Sports
June 26, 2016

Johnny Love's Sunday Canterbury Park line

A look at Sunday's races from Star Tribune handicapper Johnny Love.
Vikings
June 26, 2016
Passed over by every team in the 2014 NFL draft, Marcus Williams intercepted six passes last season for the Jets, two short of the league high.

Sunday Q&A: Hopkins star Marcus Williams, Jets cornerback

The Hopkins High School and NDSU product has two camps in the Twin Cities this offseason.
Vikings
June 26, 2016
Carter Bykowski left tried to block Everson Griffen during Vikings training camp at Minnesota State University Mankato Wednesday July 29, 2015 in Mank

Hartman: Eden Prairie's Bykowski to battle for spot on Vikings line

The offensive line competition figures to be intense, but Carter Bykowski is ready to show what he can do after sitting out last season because of injury.
Twins
June 26, 2016
New York Yankees' Brian McCann, right, is tagged out at home plate by Minnesota Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki during the eighth inning of a baseball game

Escobar's error, Yankees relief extend another Twins losing streak

In only 74 games, the Twins have managed a remarkable — eleven — losing streaks of three games or longer, a couple of them two or three times that long.
Outdoors
June 26, 2016
Fishing Upper Red Lake for walleyes. ORG XMIT: MIN1606241505370727

Catch rate keeps improving for Red Lake walleye

More than a decade after a bold move, hot fishing is getting hotter.
Twins
June 26, 2016
Minnesota Twins pitching coach Neil Allen runs back to the dugout during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, Ap

Ryan: Suspended Allen will return to job when he completes treatment

GM Terry Ryan offered no timelines and few details about pitching coach Neil Allen's current program, other than to say, "Everything is going fine. … He's making progress."
Wild
June 26, 2016
St. Louis Blues' David Backes scores the game-winning goal during overtime of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, i

How will Wild reshape roster after a dull finish to draft?

Fletcher won't say right this second what he has up his sleeve. But he didn't buy out Thomas Vanek's contract for no reason. He has his paws in multiple trade scenarios.
Wolves
June 26, 2016
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett

Draft just the start for Wolves' new regime

A look at five questions facing Tom Thibodeau's team this offseason, with NBA free agency kicking off this week.
Sports
June 26, 2016
Original members of the Mercury Athletic Club, circa 1930. Credit: Courtesy of Mercury Club

Mercury Club timeline

Lynx
June 26, 2016
Washington Mystics' Tayler Hill goes up for two points as she drives past New York Liberty's LaToya Sanders (30) and Epiphanny Prince, right, in the s

Gameday preview: Lynx at Washington

The Lynx will try to begin a new winning streak after seeing their 13-0 start end Friday night.
Wild
June 26, 2016
Keith Tkachuk speaks after being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame during a ceremony and dinner in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Tkachuk wa

Keith Tkachuk had big role in Wild top pick Luke Kunin's development

The longtime NHL star has known Luke Kunin since the Wild draft pick was 5 years old.

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