The Minnesota Twins and 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson have agreed to a $92 million, four-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal had not been announced. The contract includes an $8 million club option for 2024. […]
Wild pounded in Pittsburgh
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists in his first game back from abdominal surgery and the Pittsburgh Penguins rolled past Minnesota 7-3 on Tuesday night. Crosby needed less than eight minutes to pick up his first point since before Halloween, assisting on Evgeni Malkin’s first goal of the night 7:57 in. Crosby added […]
Wild in Pittsburgh tonight
The Penguins won all three games on a trip against teams in the top half of the Western Conference, all by 4-3 scores — one in regulation, one in overtime and in Sunday’s eight-round shootout at Arizona. “It was obviously a great trip,” said Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan, whose team hosts the Minnesota Wild on […]
Zimmer and staff to get away for a bit, return to evaluate
For the first time in his six years with the Minnesota Vikings, coach Mike Zimmer told his assistants to take a break right after the end of the season before the staff reconvenes in a week or so to assess the roster. The extra time, Zimmer theorized, will minimize the personal sentiment and recency bias […]
Wolves drop home game to Thunder
THUNDER 117, TIMBERWOLVES 104 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 20 points, a career-high 20 rebounds and 10 assists in his first triple-double, leading Oklahoma City over Minnesota. Gilgeous-Alexander came in averaging 23.7 points in his previous 13 games but did much more than score in this one, also matching his career best in assists. Danilo Gallinari scored […]
Wolves host OKC tonight in Minneapolis
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to bounce back from disappointing performances heading into Monday night’s meeting in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves are coming off a 30-point loss — their largest margin of defeat this season — at Houston. “We just came out kind of — I can’t really explain it — our […]
Gophers knock off #19 Michigan
Daniel Oturu scored a career-high 30 points and Minnesota went on a late 11-0 run to beat No. 19 Michigan 75-67 on Sunday. Marcus Carr had 21 points and 12 assists for Minnesota (9-7, 3-3 Big Ten), while Alihan Demir scored 13 points. Zavier Simpson had 19 points and nine assists for Michigan (11-5, 2-3). […]
Wild fall at home to Canucks
CANUCKS 4, WILD 1 Elias Pettersson scored his 21st goal and fellow All-Star Jacob Markstom stopped 23 shots in Vancouver’s victory over Minnesota. Bo Horvat added two goals – the second into an empty net with 5.7 seconds left – and Troy Stecher also scored for the Canucks. They’ve won nine of 11 and picked […]
Vikings season ends with thud
The offensive formula for the Minnesota Vikings has been fairly simple this season. Establish the run with Dalvin Cook to set up some play-action deep shots for Kirk Cousins. With Cook unable to get anything going on the ground against San Francisco, the Vikings had no chance against a healthy 49ers defense and lost the […]
Wolves drop Saturday night tilt in Texas
ROCKETS 139, TIMBERWOLVES 109 James Harden scored 32 points in three quarters to surpass 20,000 and Houston rolled past Minnesota. Houston led by double figures for most of the game and used a huge run in the third quarter to put it out of reach and bounce back after a lopsided loss to Oklahoma City […]