The Wild are bringing back veteran wing Marcus Johansson for at least another year.

In his first offseason move, general manager Bill Guerin has re-signed Johansson, who will turn 35 before next season, to a one-year deal worth $800,000.

Johansson had 11 goals and 34 points in 72 games for the Wild last season, then added two assists in the Wild’s six-game, first-round series loss to Vegas in the playoffs. Next season will be his 16th in the NHL since being selected by Washington in the first round of the 2009 entry draft.

In 15 seasons with Washington, New Jersey, Boston, Buffalo, Seattle, Washington, and Minnesota, Johansson has 185 goals and 517 points in 983 games. In parts of four seasons with the Wild, he has 34 goals among 96 points in 206 games.

The free-agent season officially begins July 1, when NHL teams will be able to sign any player not under contract. The 2025 entry draft will be June 27-28 in Los Angeles. The Wild traded their first-round pick, No. 20, to Columbus as part of the deal to acquire defenseman David Jiricek.

— John Shipley

Gophers wrestling

McEnelly, Nelson win titles in national meets

Minnesota crowned a pair of champions this weekend with redshirt freshman Max McEnelly winning his weight class in the U20 World Team Trials and fellow redshirt freshman Gavin Nelson doing the same in the U23 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio.

McEnelly defeated Aeoden Sinclair in a best-of-three championship series claim his spot on the national team that will represent the United States at the U20 World Championships in Bulgaria, August 18-24.

Nelson topped Luke Geog in a best-of-three series and will now compete at the U23 World Championships, Oct. 20-26, in Novi Sad, Serbia.

St. Paul Saints

Several roster moves made on team’s off-day

The Saints, in conjunction with the Twins, made four roster moves on their off day before hosting Scranton/Wilkes Barre in a six-game series that begins Tuesday at CHS Field.

First baseman Mike Ford was released from the roster. The 32-year-old who has played in MLB with several teams, was hitting .239 with eight homers through 49 games for St. Paul.

In addition, infielder Payton Eeles was reinstated from the 7-day injured list while outfielder Emmanuel Rodriguez and infielder Yunior Severino were played on the 7-day IL.

NFL

Lions’ four-time Pro Bowler Ragnow retires

Detroit center Frank Ragnow, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who was key to coach Dan Campbell’s Lions revival, announced his retirement from the NFL after seven seasons.

Ragnow, 29, posted to social media that he has tried to convince himself he’s feeling well enough to play, “but I’m not,” he said.

Ragnow battled through multiple injuries during his career. In 2021, following a season in which he played with a fractured throat, general manager Brad Holmes made him the league’s highest paid center at the time with a $54 million, four-year extension.

Ragnow earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2020, 2023 and 2024. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2020 under then-coach Matt Patricia, and then made three straight from 2022-24.

tennis

Gauff, Sinner reach French Open quarters

Coco Gauff has earned her fifth consecutive trip to the French Open quarterfinals with a straight-set victory. She beat No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 7-5

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner’s latest dominant performance at the French Open is a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 17 Andrey Rublev. The result put Sinner back in the quarterfinals in Paris and extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 18 matches. Sinner won the U.S. Open last September and the Australian Open this January.

horse racing

Journalism opens as Belmont Stakes favorite

Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Journalism has opened as the 8-5 favorite in the Belmont Stakes to close out the Triple Crown.

Derby winner Sovereignty was set as the second choice at odds of 2-1. Baeza, who finished third in Kentucky in early May, opened at 4-1 with Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez next at 6-1.

Journalism drew the No. 7 post in the field of eight horses for the second Belmont at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. Sovereignty will leave the starting gate from the No. 2 post.

BRIEFLY

NHL >> Tampa Bay Lightning forward Gourde signed a six-year deal worth just under $14 million, keeping him under contract through the 2030-31 season at a salary cap hit of $2.33 million.

NHL >> Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov won the Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward, and the King Clancy trophy for leadership and humanitarian work. Baarkov and his teammates are preparing to defend their Stanley Cup title, beginning on Wednesday.

NBA >> Austin Ainge, a long-time executive with the Boston Celtics, was hired to join his father, Jazz CEO Danny Ainge as Utah’s president of basketball operations. Austin Ainge spent the previous 17 seasons with the Celtics, including the past six as assistant general manager.

cfb >> Heisman Trophy winners Mark Ingram, Cam Newton and Robert Griffin III and former AP National Player of the Year Ndamukong Suh are on the ballot for the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame class.

EPL >> Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has urged the club to show ambition after ending its 17-year trophy drought as he awaits a decision on whether he will stay on for a third season at the English team. Tottenham claimed its first piece of major silverware since 2008 by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final last month, but finished 17th in the Premier League.

MMA >> Two former UFC fighters, Phil Davis and Mikhail Cirkunovs, have filed antitrust lawsuits against the mixed-martial arts behemoth, alleging it operates as a monopoly that restricts their ability to maximize earnings.

— From news services