Spencer Pierce

5 days ago | wdio.com | Spencer Pierce

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walked off the court for the final time this season, collapsed into the arms of coach Mark Daigneault and finally smiled. It was over. The climb is complete. The rebuild is done. The Oklahoma City Thunder are champions. The best team all season was the best team at the end, bringing the NBA title to Oklahoma City for the first time.

5 days ago | wdio.com | Spencer Pierce

The Duluth Huskies fell behind the Eau Claire Express 9-0 on Sunday, and couldn’t get their bats awake to make it a closer game, falling 10-2. The Huskies fell in a deep hole in the early stages of the game, allowing three runs in the second and six runs in the third. Despite scoring two runs, the Huskies had a tough game fundamentally, as they tallied three errors. The Huskies are back in action on Monday at 6:35 p.m. against the Rochester Honkers.

1 week ago | wdio.com | Spencer Pierce

Whether it’s going up or coming down, getting over your fears is a feeling unlike any other. “I’m really afraid of looking over down stuff,” said climber Kade Urness. “Recently I was up there, and I looked down, and it was like, it scared me a lot. Then I went down here and I looked up, and I was like, I can climb that.”“I used to be really scared of rock climbing, but then one day I just kind of wasn’t,” said Elias Hoder.

1 week ago | wdio.com | Spencer Pierce

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century. Sam Reinhart scored four goals, becoming just the fourth player in league history to get that many in a game in the final. His third to complete the hat trick sent rats, along with hats, flying onto the ice.

1 week ago | wdio.com | Spencer Pierce

Two former UMD women’s hockey players have signed new deals in the PWHL. Sidney Morin is reportedly returning to Minnesota, inking a deal with the Frost. Morin, a former Minnesota Whitecap, was originally drafted by PWHL Minnesota, but wasn’t signed. Picked up by Boston, Morin skated two seasons with the Fleet, recording four goals and eight assists. Morin, a former UMD women’s hockey captain, won Olympic gold in 2018.