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After first segment of the season, the Timberwolves must regroup
Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch likes to chop 82-game NBA seasons into 20-game segments. (Presumably the extra game or two can be pushed into the garbage disposal, set on a pedestal or...
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Timberwolves finally find their identity with renewed energy on defense
Through the first month of the 2024-25 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves performed with little energy and no identity, an annoying blend of anemia and amnesia, as if they needed to be careful not to...
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The resurgence of Jaden McDaniels is a major boost for the Timberwolves
The stat sheet of a basketball game often feels as much like an impressionist painting as a mathematical calculation in terms of providing a picture of what actually transpired. For example, a player...
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How University of Minnesota, St. Thomas basketball coaches approach...
It’s as predictable as snowfall in Duluth. Every November and December, college basketball fans gather in person, in chat rooms or on social media to gripe about their favorite team’s non-conference...
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Wins, losses and departures: The top stories of 2024 in Minnesota sports
Never a dull moment around here, is there? The year in Minnesota sports began with three unexpected championships and one notable firing, and ended with the local NFL team rolling with a new...
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After being outclassed by the Thunder, Ant and the Wolves still searching for...
On New Year’s Eve, the Minnesota Timberwolves saw the future, and the future was glorious. Unfortunately, it belongs to the Oklahoma City Thunder.At 27-5, the Thunder’s won-lost record is at least...
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Mike Conley isn’t the problem for the Minnesota Timberwolves, but a role...
Among the many unpleasantries that have splotched the 2024-25 season for the Minnesota Timberwolves like a bad rash, the desecration of Mike Conley’s wisdom may bring the most melancholy. There has...
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A pre-session hearing on sports betting’s harms hoped to slow bill’s...
A hearing Wednesday exploring the social and financial harms that come from sports betting certainly got the attention of the gambling industry.Lobbyists representing the large national sportsbooks as...
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It’s time for some harsh truths about the Minnesota Timberwolves
Up here in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, we have an intimate relationship with the concept of traction. When the wheels find purchase in the slush, gravel or ice, and you’re lurching out of the...
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Bull or bear: Are we buying or selling this version of the Minnesota...
The Minnesota Timberwolves are up to their old tricks, or pranks, or deadpan mining for fool’s gold. They intrigue, excite, exasperate, before stirring just enough to mollify. The Wolves are prone to...
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Twins manager signals a new approach to hitting for the upcoming season
The Original Baseball Old Timers Hot Stove Banquet in West St. Paul kicked off several days of Twins-related local events in late January. Now a Twins Winter Caravan stop, it attracted a lively crowd,...
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The defensive-minded Minnesota Timberwolves are lighting it up on offense...
Despite what the NBA standings wish to insist, not all wins are created equal. On Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota Timberwolves played their most complete game of the season, thumping the Denver...
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Shocking losses following winning streak frustrate Minnesota Timberwolves fans
Was it really less just a few days ago that the Minnesota Timberwolves seemed primed to make a serious push up the Western Conference standings for the first time in this season? The Wolves had won a...
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Two goals for the Minnesota Aurora: A USL championship and getting into a...
A green rubber dinosaur propped open the door last week to Minnesota Aurora FC’s corporate office, in an industrial park in Eagan, not far from TCO Stadium. Aurora moved here from its original St. Paul...
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Jaylen Clark making the most of his time on the court for the Minnesota...
Jaylen Clark arrives at the point of attack with the force of a miniature Mack truck, yet steadily inexhaustible, as if fueled by nuclear power activated into his bloodstream on a slow drip. His hunger...
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Similar to his catchphrase, Timberwolves announcer Michael Grady is cashing...
“Caaaashh!”When Michael Grady pours his 90-proof bourbon-and-honey voice over the rocks of that word, the splash of it provides verbal alliance with the visual of a Minnesota Timberwolf burying a...
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Wolves rookies show veteran poise in improbable comeback win versus OKC
The torch wasn’t passed Monday night at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, but it was borrowed honorably, and hoisted high during a stunning, late-game rampage through the best basketball team in the...
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A film of their own: New documentary partially shot in Minnesota highlights...
It’s an easy mistake to make, because the notion has been drilled into us for decades: Boys play baseball, girls play softball. One sport for each gender. Males often gravitated to slow-pitch softball...
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Wolves mailbag: Answering the burning questions of Wolves fans as the team...
Welcome to the first Timberwolves mailbag column of the 2024-25 NBA season. It comes at a particularly dramatic and dynamic stage of the campaign. With just 18 games remaining to play, the Wolves are...
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Seems apologies are due to the Timberwolves leadership and Julius Randle
Please don’t stop me if you’ve already heard this one, because you really need to hear it again. The Minnesota Timberwolves made a trade during the offseason that dramatically rearranged the...
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