The Indianapolis Colts drafted Jonathan Taylor to complement their ground game. Now he’s the starter – and perhaps the finisher, too. On Sunday, the Colts are giving a 21-year-old rookie his chance to play a familiar part: workhorse back. ”Jonathan, I think has been in this mindset of he’s been a star and a starter […]
Loons coach experiencing challenging MLS season
Adrian Heath says this is easily the most challenging season of his career. The coronavirus shutdown, the MLS is Back tournament in a bubble, and now a spate of injuries are testing Minnesota’s coach like never before. ”I think it’s the most difficult year I’ve ever had in football. And when you consider that I’ve […]
Twins take on Cubs in Chicago
The Chicago Cubs will aim for their fifth win in a row when they host the Minnesota Twins to open a three-game series Friday night. Chicago (30-20) enters the series with a 5 1/2-game lead atop the National League Central. The Cubs are coming off back-to-back, walk-off wins against the Cleveland Indians, which followed consecutive […]
Twins fall to White Sox
(Chicago, IL) — The Chicago White Sox clinched their first postseason berth since 2008, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Thursday as Eloy Jimenez hit a tiebreaking double that capped a two-run, seventh-inning rally. Chicago (33-17) opened a three-game lead over the second-place Twins (31-21) in the AL Central. The White Sox assured themselves of no […]
Elflein goes to injured reserve for Vikes
The Minnesota Vikings placed starting right guard Pat Elflein on injured reserve on Thursday, meaning the fourth-year player will miss at least three games. The Vikings did not disclose the injury for Elflein, who has not appeared on the injury report this season. NFL Network reported that Elflein hurt his thumb in practice on Thursday. […]
Twins wrapping up series this afternoon in Chicago
The Minnesota Twins looked in trouble when they lost the first two contests of a four-game road set against the torrid Chicago White Sox. But suddenly, the Twins (31-20) are in position to salvage a split when the top two teams in the American League Central finish their series on Thursday. After scoring just three […]
Wild make a trade
The Buffalo Sabres acquired veteran center Eric Staal in a trade that sent forward Marcus Johansson to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. The trade was the first completed by newly hired Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams, who took over after Jason Botterill was fired in June. Adams is very familiar with Staal, as they were […]
Vikings rookie CB is working hard
Cameron Dantzler picked up his nickname ”The Needle” in high school in Louisiana. ”I was always skinny,” the Minnesota Vikings cornerback said after he was drafted in the third round, ”and when I hit you, it hurt.” Dantzler’s entry into the NFL has predictably come with growing pains, too. His debut was a rough one […]
Twins snap two-game slide, beat White Sox
TWINS 5, WHITE SOX 1 Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano each hit a two-run homer, and Minnesota denied the White Sox a chance to clinch their first playoff berth in 12 years. Eddie Rosario also went deep and Minnesota pitchers retired their final 18 batters against the AL Central leaders. Chicago, which had won six […]
Fleck discusses return of Big Ten football (AUDIO)
The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to open its football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24. All 14 teams will […]