Twins
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Scoggins: Yankees' Cole uses his best stuff, sticks it to accuser Donaldson
Gerrit Cole on the mound, Josh Donaldson in the batter's box and a week's worth of headlines about sticky substances and spin rates ended in a mismatch.
Vikings
Cousins looped in on plan to draft QB, promises to be 'open book' for Mond
Kirk Cousins spent his offseason studying every game from his own career, and wants to help Kellen Mond the way Cousins was helped as a rookie.
Twins
Twins fighting any temptation to quickly activate Buxton
The Twins won't rush Byron Buxton's return to the majors, which suffered a delay Wednesday when rain made the field too slick for him to play in center field as planned.
High Schools
A final assist: Suggs presents Holmgren with national player of year award
Minnehaha Academy teammates Jalen Suggs and Chet Holmgren packed gyms and made videos go viral. Now, Holmgren is replacing Suggs as the incoming college freshman everyone is talking about.
Sports
Podcast: This isn't Green Bay. Cousins drama-free at Vikings camp
Michael Rand notes how welcoming Kirk Cousins has been to Vikings rookie quarterback Kellen Mond. The bigger controversy on the Daily Delivery? Olympics writer Rachel Blount on whether the Tokyo games should be held.
Twins
Twins are cure for Yankees slugger Stanton's very rough month
Giancarlo Stanton went a month without hitting a home run and had only five hits. Then he came to Target Field and started banging the ball.
Twins
Dobnak blistered by Yankees, yields four homers, eight runs in 9-6 Twins loss
Randy Dobnak had never allowed four homers. Nor had he ever issued three walks or so many runs in a start. The problems may have been caused in part by a pregame decision he made.
Outdoors
Brainerd man gets prison for killing, decapitating bear on Red Lake land
The 15-month sentence given Tuesday for Brett J. Stimac, 41, by U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson also included a year of supervised release and a $9,500 fine.
Gophers
Gophers hammer thrower Zaltos places third in NCAA track and field meet
Kostas Zaltos, of Greece, threw a career-best 233 feet, 7 inches.
Wild
Wild names Ray Shero senior adviser to the general manager
During the early stages of a critical offseason, the Wild bolstered its front office by bringing in longtime executive Ray Shero.
High Schools
![Edina High School tennis players celebrated when they realized they’d won the boys Class 2A team tennis championship against Wayzata Wednesday. ] AN](https://chorus.stimg.co/22648797/08_1013127005_21PREP061021.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Edina wins 2A team title in boys' tennis, Breck wins in 1A
The matches were played outside amid the unusual heat wave gripping Minnesota.
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