Sports

Local Author Highlights The Role Of Two Minnesota Athletes In The Road To Title IX. Book shares the story of two Minnesota athletes’ fight for equality. Read more about Local Author Highlights The Role Of Two Minnesota Athletes In The Road To Title IX

Recent Minnetonka High School Grad Competes at Nationals. Fencer Nolan Chez secures Division I spot at the University of the Incarnate Word. Read more about Recent Minnetonka High School Grad Competes at Nationals

Take to the sky, and you’ll never know who or what you’ll meet. “I’ve had eagles off my wing, just checking me out,” Alex Peterson says. “Actually, they’re really good guides. On one flight, I met three turkey vultures at 500 feet. I sailed and soared with them until we reached 15,000 feet.”

Peterson of Wayzata is a pilot and instructor at SkyBrothers Paragliding. He is easy to identify; his pickup truck is rigged up with a 6,000-foot spool of line that is mounted on what looks like an aluminum winch—all used to hoist paragliders up, up and away. Read more about SkyBrothers Paragliding Soars to New Heights

The schoolyard can be a microclimate for all sorts of shenanigans, melees and levels of social hierarchy at the most ridiculous levels, but who knew that recess could lay the groundwork for a future in television sports reporting. Read more about Perk Really at Play

"Tourney Time" explores the Minnesota boys’ state hockey tournament. Read more about Local Author's Book 'Tourney Time' Dives Deep Into Minnesota Hockey History

Put me in coach, I’m ready! placed second in the Activities and Events category of our annual Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest. Read more about Lens on Lake Minnetonka: Put Me In Coach

The National Rugby Football League (NRFL) is poised to move the sport into the U.S. Read more about National Rugby Football League Bringing the Next Big Thing to the Twin Cities

South Shore softball leagues provide comradery and competition. Read more about South Shore Softball Leagues Are a Hometown Homerun

Minnetonka High School senior—and NCAA Division II triathlete recruit for New York's Daemen College—Bella Buenting has devoted most of her life to her passion. Read more about Meet Minnetonka Triathlete Bella Buenting

Watch the first local dog sled race in over 85 years. Read more about 'Bringing Back History': Dog Sled Racing Returns to Lake Minnetonka