For the team to win their fourth WNBA title in seven years, Fowles — now the focal point of the offense — probably needs to excel like she did in the 2015 Finals. And that starts Tuesday night.
Fleck arrived as one of the hottest young coaches in the country. Yet many Gophers fans — mindful of so many past disappointments — have been hesitant to jump on the bandwagon.
Whalen is closer to the end of her career than the beginning, and how the Lynx responds to her recent injury may determine whether the team pursues another point guard this off-season.
Lutsen’s competing against some big players from states with real mountains.
We must be as careful about not overstating the problem as we are about not understating it, writes Dr. Saurabh Jha.
League Secretary Emilio Lopez traces Liga Latina’s beginnings to 1997, when Latin American immigrants began getting together in the Twin Cities for scrimmages.
The notion of a real double-duty player — a good hitter with major-league stuff, or a legit pitcher with an everyday bat — is gaining merit in Major League Baseball.
After a series of moves — including trading Ricky Rubio to Utah — the 2017-18 Timberwolves will be older, blunter, bruising, expensive and better.
Butler is the best player the Timberwolves have ever acquired via a trade in the 28-year history of the franchise — and an absolutely perfect fit given the team’s current circumstances.
Old isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, this week, WNBA general managers tabbed the Lynx to win it all in their annual preseason poll.
Thibs, Wiggins and Towns are inextricably tied to each other. Can they synergize their extraordinary skills in a manner that elevates the Timberwolves?
Whether the new approach makes the Twins better immediately remains to be seen. Best to expect nothing and be pleasantly surprised if you’re wrong.
A coach of Thibs’ pedigree deserves a season-long mulligan if it is prelude to the great leap forward. But that mulligan has eight games left. Then that vaunted reputation is on the clock.
The brief and predictably specious boomlet of playoff talk surrounding this year’s Wolves turned out to be a mirage.
Does this mean the Wolves will snag a playoff berth? Doubtful. But the chance to be obliterated in a first-round playoff series is a short-term endgame that ignores the greater good of the Wolves metamorphosis.
The Twin Cities will be the smallest market in the country with a Major League Baseball, NHL, NFL, NBA, WNBA and an MLS team. Is there enough fan support — and money — to go around?
Rumors of the point guard’s imminent departure were greatly exaggerated.
The scalping business is eating deeper into the business model of teams and venues alike. Some are fighting back, to consumers’ dismay.
Family and friends of the authority commissioners will have to pay for their own tickets, and the offering of the suite to charities will increase.
If Thibs and Taylor don’t have the stomach to make a big bet on three young players, Zach LaVine could be Zach leavin’.
