Jerry Zgoda
Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Jerry Zgoda is in his 39th year with the Star Tribune. He now covers Minnesota United soccer, the 3M Open and PGA & LPGA golf and general-assignment reporting.
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6 days ago |
bismarcktribune.com | Jerry Zgoda
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards enters his fourth NBA playoffs Saturday in Los Angeles promising he will be matured and prepared to play, even as an underdog to the 17-time NBA champion Lakers. ESPN polled its employees and experts when L.A. secured the Western Conference’s third seed to the Wolves’ sixth seed and came up with the Lakers as favorites, 10-0. “I just love it; it’s dope,” Edwards said. “I love the fact that everybody wants the Lakers to win.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Jerry Zgoda
So good since the All-Star break, Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert now returns to the NBA playoffs ready to show there's still a place for the big man there. He has sometimes been minimized in his career by opponents who have taken him away from the basket - and out of the game - by going small. His rebounding and shot-blocking has gone with him.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Jerry Zgoda
Edwards said he is using this week before Saturday night's playoff opener to work on his conditioning for those clutch moments late in games and drill against the different defensive looks the Lakers are sure to send his way. He said he can make the right decisions, showing he knows when to pass and when to keep the ball himself. "I'm going to see five people looking at me, I've got to be willing to make that pass every time," Edwards said.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Jerry Zgoda
The Timberwolves won eight of their last nine games, the only blemish being a 110-103 loss at Milwaukee last Tuesday after they had led by 24 points. They finished 49-33 - 24-17 on the road - and are the West's sixth seed. Looking back The teams split the season series 2-2, each winning its two games at home. The Lakers won 110-103 in the season opener Oct. 22 and 111-102 on Feb. 27, both at Crypto.com Arena. The Wolves won their two home games 11 days apart, with a 109-80 win on Dec.
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3 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Jerry Zgoda
By Jerry Zgoda Junior Isabella McCauley will become the first Gophers golfer to compete in the Augusta National Women's Amateur when it begins Wednesday, a week before the Masters is played on the famed course. McCauley, from Inver Grove Heights and Simley High School, must be one of 30 players (and ties) to advance from the first 36 holes to play famed Augusta National Golf Club in Friday's final round of the 54-hole tournament.
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From Ridder Arena, a wild finish to NCAA women’s Frozen Four: Late penalty shot, overtime goal lift Wisconsin over Ohio State for women’s hockey national title https://t.co/hsjUuD33yH
All-time Gophers leading goal scorer Nadine Muzerall is back at Ridder, this time coaching an Ohio State team that’s also back to where it always seems to be: in the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four final facing Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon https://t.co/HGCiwMRofL
It’s Frozen Four weekend for Gophers women at home at Ridder Arena with once-beaten Wisconsin up next in an NCAA semifinal Friday night. They’re hoping six times is the charm after losing all five vs. Badgers so far https://t.co/UBouJQSu91
