Dave Overlund

Many Vikings fans breathed a sigh of relief when commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Vikings first round picks and the words "Manti Te'o" did not come out of his mouth. Not once.

The Vikings took defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd of Florida with their first pick of the first round (23rd overall), then drafted cornerback Xavier Rhodes from Florida State at 25th overall

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St. Cloud State associate athletic director Tracy Dill has been announced as the new athletic director at Bemidji State University. Dill has been with SCSU since 1988.

Dill joined SCSU as an assistant football coach in 1988 and in the same year became head coach of the track and field teams

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The Chicago Blackhawks announced Wednesday forward Drew LeBlanc will make his NHL debut against the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night.

LeBlanc will skate with Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp on the Hawks' top line

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The St. Cloud Rox will kick off their sophomore season on May 29th on the road, then come home to Joe Faber Field on Friday, May 31st to take on the Thunder Bay Border Cats.

Single game tickets go on sale at 9 am on Friday, April 26th and can be purchased three ways: By visiting www

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The Wild scored a pair of goals in rapid succession to jump on the Kings, but a pointed LA elbow may be the bigger story.

Charlie Coyle and Cal Clutterbuck scored goals just 16 seconds apart and Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves to earn the Wild a 2-1 win

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The Twins received a mixed bag of starting pitching Tuesday at Target Field, with a win in game one and a sloppy loss in game two of a doubleheader.

Kevin Correia lasted seven innings for his fourth consecutive start to begin the season, and Oswaldo Arcia hit a three-run home run to pace a 4-3 Twins win in game one

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St. Cloud Cathedral will likely be the first local baseball team to get outdoors this weekend with a pair of games at Joe Faber Field.

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Playing traveling basketball for the St. Cloud Area Youth Basketball Association is quite a commitment. From the tryouts at the beginning of the school year in September,  through the State Tournament in April, the seventh grade team coached by Dan Schaefer will have played over 60 games when it is all said and done

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The Minnesota Wild are looking to shake things up as the regular season winds down and the playoffs ratchet up.

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Any excitement the Wild fans had to see SCSU's Ben Hanowski make his debut at the Xcel Energy Center as a professional was quickly erased in a 4-1 Flames win. Hanowski did not score, but he did help his team play the spoiler role in a game the Wild needed to win

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