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Chris Murphy

Murphy has covered sports in Chicago, Minnesota and North Dakota since 2009, working for The Forum since 2012. Contact: cmurphy@forumcomm.com or 701-241-5548

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Former Moorhead hockey standout Borgen signs with the Buffalo Sabres
MOORHEAD, Minn.--Former Moorhead hockey standout Will Borgen grew up dreaming of playing in the NHL. He used to tell his dad he didn't know what he would do if he couldn't play hockey. He won't have to worry about that for awhile, as he signed a ...
Mar 25, 2018
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By  Chris Murphy
Former Moorhead Spuds hockey standout and Team USA defenseman Will Borgen, center, with his two best friends Alex Schmidt, left, and Trey Greene from their high school hockey days. Submitted photo
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'Will is just Will': Mentality of Moorhead grad and Olympian Borgen like none other
MOORHEAD, Minn.--There's a baffling calm to Will Borgen. His eyes do not widen when the moment gets bright. In fact, he doesn't blink. Those closest to the former Moorhead Spuds hockey standout and St. Cloud State defenseman don't know how to exp...
Feb 10, 2018
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By  Chris Murphy
Erin Hamlin, engaged to Barnesville (Minn.) teacher and coach Jon Hodge, displays her bronze medal in the luge competition from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Photo courtesy of USA Luge
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Minn. teacher-coach to marry top U.S. Olympic luger who carried U.S. flag at opening ceremonies
BARNESVILLE, Minn. -- The wedding ring had "burned a hole" in the pants pocket of Barnesville assistant boys basketball coach Jon Hodge. He had all these elaborate plans for how he was going to ask four-time Olympic luger Erin Hamlin to marry him...
Feb 9, 2018
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By  Chris Murphy
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Moorhead's Borgen selected to the Olympic men's hockey team
MOORHEAD--St. Cloud State junior defenseman and former Moorhead hockey standout Will Borgen was driving home from practicing with the Moorhead hockey team a couple weeks ago when he got a call from Huskies coach Bob Motzko. Borgen was home for wi...
Jan 1, 2018
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By  Chris Murphy
Dec 24, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) shakes hands with Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin via USA TODAY Sports
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'He always had a plan': The unlikely rise to NFL stardom for Detroit Lakes' Adam Thielen
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.--On the outskirts of Detroit Lakes, the Johnson family made a dirt path through the woods to the nearest home, a quarter of a mile away. Seven-year-old Janaye Johnson and her younger brother, Davis, needed a way to get to the...
Dec 23, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
North Dakota State's Marquise Bridges intercepts a pass intended for Sam Houston State's Craig Williams Jr. during the FCS semifinals at the Fargodome on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. David Samson / Forum News Service
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Minnesotan's move from wide receiver to cornerback pays off for NDSU
FARGO--Marquise Bridges was recruited out of DeLaSalle High حلحلآ‏»­ of Minneapolis in 2014 to be a wide receiver for North Dakota State. And for good reason. He had 66 catches for 1,317 yards and 21 touchdowns in his senior season with the Islanders.
Dec 15, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
Moorhead celebrate their 6-0 win over Roseau with student manager Sam Beedy Wednesday, March 1, 2017, after the Minnesota Class 2A, Section 8 boys hockey championship at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minn.David Samson / The Forum
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Moorhead boys hockey team to be featured in reality series on FSN
MOORHEAD--Many players on the Moorhead boys hockey team have said they have dreamt of winning the program's first state hockey championship. If the dream becomes a reality this season, the Spuds won't need to be pinched. They'll have the reality ...
Dec 12, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
Perham offensive and defensive lineman Logan Richter looks forward to siuting up for the Minnesota Gophers in the future.David Samson / The Forum
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Richter, a small town Minn. kid, recounts crazy day he committed to Gophers football program
PERHAM, Minn. -- Logan Richter, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive and defensive lineman from Perham, sat in the back row with his sister, mom and dad, as University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck spoke at TCF Bank Stadium. It was Junior Day...
Sep 21, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
Hundreds of fans line up to see Matt Cullen and the Stanley Cup at the Moorhead Dairy Queen on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.David Samson / Forum News Service
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Cullen's day with the Stanley Cup shared with thousands across the Fargo-Moorhead area
MOORHEAD, Minn.--Normally, Thursdays would be spent taking medication at Sanford Children's hospital in Fargo for 4-year-old Knox Olafson. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, on April 28.
Aug 31, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
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UPDATE: Matt Cullen returning to Minnesota for 20th NHL season
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- In the summer of 2013, former Moorhead High حلحلآ‏»­ hockey standout Matt Cullen was walking around the bar at Usher's House in Moorhead during a silent auction for his Cully's Kids charity. It was days after he signed a two-year...
Aug 16, 2017
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By  Chris Murphy
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