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Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and feature writer..
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Down on the farm series: Nuturing talent in Tennessee

Elizabethton, Tenn., is where big-league dreams begin, fundamentals are stressed and townsfolk adopt players as their "kids."

Updated: July 06, 2012, - 10:21 AM

Hosts keep players fed, motivated all summer

Donna Bell has no kids and a four-bedroom home, which prompted a request from her insurance agent, Tom McNeil: How about letting some minor league baseball players crash there every summer?

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 11:06 PM

Scoggins: Son rises, and father beams

Sure, J.P. Parise is happy his son chose the Wild. But that it was Zach's decision gave dad the most pride.

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 07:17 AM

Scoggins: Wild, Wolves trying to woo their way to relevance

With the courting of free agents underway, both franchises soon will know if their efforts produced a needed boost.

Updated: July 02, 2012, - 09:46 PM

Scoggins: Too soon to unload Derrick Williams; just wrong to pursue Pau Gasol

The Wolves are rushing to improve, but dumping youth for an overpaid veteran could be costly in the long term .

Updated: June 30, 2012, - 09:32 AM

Scoggins: Twins prospect doesn't waver vs. cancer

Paul Bargas is determined to pitch this spring, a year after being stricken with a debilitating disease discovered to be brain cancer.

Updated: June 27, 2012, - 01:50 PM

Scoggins: Harvin has baggage, but not enough to send him packing

The Vikings report to training camp July 26, which means the team has a month to resolve whatever it is that triggered Percy Harvin's screwball antics last week.

Updated: June 26, 2012, - 11:15 PM