Jay Cutler might be embarrassed to hear Clay Matthews played down the stretch last season with a stress fracture in his left leg.
David Ortiz might be pining for more games in Minnesota.
Football fans might be, for the first time ever, pumped for preseason games to begin.
FOUR THINGS
The Lynx on Tuesday missed a chance to win 10 games in a row. A look at the last time double-digit streaks were reached by others locally:
1. Twins: June 17 -27, 2008
2. Vikings: last three in 1999, first seven in 2000
3. Wolves: last nine in 2003-04, first in 2004-05
4. Wild: longest win streak is nine, March 8-24, 2007
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"A 'W.'" -- Tiger Woods on his expectations for this week's PGA Championship.
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