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

DICKINSON Under the spring skies of western North Dakota, a ceremony annually bridges continents and generations. The local Rwandan community gathers to commemorate Kwibukathe Kinyarwanda word for 'remember'honoring the memory of those lost in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This year, as they mark the 30th anniversary, the event holds particular resonance, reflecting on the tragic events that indelibly altered the course of Rwanda's history and the lives of its people. In 1994, for 100 days, more than 800,000 Tutsi were systematically murdered in Rwanda. This dark period in ..read more

It’s not easy, being an old-timer and recalling the halcyon days during our brief pinpricks of moments in the sun “way-back-when,” … but they existed, and they’re fun to reflect upon, from time-to-time. It’s not important whether it was that 4-touchdown day versus (insert high school, here: ______) or the season you hit .500 as a sophomore during your groundbreaking, junior-varsity season or the night you posted double-digit aces on the volleyball court; it’s only important that you know it’s true. These things are what makes you … you. The foundational elements of the build ..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

DICKINSON A pair of run-rule-shortened wins for the Dickinson High School Midgets on Saturday, April 27 propelled them to 13-2 and sets up a Tuesday, April 30 thriller with Beulah as the defending Class A North Dakota State Champions will square off on the road at the Miners’ home-turf. BHS is likewise the defending Class B North Dakota State Champion in their own right, so Saturday’s 21-1 win in the opener over the Bravettes which was followed by a 34-1 thumping in the nightcap served as a tune-up for this-week’s festivities and potential fireworks. Game 2 Midgets 34, TMC 1 After piling up 10 ..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

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