Twins
April 23, 2017
Texas Rangers' Robinson Chirinos celebrates his solo home run as he approaches the plate in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas Ci

Twins-Texas series preview

This is the Twins' first series this season against a team outside the AL Central. They were 5-2 against the Rangers last season, and 3-1 in Arlington.
Wild
April 23, 2017
Mikael Granlund

Wild's Granlund named finalist for Lady Byng Trophy

Granlund, 25, had a career-high 69 points this past season, tied for the fourth most in a single season in Wild history, with only 12 penalty minutes.
Wild
April 23, 2017
Minnesota Wild players Devan Dubnyk (40), Martin Hanzal (19), Ryan Suter (20) after the overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï

Dealing with the end of the Wild's season

Wild fans are in different stages of grief after the team's five-game ouster from the playoffs by the Blues.
Wild
April 23, 2017

U.S. defeats Finland in U-18 Worlds gold-medal game

Joel Farabee scored twice to help the U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team defeat Finland 4-2 on Sunday in the gold-medal game of the 2017 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship.
Sports
April 23, 2017

Monday's Page 2 tipsheet

Sports
April 23, 2017

RandBall: Rockets, Thunder bumble and stumble to the finish

Wild
April 23, 2017
Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher will hold his season-closing news conference this week. That would be a good time to start asking how he will impr

Souhan: Wild GM's moves were logical yet fruitless

Chuck Fletcher has much for which to answer, but most of his recent mistakes or misjudgments stemmed from managing an inflexible roster.
Sports
April 23, 2017
Postgame: Minnesota United FC's new winning tradition

Postgame: Minnesota United FC's new winning tradition

The squad might have added a new element to its post-home win routine.
Twins
April 23, 2017
Starter Kyle Gibson.

Postgame: Gibson suspected Tigers were stealing, relaying signs

Changing signs got the Twins pitcher mixed up while facing Alex Avila, resulting in a long home run.
Wild
April 23, 2017
Wild's Granlund named Lady Byng Trophy finalist

Wild's Granlund named Lady Byng Trophy finalist

Granlund will find out if he won the award on June 21 in Las Vegas.
Sports
April 23, 2017
Shuttleworth, Burch in lineup for Minnesota United FC

Shuttleworth, Burch in lineup for Minnesota United FC

Rasmus Schuller did not make the match-day squad against the Colorado Rapids at 5 p.m. Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium.
Twins
April 23, 2017
Joe Nathan’s line from the Chicago Cubs’ game in Milwaukee last July 24 read: one inning pitched, one hit allowed, one walk, three strik

Nathan's tenure with '16 Cubs was brief, but richly rewarded

The Twins' career saves leader pitched two of the Cubs' 1,459 innings last season, appearing in three late July games before a roster crunch cost him a chance to finish the year with the eventual world champions.

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