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SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild announced today it will retire Mikko Koivus jersey number in a special pre-game ceremony on Sunday, March 13 when the team hosts the Nashville Predators at 5 p.m. Koivu will be the first player in franchise history to have his jersey retired.

Unemployment in Long Beach continues to inch downward but remains above Los Angeles County and the state as a whole.

While Californias tech aristocracy is pushing a government guaranteed income, a blue collar city in California, Long Beach, is testing an alternative jobs-based approach to assist low income residents. This approach leverages the growing demand for workers in the contingent economy.

A swathe of early exits has shorn the race of key players and opened the door for Egan Bernal.

2021-05-27T12:51:09.734Z 12 minutes now for the break. It looks certain for them to succeed today, with 90km left to run. 2021-05-27T12:45:47.525Z 2021-05-27T12:41:56.858Z A quiet period of the sprint is interrupted by the intermediate sprint. Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix) takes it. Hes protecting the classification lead of teammate Dries De Bondt there. 2021-05-27T12:34:22.966Z 103km to go Were nearing the 100km to go mark now. 10:45 for the breakaway at the moment. 2021-05-27T12:26:41.530...

Bernal has to manage the next couple of days says White Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) attacking on the Sega di Ala on stage 17 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Momentum counts for a lot in the third week of the Giro dItalia and it was priceless with a little under four kilometres remaining at Sega di Ala, where the narrow road up the mountainside knotted itself into a pair of tight hairpins and harshened to its steepest gradient. After dancing out of the pink jersey group just as that secti...

Already have an account? The iconic Passo Pordoi, shown here in a previous edition, will be removed from Mondays stage due to foul weather. Photo: Tim De Waele/Getty Images Poor weather forced officials to shear two major climbs Monday from the Giro d’Italia’s “queen stage”. Race officials have altered the route of stage 16 to bypass two climbs — Passo Fedaia and Passo Pordoi — after cold weather and rain descended on northern Italy. The new stage route retains what was supposed to ...

BikeExchange car topples cyclist at Giro AAP 13/05/2021 Ian Chadband © EPA PHOTO Gino Mader celebrates as he crosses the line to win the sixth stage of the Giro dItalia. Australian cycling has endured a fairly calamitous day at the Giro dItalia as last years runner-up Jai Hindley suffered on the sixth stage and saw his hopes of winning the title take a potentially fatal knock. It also proved an embarrassing afternoon for Australian outfit Team BikeExchange on Thursday, as t...

2021 Giro dItalia preview: Examining the three-week race for pink A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 edition out of its usual spot in early May and transplanted it into October, the Giro d’Italia is back in its rightful place as the opening grand tour of the season, and the 104th edition of the race is sure to torment every one of its 184 participants. With a rel...

Copy shortlink: An offseason shake-up to the Wilds roster didnt just change the look of the lineup. The teams leadership was also restructured, with Jared Spurgeon taking over as captain, and now Spurgeon has the chance to guide the Wild into the playoffs after the team clinched a berth Saturday at San Jose. "He cares about how the team does and doesnt care about Jared Spurgeons stats," coach Dean Evason said. "Doesnt care about his ice time. All he cares about is the en...