The shot was off by only a few inches. But it cast some doubt on whether the United States will advance to the knockout round in its attempt to repeat as the Olympic men's curling champion.
Harden has been sidelined by a hamstring injury and will miss Philadelphia's next two games and the All-Star Game this weekend.
The former St. Olaf runner and skier, who went to Minnehaha Academy, posted the best individual results of the four-man U.S. team at the Beijing Olympics.
The state Senate passed three Republican-backed bills Tuesday aimed at preventing Chinese spies from infiltrating University of Wisconsin campuses, moves that opponents called racist and targeting a nonexistent problem.
Two Republican state lawmakers, including one running for governor, spoke at a rally Tuesday in the Wisconsin Capitol urging support for the legally impossible act of overturning Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election.
Ottawa's police chief resigned Tuesday amid criticism of his inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital for over two weeks, while demonstrators elsewhere across the country abandoned their blockade at a U.S. border crossing.
Hundreds of protesters opposed to lithium mining in Serbia blocked roads near a government building where the Balkan country's populist president was awarding state decorations Tuesday, which was a national holiday.
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao is one of three ex-MPD officers on trial in St. Paul for the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
The Gophers have kept winning while Matt Knies, Brock Faber and Ben Meyers, who have accounted for a sizable chunk of the U's offense, are in Beijing.
Clue: "At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake."
After beating Switzerland early on Tuesday to put them in the driver's seat to reach the semifinals, Team Shuster's engine sputtered in a loss to Italy.
Kamila Valieva skated off the Olympic ice with the lead in the women's short program and tears in her eyes.
Football writer Ben Goessling joins Michael Rand on the Daily Delivery podcast to discuss personnel calls, salary concerns and other issues for Kevin O'Connell. Also, Matt Boldy's hat trick and Patrick Beverley's contract extension.
The defending Olympic champion U.S. men's curling team, led by Chisholm's John Shuster, beat Switzerland 7-4 before being upset by Italy, which had been at the bottom of the pool-play standings.