Long day on tap for tomorrow, with @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social women's and men's teams starting and finishing four-game @thesummitleague.bsky.social semifinal slate here. Women vs. NDSU at noon, men vs. Denver or North Dakota at 8:30 p.m. Not many fans made the trip to Sioux Falls so far.
First @thesummitleague.bsky.social tournament semifinal appearance by Tommie women, who were a @miacathletics.bsky.social power in the D3 days. Tommie women looking for first conference/league tournament title since winning the MIAC in 2019. @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social
Tough task for Tommie women in Saturday's noon semifinal, facing No. 1 seed North Dakota State, which beat the Tommies twice in the regular season. For now, Tommies postponed longtime coach Ruth Sinn's retirement one more day. @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social
#RollToms
St. Thomas women's basketball advances to @thesummitleague.bsky.social semifinals, routing Oral Roberts 81-54. Toms took 25-point lead at half and cruised, holding OSU to 30.5% shooting. Mikayla Werner 21p on 9-for-10 shooting plus 9r, leading five Tommies in double figures. Alyssa Sand 17p/10r.
Fixing some tags: @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social @thesummitleague.bsky.social
Any @uofstthomas basketball fans out there? Check out the only on-site coverage of @thesummitleague hoops tournament by a Twin Cities media outlet, via UST student journalists at @thecrestnews. thecrest.news/ust-mens-bas...
Damned if I know. Here’s what I do know: Everyplace I go in the U.S., even around here, I see someone wearing one. 🤷🏻♂️
Breaking News: Immigration agents arrested a Columbia University student after misrepresenting themselves to access a building, the school said. nyti.ms/4u2Z0xw
Sounds like they’re hoping to fracture the union, pitting the superstars against the grunts and counting on the superstars to be greedy. If unity prevails, it won’t work.
Kelly Pannek + GGWSS logo
2x Olympic gold medalist Kelly Pannek sat down with me in Milan to discuss that rollercoaster of a🥇game—from pre-game vibes to the celebration (including which team snuck them post-game 🍺!). Plus, how she felt representing Team USA during this fraught time.
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Four of the five not going are from Minnesota.
From @theathletic.com: The Milan Cortina Olympics were the most-watched Olympics since the 2014 Sochi Games, NBC reported. The average daily viewership was a 96% increase over the last Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022.
The Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday that TSA PreCheck, a program that allows travelers to move through airport security more quickly, would remain available, hours after announcing that it would be suspended after funding lapsed because of the partial government shutdown.
Team USA finishes with its all-time Winter Olympics high of 12 gold medals.
Previous best was 10 at 2002 Salt Lake City.
Breaking news: DHS reversed course Sunday after saying that it would suspend TSA PreCheck because of the partial government shutdown. The Global Entry program, however, will remain paused, according to an official.
The Department of Homeland Security is suspending its TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs because of the shutdown of much of the agency, according to a DHS spokesperson.
The Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday that it was suspending its TSA PreCheck and Global Entry programs that allow travelers to move through airport security more quickly. The moves are among several measures the department is taking after its funding lapsed on February 14.
Across the state, restaurants and bars are serving up breakfast buffets, Bloody Mary bars and coffee with a kick at watch parties for the gold-medal hockey game at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
MEGAN KELLER WITH A DIRTY DRAG MOVE AND A GOLD MEDAL WINNING GOAL 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Calling all Minnesota college journalists: Applications for the 2026 student scholarship are now open and will be accepted until May 15. This year, MNSPJ will award one $2,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a career in broadcast, print, online or visual journalism. Find out more here: MNSPJ.ORG
Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
The cool thing is women's hockey isn't over for four years.
PWHL games start up again Feb. 26. Frost back in action March 1.
Springsteen planned his opening show in Minneapolis.
The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/
(new piece)
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
If you need to look forward to sitting outside and hugging your community, check out the 2026 Aurora schedule.
Tough loss for U.S. in mixed doubles curling gold medal match, though Duluth’s Cory Thiesse becomes first American woman to win an #Olympics medal in #curling. Men won team bronze in ‘06 and gold in ‘18.
Thought the same thing when I heard it (we watched the same newscast). She got hurt yesterday. Lazy scriptwriting.
USA women's Olympic hockey improves to 3-0 with a 5-0 shutout over Switzerland this afternoon. Five different goal scorers again.
Taylor Heise with her first Olympic assist.
Minnesota Frost Olympic update through three games:
Heise: 1 G, 1 A, 6 SOG
Curl-Salemme: 2 A, 6 SOG
Pannek: 1 A, 5 SOG
Coyne Schofield: 9 SOG
Zumwinkle: 7 SOG
Stecklein: 2 SOG
