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TIMBERWOLVES 612-673-8373 at Wash.6 pmFSN PLUS at Charlotte6:30 pmFSN L.A. CLIPPERS7 pmFSN WILD 651-222-9453 at Detroit6:30 pmFSN at St. Louis7 pmNBCSN COLUMBUS7 pmFSN CHICAGO7 pmNBCSN GOPHERS MEN'S BASKETBALL 612-624-8080 at Wisconsin1 pmBTN NEBRASKA8 pmBTN GOPHERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 612-624-8080 at Penn State5:30 pmBTN ILLINOIS8 pmBTN GOPHERS MEN'S HOCKEY 612-624-8080 MSU MANKATO7 pmBTN at MSU Mankato7 pmFSN PLUS other sports
GOPHERS
Men's gymnastics: Saturday
vs. Air Force, 1 p.m. Women's gymnastics: Saturday
vs. Central Michigan, Iowa State and Michigan at Sports Pavilion, 6 p.m. Women's hockey: Friday
at Wisconsin, 2 p.m. Sunday
at Wisconsin, 2 p.m. Men's and women's swimming and diving: Friday
vs. North Dakota, 5 p.m. Men's tennis: Friday
vs. Virginia Commonwealth at Athens, Ga., 9 a.m. Saturday
vs. Georgia or Vanderbilt at Athens, Ga. Women's tennis: Saturday
vs. Arizona at College Station, Texas, 10 a.m. Sunday
vs. North Texas or Texas A&M at College Station, Texas Men's track and field: Saturday
Bill Bergan Classic at U of M Fieldhouse; at Warren Bolus Open, Menomonie, Wis. Women's track and field: Friday-Saturday
at MSU Mankato Wrestling: Saturday
vs. Iowa at Williams Arena, 3 p.m.SWARM
NLL lacrosse: Friday
at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Saturday
vs. Washington, 7 p.m. on the air thursday
BasketballTIMETVRADIO College women:
Gophers at Penn State5:30 p.m.BTN1500-AM College men:
Purdue at Michigan6 p.m.ESPN College men:
Tennessee at Mississippi6 p.m.ESPN2 College men:
VCU at Richmond6 p.m.CBSSN NBA:
New York at Boston7 p.m.TNT College men:
Murray St. at Tennessee Tech7 p.m.ESPNU College women:
Northwestern at Purdue7:30 p.m.BTN College men:
UCLA at Arizona8 p.m.ESPN2 College men:
Wyoming at UNLV8:15 p.m.CBSSN College men:
Stanford at Colorado9 p.m.ESPNU NBA:
L.A. Clippers at Phoenix9:30 p.m.TNT College men:
Brigham Young at Gonzaga10 p.m.ESPN2CYCLING Tour Down Under:
Stage 3 (tape)2:30 p.m.NBCSNExtreme SportsX-Games Aspen2 p.m.ESPNX-Games Aspen8 p.m.ESPNGolf PGA:
Farmers Insurance Open2 p.m.GOLF European PGA:
Qatar Masters3:30 a.m.GOLFHockey NHL:
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia6 p.m.NHLN H.S. boys:
Elk River at Anoka7 p.m. 106.1-FM H.S. boys:
St. Francis at Chisago Lakes7 p.m. 95.9-FM H.S. boys:
St. Thomas Acad. at Hill-Murray7:30 p.m.FSNTennis Australian Open:
Men's semifinal (tape)11 a.m.ESPN2 Australian Open:
Men's semifinal2:30 a.m.ESPN2
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