Minnesota forward Napheesa Collier scored 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists as the Lynx ended the Los Angeles Sparks’ nine-game winning streak with a 96-78 victory on last night in Florida. Former Golden Gopher Rachel Banham made all six of her field-goal attempts and scored 18 points off the bench for […]
Sports trying to make impact
Moved by the videotaped shooting of Jacob Blake, many professional athletes – some who had previously donned Black Lives Matter T-Shirts and knelt for the national anthem to protest racial injustice – made a more dramatic statement. They refused to play. NBA players led the way Wednesday and Thursday by sitting out of scheduled playoff […]
Games stop
They changed the narrative across the entire sports landscape, putting the focus squarely on social justice reform in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, while three of his children in his car looked on. While players and teams from baseball, the WNBA, MLS and tennis sat […]
Timberwolves get top draft spot
The NBA draft lottery was delayed three months. The Minnesota Timberwolves are certainly feeling like the wait was worthwhile. The Timberwolves won the lottery Thursday night, giving them the No. 1 pick. The lottery was conducted virtually because of the pandemic, with NBA officials doing the actual draw in Secaucus, New Jersey. Golden State holds […]
NBA Playoffs Start Today
The NBA playoff pool is deeper than ever this season. Playoff teams will split a record $23,287,266 for making the NBA postseason, a figure that’s up about $1.6 million from last year. And the Milwaukee Bucks stand to grab the biggest share of a pool ever, if they win the NBA title. The Bucks would […]
Minnesota connections abound from ESPY awards
No red carpet, no nattily dressed athletes, no house band or monologue poking fun at the past year’s top athletes and moments. This was a different version of The ESPYS. The focus of Sunday night’s show on ESPN was hope and inspiration in the time of coronavirus. NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, along with soccer star […]
Minnesota athletes continue to push for change
Eric Kendricks woke up distressed shortly after George Floyd was killed just a few miles from the stadium where the Minnesota Vikings play. Kendricks, the All-Pro inside linebacker who has mostly stayed out of the spotlight during his first five seasons in the NFL, was ”super emotional” enough that he took to his Twitter account […]
NBA finalizing plans for postseason, Wolves season will be over
The NBA took a major step toward getting back on the court Thursday, with the league’s Board of Governors approving a 22-team format for restarting the league season next month at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida. The vote was 29-1, with Portland casting the dissenting vote, said a person with knowledge of the situation. […]
Mother of Karl-Anthony Towns dies of COVID-19
Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19 after more than a month of fighting the virus. She was 59. The Timberwolves made the announcement via the Towns family, which requested privacy. Karl Towns Sr., the father of the two-time All-Star player, was also hospitalized with […]
Wolves begin long road trip with game tonight in Texas
Rockets guard James Harden was curt and, given the circumstances, that was to be expected. Houston dropped its fourth consecutive game on Sunday, its second in succession in blowout fashion at home, falling to the Orlando Magic 126-106. The Rockets trailed by as many as 32 points and tumbled into a double-digit, first-half hole for […]