINGTON- (AP) The Washington Redskins said Friday that the team will “undergo a thorough review” of its name, which is considered a derogatory term by Native Americans. This comes a day after FedEx, the sponsor of the team’s stadium in Prince George’s County, Maryland, since the late 1990s, asked the team to consider changing the name. Team owner Dan Snyder has…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Two Minnesota Twins players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Twins President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey. Willians Astudillo is one of the two players, according to Falvey. Astudillo will now have to quarantine. In order to return to practice, Astudillo will need to have two negative tests. Falvey did not name the other Twins player who tested positive. This…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer Classic. The 2021 game is set for Atlanta’s Truist Park, home to the Braves since 2017. Because of the…
FARGO, N.D. — Friday is the start of the American Association baseball season. The decision for play to go off amid the coronavirus pandemic with a six-team, 60-game schedule came on a bit of short notice. The league announced their plans on June 12th and training camp began just 13 days later on the 25th. It was a small window…
FARGO, N.D. — With the minor league baseball season canceled and MLB not starting until the end of July, more eyes than usual will be on Fargo, Sioux Falls, Chicago and Milwaukee as the American Association gets underway this weekend. Starting on Friday, Newman Outdoor Field will see national attention. More major league scouts are expected in attendance along with…
