February 20, 2017
Here are the five best Twins promotions for the 2017 home season

Here are the five best Twins promotions for the 2017 home season

This news could be more significant than any offseason roster additions or projections in determining which games (and how many) you will attend this season.
February 20, 2017
Awful DeMarcus Cousins trade is reminder of how well Flip Saunders did with Love

Awful DeMarcus Cousins trade is reminder of how well Flip Saunders did with Love

Even if we strip away the idea that DeMarcus Cousins seems like a royal pain in the butt and an impending free agent, the immediate reaction to this deal from a Sacramento perspective has to be "yuck."
Wild
February 20, 2017
Wild center Tyler Graovac

Graovac recalled from Iowa; Wild's lineup experimenting worked

Why would the Wild call up Tyler Graovac for Tuesday's game when they begin a five-day break right after playing Chicago?
Vikings
February 20, 2017
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Souhan: Adrian Peterson has options, but not $18 million worth

The Vikings are not going to pay Adrian Peterson $18 million this year, and he seems prepared to be offended by lower offers
Gophers
February 20, 2017
Flashy freshman: Coffey has helped transform Gophers basketball

Flashy freshman: Coffey has helped transform Gophers basketball

Amir Coffey is learning to be consistently aggressive and growing into a player who can thrive in go-to moments.
Gophers
February 20, 2017

Taking it outdoors: Carleton sweeps Morris in baseball doubleheader

Sunday's doubleheader in Hopkins eclipsed the previous record for Minnesota's earliest outdoor NCAA game.
Gophers
February 20, 2017
Bench plays huge role as Gophers win another overtime thriller

Bench plays huge role as Gophers win another overtime thriller

Minnesota gave up an eight-point lead at the end of regulation play, but recovered to extend its Big Ten winning streak to five games. Eric Curry and Dupree McBrayer combined for 27 points.
Twins
February 20, 2017
Twins pitching coach Neil Allen talked to pitcher Hector Santiago during a bullpen session Thursday.

Will Twins pitchers be up to coach's strike-throwing challenge?

Pitchers have to prove to coach Neil Allen they can throw fastballs for quality strikes before they are allowed to work on their breaking stuff.
Sports
February 20, 2017
John Shuster, skip of Team Shuster, throws a rock Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, during a round-robin game of the U.S. curling nationals in Everett, Wash.

Minnesota Scene: Shuster, Sinclair rinks win curling national titles

With a clutch draw to the button with the final stone of the game, Shuster and teammates Tyler George (Duluth), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth) and Joe Polo (Duluth) concluded an undefeated week with a national title.
Polls
February 20, 2017

Poll: Which professional All-Star game is the best?

Gophers
February 20, 2017
Gophers freshman forward Eric Curry was fouled by Michigan's Moritz Wagner (13) in the second half Sunday.

Souhan: Freshman Curry becomes newest big man on campus

During the Gophers' 83-78 overtime victory over Michigan, Curry, the freshman from Memphis, borrowed Reggie Lynch's job and ran with it.
Outdoors
February 20, 2017
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Tensions over deer farming surface in double CWD outbreak

At risk is the state's 1-million-animal deer herd, more than $500 million annually in economic activity tied to deer hunting and the state's legacy of family and friends bonding over whitetails in the fall.

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