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Rookie fourth overall pick replaces Washington's Trent Williams.

Your team looks to you for approval. When discussing a mistake they made during play, be sure to phrase your words carefully. Be sure to discuss the effort and not the result. If you focus on the result, players will equate approval based on results and not effort. In youth sports, this leads to kids “freezing up” and “choking.” Kids will become less hesitant to take risks for fear of failure. Encourage kids to take risks and to fail. Doing this will improve their performance over the long-term and will keep them playing the sport.

 

One of Minnesota's top recruits changed his mind after drawing interest from several southern schools.

Adrian Peterson will play one last time this season: in Sunday's Pro Bowl. And with his promise to go all out, he could add another record or two to his remarkable season.

Rubio said that his frustration was with himself, not interim coach Terry Porter, who kept the guard on the bench during the fourth quarter of Wednesday's loss.

The rookie defenseman will replace Jared Spurgeon in the lineup.

Good times.

The team has the league's best kicker and an overexposed punter who also is still getting the job done at a high level.

Maya Moore's team a victory away from championship series in China.

Two late turnovers by Rachel Banham cost the visiting Gophers a chance to beat the Nittany Lions.

Jonas Brodin returned from injury to play with Houston Wednesday, joined the Wild in St. Paul Thursday and may play Friday in Detroit.