Minnesota Lynx Sign 6-Time All-Star Center
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx have signed six-time All-Star center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The team announced the move Friday. McWilliams-Franklin is a 12-year veteran who’s second on the...
View ArticleWolves Leader Kevin Love At All-Star Weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Love is having an All-Star weekend in Los Angeles. The Minnesota Timberwolves power forward will participate in the NBA All-Star game on Sunday night as a reserve for the...
View ArticleMystics Acquire All-Star Anosike From Lynx
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics have acquired All-Star Nicky Anosike from the Minnesota Lynx two days before the WNBA draft. General manager and coach Trudi Lacey announced Saturday that...
View ArticleLynx Rookie Maya Moore Named WNBA All-Star
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore was voted a starter for the Western Conference All-Star team on Thursday night. She is the first rookie to be so honored since 2002. Moore received...
View ArticleLove Out Vs. Clippers With Concussion
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Love has been cleared to return to Minnesota, but it is uncertain when his concussion will allow him to return to the court. Love was injured Wednesday...
View ArticleWolves Bring Roy Aboard, Hope To Add Batum
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brandon Roy is on his way to Minnesota to start his comeback in the same place his career began seven years ago. If Nicolas Batum has his way, he’ll soon join his former Blazers...
View ArticleNHL Cancels Games Through Dec. 14, All-Star Game
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has called off all games through Dec. 14, plus the 2013 NHL All-Star Weekend scheduled for Jan. 26-27 in Columbus, Ohio. The league made the announcement Friday, the 69th day of...
View ArticleRubio Added To Young Star Game At All-Star Weekend
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ricky Rubio has been playing better lately, and the NBA has noticed. Rubio was added Thursday night to the player pool for the rising stars game on Feb. 15 in Houston as part of the...
View ArticleWhat’s Tom Brunansky ‘The Coach’ Going To Be Like?
FORT MYERS, Fla. (WCCO) — The Minnesota Twins employ a field of dreams coaching staff. There’s Hall of Famer, seven-time batting champ, and 18-time All-Star Rod Carew, then there’s Hall of Famer and...
View ArticleLove Still ’2-3 Weeks’ Away From Return
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love met with a specialist on Wednesday to examine his surgically repaired right hand, and it doesn’t appear the former All-Star will be ready to...
View ArticleLynx’s Brunson Replaces Griner As WNBA All-Star Starter
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx will have three starters in the WNBA All-Star game for the first time in franchise history. The Lynx said Friday that Minnesota forward Rebekkah Brunson will...
View ArticleTwins C Mauer Out This Weekend To Be With Family
SEATTLE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins will be without All-Star catcher Joe Mauer until Tuesday. Mauer, placed on the paternity list Wednesday after his wife gave birth to twin girls, will remain with his...
View ArticleLynx sign Augustus To Extension
(credit: David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx have signed All-Star forward Seimone Augustus to a three-year contract extension. Augustus is in her eighth season...
View ArticleWolves Want Fans To Show Kevin Love Some Love
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves want fans to show Kevin Love some love by voting him into the 2014 NBA All-Star Game. The Wolves are launching the “Show Kevin Some Love” campaign to help...
View ArticleThis Year’s All-Star Game Will Be A Huge Win For Charities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The start of All Star balloting for baseball’s 2014 midsummer classic shared the stage with the largest legacy giving program in All-Star game history. Major League Baseball, The...
View ArticleJon Hamm, MN Sports Stars To Play In All-Star Celebrity Softball Game
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — From Mad Men to Minn. men, actor Jon Hamm is among the first round of celebrity participants announced for the 2014 MLB Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game. Hamm...
View ArticleKevin Love Headlines NBA Vets Who May Influence Draft
(AP) — Kevin Love was a doughy, nervous 19-year-old in 2008 when he was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Six years later, the three-time All-Star could hear his name called on draft night —...
View ArticleTwins Blog: Twins All-Stars
Dan Cook, WCCO Radio The Minnesota Twins will have at least two players representing them as they host the 2014 All-Star Game. Kurt Suzuki is getting his first shot at an appearance in the Midsummer...
View ArticleBaseball All-Stars Congregate As Pitchers Dominate
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Matheny had quite the choice for the National League’s All-Star starter. There was his own Adam Wainwright, the St. Louis Cardinals ace with a 12-4 record and a 1.83 ERA. And...
View ArticleAll-Star Farewell: Jeter Takes Bow, Hits Double
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Jeter was a huge hit from the very start in his final All-Star game. Batting leadoff for the American League, the 40-year-old shortstop for the New York Yankees soaked in an...
View ArticleJeter, Trout Lead AL Over NL 5-3 In All-Star Game
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Jeter soaked in the adulation from fans and players during one more night on baseball’s national stage, set the tone for the American League with a pregame speech and then...
View ArticleStreaking Mercury Host WNBA All-Star Game
PHOENIX (AP) — The desert is a perfect place for this year’s WNBA All-Star Game. It’s where the most dominating basketball in the league has been played this season. The Phoenix Mercury enter the...
View ArticleTwins Shut Down Closer Perkins For Rest Of Season
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star closer Glen Perkins is being shut down for the season by the Minnesota Twins because of a strain and secondary nerve irritation in his left forearm. The Twins made the...
View ArticleBrian Dozier Gets His Own Emoji When You Use #VoteDozier
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s the final push for players hoping to make the All-Star Team. Public voting is open until 3 p.m. Friday, and players are pushing for those numbers. Prior to Friday, all voting...
View ArticleHunter’s Leadership Has Lifted Twins, And So Have His Homers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Torii Hunter turns 40 this weekend. He’s been bracing for trouble. Not from his body or mind, despite that daunting number for a professional athlete, but from his Minnesota Twins...
View ArticleLaVine Dedicates Dunk Contest Win To Late Coach Saunders
TORONTO (AP) — After outlasting Aaron Gordon in what many believe was the best slam dunk contest in All-Star weekend history, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine posted a touching tribute to the...
View ArticleWho Will Be The Minnesota Twins All-Star? 4 Choices
It’s really hard to fathom how bad the Twins season has been as we’re now 57 games in, or a little more than a third of the way into the season. The Twins are 17-40 and 14.5 games out of first place in...
View ArticleWild Captain Koivu Picked For NHL All-Star game
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mikko Koivu can now call himself an NHL All-Star as well as captain of the Minnesota Wild. The 28-year-old center was named Thursday to his first All-Star game. In his seventh...
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