What to know about the Major League Baseball lockout
Baseball’s popularity has never been more precarious, and labor strife only adds to the sport’s mounting problems.
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D’Angelo Russell might be the feel-good story of the Wolves season so far
Even if the path to DLo’s blooming has been as idiosyncratic as his personality.
Wait, are the Wolves actually starting to figure some things out?
Enjoying the novelty of a team on the rise.
Minnesota’s new community-owned women’s soccer club nears $1 million fundraising goal
The yet-to-be-named club, which will compete in the fledgling USL W League, offers a community-ownership model that means exactly that — regular people owning shares of the club. Investors can jump in at six levels from $100 to $10,000.
Defense (yes, defense) has become a hidden pleasure of the Wolves season so far
Because the Wolves record is still a desultory 4-9, even die-hard fans have had trouble fully appreciating how overachieving the team’s defense has been.
The dread zone: How a history of failure continues to sabotage the Wolves
After nine games, there is a growing realization that this Wolves outfit, perhaps more than any other, is corrosively affected by the franchise’s unparalleled legacy of losing.
What’s different about the lawsuit seeking to restore men’s gymnastics at the U of M
The suit against the U claims male student-athletes are being discriminated against under Title IX, the law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs receiving federal money.
How to maintain a smidgen of optimism when the Wolves seem determined to revert to their historic ineptitude
Watching this team scrap and dig in to get stops during the first two weeks of the season has been a rare and rewarding experience, one that pleases the eye and warms the soul.
Karl-Anthony Towns is vital to the Timberwolves. It would be nice if that was more wonderful and less troubling to think about.
The box score proclaims that Karl-Anthony Towns had a fabulous game Monday night against the New Orleans Pelicans. But this is Karl-Anthony Towns, so it was not that simple.
A sincerely hopeful preview of the 2021-22 Minnesota Timberwolves
Give Gersson Rosas his due: The Wolves head into Wednesday’s opening game of the 2021-22 NBA season in better shape, in both the short- and long-term, than they were when Rosas took over less than 30 months ago.
The hills we die on: Biking 10 of Minneapolis and St. Paul’s most heinous inclines
These slopes really make the grade.
Another sign of normalcy: the Lynx are hosting a home playoff game
The Lynx face Chicago on Sunday in the single-elimination second round, with the winner advancing to the best-of-five semifinals.
With St. Thomas’ jump to DI athletics, expect to see a lot of Gopher-Tommie matchups
Economically, having a lot of competitions scheduled among the two programs makes sense — even if Minnesota and St. Thomas aren’t athletics peers by any reasonable metric.
No more tears: Twin Cities documentarians focus on the athleticism of adaptive sports athletes
Mallory Weggemann and Jeremy Snyder’s Twin Cities-based TFA Productions aims to change how society views athletes with disabilities, telling stories focused less on hearts and violins and more on sweat and performance.
Coach’s memoir reflects on basketball, a controversial firing and the changing landscape of Minnesota prep sports
“Hometown Kid, City Kid: A true story of a winning basketball team amidst demographic change” is sure to stir the pot.
A group of U of M boosters are still fighting to reinstate men’s gymnastics, tennis and indoor track
Calling itself the Minnesota Athletic Alliance, the group continues pushing the U to acknowledge the changing NCAA landscape and reconsider the cuts.
Going against trend, an Alexandria college is adding four varsity sports
The push to add athletics is part of a broader mission to rebrand the college — long an important feeder to the region’s manufacturing base — as a place with an expanding portfolio.
Face it, the Twins are a disaster — so consider these options for summer baseball
There are other Minnesota teams to watch. But if nothing but Target Field will soothe your baseball fix, that’s fine — just be savvy about it. Pick a game where there might be something cool to see.
‘Bigger than basketball’: How the Minnesota Lynx became the most outspoken organization in professional sports
“We’re not a team or an organization that’s going to censor what our players say,” said Rebekkah Brunson, a former team captain who’s now a Lynx assistant coach. “If you feel like something moves you and you need to speak about it, that’s 1,000 percent what you should do.”
The pig question: Can the Saints remain the Saints as a Twins’ farm team?
With a deal finalized to make the St. Paul Saints the Minnesota Twins’ AAA affiliate, Twins president Dave St. Peter and principal owner Jim Pohlad insist they want the Saints to remain what they are: the most irreverent franchise in baseball.
