Sports

No. 20 Purdue cruises past Minnesota 81-61 with sharp 2nd half shooting by Loyer and Smith
Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting and Braden Smith had 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as No. 20 Purdue pulled away from Minnesota for an 81-61 victory.
Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon out 2-3 weeks after getting injured on slew-foot
Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is expected to miss two to three weeks with an apparent right leg injury. Spurgeon was injured when he was slew-footed by Nashville’s Zachary L’Heureux earlier this week.
Fleck looks to extend Minnesota’s bowl streak against Virginia Tech in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
The Minnesota Golden Gophers put their seven-game bowl win streak on the line Friday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against a Virginia Tech squad that has been decimated by transfers and opt-outs. 
Britta Curl-Salemme’s OT goal helps Frost beat Fleet 4-3
Britta Curl-Salemme scored a goal with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Minnesota Frost beat the Boston Fleet 4-3. After a Boston turnover, Kendall Coyne Schofield passed the puck ahead on the breakaway to Curl-Salemme, who beat goaltender Aerin Frankel over their outkicked leg in the closing seconds.
Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died at age 103. Hungary’s state news agency says Keleti died Thursday morning in Budapest. She was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25.