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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...

By Andrew Both Reuters More than 100 million Americans are expected to watch this year's Super Bowl, but there are about 7 billion people in the rest of the world who may not be so captivated. The NFL has a loyal following in countries including Britain, Australia, Canada...

Red Wing’s improvement keeps coming, and it looks even better as its top gymnast missed a second-consecutive meet. The Wingers lost a Big Nine Conference meet to Faribault on Friday, 137.35-127.45, but set a season high in scoring in the process. Abby Rohan had a bronze evening,...

Having to fight back from a 20-point first-half deficit, Red Wing ran out of steam against Rochester Century in a 74-52 Big Nine Conference loss on Friday. Down 30-15 at halftime, the Wingers cut the Panthers’ lead to 39-36, but could not completely close the gap. “We had a...

Lake City bounced back after its first loss with a convincing 73-56 non-conference win against Plainview-Elgin-Millville Friday at Lincoln High School. Eli Custer scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half while ripping down a team-high eight rebounds. Jesse Oliver hit five...

Shooting 34 percent from the field on Friday, Zumbrota-Mazeppa was hard-pressed to keep up with Byron, falling behind 39-12 at halftime before dropping Friday’s Hiawatha Valley League game 71-42 in Byron. Jerrell Guider was the Cougars’ top scorer with 10 points. Noah Erickson...

Goodhue and Pine Island went to overtime in their Hiawatha Valley League matchup on Friday. Once they started the extra session, it was all Wildcats as they shut out the Panthers 9-0 in overtime on the way to a 49-40 victory in Goodhue. Tyler Schumacher was the catalyst for the...

Having no points at the end of regulation was hardly a deterrent for Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s Alyssa Quam on Friday. After playing to a 41-41 tie against Stewartville after two halves of basketball, Quam scored all seven of the Cougars’ points in the extra period to lift Z-M to a...

Wins were hard to come by for the Red Wing boys swim team on Thursday as they lost 91-87 in a Big Nine Conference dual with sixth-ranked (Class 1A) Austin. Before the Packers went up 91-49 after nine events, the lone Winger to pick up a win was senior Chris Byrne, who finished first...

Lake City won four of the final six bouts, but just one of the previous seven in a 48-28 Hiawatha Valley League loss to Byron on Thursday. Jeremy Keller put six points on the board with a pin of Perrin Barber 3 minutes, 25 seconds into their 112-pound matchup. But the Bears ran...