Ren Clayton

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Ren Clayton

A look at how one hockey player went from the Frozen Four to joining the Minnesota Wild Call it the Brock Faber model. Zeev Buium went from the Frozen Four to, a few days later, joining the Minnesota Wild and a potential playoff push. Monday was his first practice with the team. "Just a lot of emotions. It's tough to wrap your head around everything," said the Wild's 2024 first-round draft pick. "Obviously, this is the NHL. This is where I've wanted to be my entire career.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Ren Clayton

Meet the Minnesota man on the path to become a UFC champion You might remember the name Mitch McKee from when he was an all-American wrestler at the University of Minnesota and at St Michael-Albertville. Now, he's rapidly rising the ranks of a different sport. "No. 1, No. 5, No. 10, it doesn't matter, you can still beat anybody," McKee told WCCO in a 2015 interview. A year after that, in 2016, McKee won his third Minnesota high school wrestling state title.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Ren Clayton

The Gopher men's basketball team may not be heading to the Final Four, but their managers are Happening behind closed doors, college basketball teams' managers and staff are playing a parallel season. These games, at least, start friendly. "A lot of times, the managers or support staff, they scout the other team," Gophers men's basketball head manager Drew Evenson said. "So sometimes the managers run the same stuff as the actual team.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ren Clayton

The Apple Valley boys basketball team's state tournament pedigree has come out of hibernation. "There's a lot of rich history," said David Collier, the Eagles head coach. "There's a lot of legacy, a lot of tradition that goes into this program."This is the first winning season the Eagles have had since Tre Jones graduated in 2018. "It means a lot. Especially because I've been in the program since freshman year when we were 4-23," said Apple Valley junior forward Camare Young.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ren Clayton

Chaska girls basketball team returns to state for first time in 4 years The Chaska girls' basketball team won its first state championship in 2021, but they haven't been back since. For most of the way this season, it didn't seem like this was the year they would return. "It's really special, and it's really cool because we didn't really think this could be something that we could achieve a few months ago," senior guard Alexis Schaefer said.