PHOENIX Devin Booker and Kevin Durant showed up in Game 4 on Sunday in Phoenix, clearly determined to not get swept. Booker poured in 49 points on 13 for 21 shooting. Durant had 33 points, nine rebounds and five assists. The Suns’ best players brought their best effort and delivered their best fight of the series. And yet they were still knocked out by the best player on the floor over the last week. That was Anthony Edwards, who’s been brilliant all week, and saved his best for last. Edwards was spectacular in every sense Sunday, not only putting the Suns to bed, but tucking them in an ..read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. - For the first three innings of Sunday’s game, the Twins’ offense was held quiet. While that might have been a cause for concern earlier this season, these days, it’s impossible to keep Minnesota down for too long. The suddenly surging Twins offense broke out in the middle innings of Sunday’s game on the way to the team’s major league-leading seventh straight win. With a 11-5 win against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium, Minnesota finished a second-straight series sweep and is now over .500 at 14-13. “We’re seeing the ball better. You can just see it,” manager Rocco ..read more

Will Reichard has long been known for his accuracy as a kicker. Not necessarily his power. Yet, when Alabama absolutely needed Reichard to come through from distance this year against Michigan in the Rose Bowl, he converted from 50 yards, then from 52 yards. He always seems to be at his best when the lights are bright. “It’s super important to be able to kick well in big-time pressure situations,” Reichard said. “That’s something that I take a lot of pride in.” That should serve Reichard well as he steps into the pressure cooker that is being a kicker in Minnesota. He was selected by the ..read more

FARGO A Fargo woman's lifelong love of a 1980s classic film led to a collaboration she never saw coming. On April 25th, an assembly line of Bell Bank employees across the region gathered to whip up backbacks full of goods. Julie Peterson Klein knew she wanted to do something special to celebrate her 25th year at Bell Bank. Coincidentally, it's a double-decker anniversary year for Julie. Her favorite film, "Footloose," came out 40 years ago. Little did she know the two anniversaries would collide. "'Footloose' is my favorite movie of all time, and they are celebrating the 40th anniversa ..read more

FARGO DNA testing shows honeybees tend to have the same level of disease no matter who cares for them. Zack Bateson is research manager at the nonprofit National Agricultural Genotyping Center in Fargo. He spent two years studying the best techniques for monitoring viruses, parasites and other pathogens in honeybees. He tested bees and honey from backyard hobbyists and large commercial apiaries. “And when we looked across the two groups in terms of total pathogens, so actually quantifying all the pathogens, there was no difference between hobby and commercial beekeepers,” said Bates ..read more

FARGO North Dakota’s Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere describes her mind like a Rolodex. She has been storing poems away for decades, and when it comes time to write, she pulls out a card from the rotating file. Yet, it took her 45 years to bring forth her first children’s novel, “Josie Dances.” On Monday, April 29, Lajimodiere will read from her children’s book at the Fargo Public Library, starting at 6 p.m., as part of North Dakota Center for the Book’s “Great Reads from Great Places.” “I always knew I wanted to write this book,” Lajimodiere said. “The story's been rattling around in my b ..read more

VALLEY CITY, N.D. Valley City State University (VCSU) will host a presentation about Artificial Intelligence given by North Dakota University System (NDUS) Chancellor Mark Hagerott. The presentation is at noon Tuesday, April 30, in the Robinson Center for the Arts at VCSU and will focus on “Living and Working with Intelligent Machines: Suggesting a Way Ahead.” “Artificial Intelligence will shape educational journeys and employment for the foreseeable future,” VCSU President Alan LaFave said. “We are pleased Chancellor Hagerott can visit our campus to share his insights and bring this discus ..read more

FARGO - The NFL Draft came and went without a North Dakota State selection for the first time since 2018. But that doesn't mean there will not be pro opportunities for some former Bison. Four former NDSU players signed free agent contracts Saturday, with a fifth getting an invite to an NFL rookie camp. Jalen Sundell, Jake Kubas, TaMerik Williams and Jayden Price all signed free agent contracts shortly after the draft on Saturday. Former wide receiver Zach Mathis earned an invite to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie camp this coming weekend. Kubas, a Dickinson, N.D. native is signing with ..read more

JAMESTOWN The University of Jamestown Athletic Department announced the construction of a new indoor golf practice facility inside the Larson Center on the campus. The press release says the Worner Family Golf Center will include four hitting bays, a team study room, lounge area, regripping station, locker rooms, coach’s office and a nearly 2,000-square-foot putting complex. The $250,000 donation for the project is from Tammy and Leo Worner, whose son, Jackson, and daughter, Tori, are on the university’s golf team. Jackson is a senior and Tori is a freshman. The Worners said they made the d ..read more

God’s earnestness in finding ways to love us always amazes and delights me. It’s often in the smallest things. Take today’s date, April 28, the day in 1962 that an Italian woman named Gianna Beretta Molla died, giving us a glimpse into heaven. I hadn’t realized this column would run on Saint Gianna’s feast day until after deciding to write about the “Canticle of Praise” event I attended on April 16 in Grand Forks. The gathering celebrated 20 years of the Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home in Warsaw, North Dakota. My mother-in-law would call this a “God wink” an earthly occurrenc ..read more