Minnesota Sports News and Rumors

Twins recall right-hander Deduno for start vs. Tigers

Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com

The Twins officially recalled right-hander Samuel Deduno from Triple-A Rochester before his start against the Tigers on Friday night.

startribune.com

The former Vikings middle linebacker said his younger brother Erin will "thrive" in his new position

David Brown, yahoo.com

How many "best parts" can a photo have? This picture of Minnesota Twins superstar Joe Mauer at (perhaps) 9 years old has too many to count. • The Zubaz pants. They've been making a comeback, thank goodness, but for a while it appeared the stri…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Earlier this week, Vikings defensive end Jared Allen said that he and the Vikings “haven’t talked one iota” about a new contract, but you can’t say the same about his conversations with the media. Allen told Dan Wiederer of the Minneapolis Star-Tr…

Jason Beck, MLB.com

Miguel Cabrera pulled a 2-2 pitch from Twins lefty Scott Diamond in the first inning Thursday and lofted it into the left-field seats for his sixth home run in four games. Cabrera is one game shy of tying the Tigers' franchise record of five straight ga…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Jason Beck, MLB.com

The way Miguel Cabrera is hitting, the Twins wanted nothing to do with him with a chance to pull the Tigers ahead. Once again, Prince Fielder took care of the run instead. On a night when Cabrera stretched his home run streak to four consecutive games, …

CNNSI.com

Cabrera continues to rake, Tigers rally past Twins

Jonah Steinmeyer, howlintwolf.com

This is the second part of a two-part series of my ramblings on the Minnesota Timberwolves upcoming offseason. The first part, which you can read here, focused on the current makeup of the team and the situations they’re facing right now. In Part II, yo…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Brett Favre spent most of his career as the most beloved man in Green Bay, but the last time he was there, he was getting booed off the field after his Vikings had lost to an Aaron Rodgers-led Packers team. There was plenty of bad blood then, but Rodger…

Matt Loede, vikingsgab.com

Hey Vikings Fans! Be at the new Champs Sports for a special appearance from Christian Ponder! Ponder will be on hand Thursday, May 23, 6 to 7 p.m. The Champs Sports is at 205 East Broadway Stop by for an autograph and photo op with the Vikings QB!

Wilf talks Vikings new stadium

May 22 (yesterday)

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Last week, the Vikings unveiled the design for their new stadium. Since PFT Live was on a temporary hiatus last week, we weren’t able to talk about it. This week, we’re back, and Vikings president Mark Wilf (pictured with Vikings chairman Zygi Wilf) j…

John, timberpups.com

In the spirit of yesterday’s NBA Lottery and the continued lack of luck on the Timberwolves side during said event, let’s take a look back to one of the most painful memories in franchise history. Yes, you read that correctly. I truly believe Wes John…

ESPN.com

It never seemed likely that the Minnesota Vikings would pursue Brian Urlacher in free agency, given their sharp turn toward youth over the past two years. And now it seems clear that Urlacher had little interest in a mercenary-style role with the Viking…

Vikings waive OT Mark Jackson.

May 22 (2 days ago)

Chris Boynton, vikingsgab.com

The Vikings made a roster move on Tuesday, releasing offensive tackle Mark Jackson. Jackson was a 6-foot-6 undrafted free agent who played his college ball at Glenville State. The team signed him to a free agent contract on April 30th. Jackson had parti…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Evan Gattis kept up an amazing rookie season with his first grand slam, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered, and the Atlanta Braves finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota Twins 8-3 Wednesday.

Urlacher announces retirement

May 22 (2 days ago)

Chris Boynton, vikingsgab.com

Click on this ! OUCH ! Ok, the drama is over. Brian Urlacher will not be joining the Minnesota Vikings and we can put all talk to the contrary to bed. This morning he released the following statement below through his Twitter account saying that after 1…

Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com

The Twins made a slew of roster moves before Wednesday's game against the Braves, placing third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the 7-day disabled list with concussion-like symptoms and recalling infielder/outfielder Chris Colabello from Triple-A Rochester.

Derek James, howlintwolf.com

The title of this post is basically a warning to you that I know very little about this draft still, but still have enough knowledge of the lottery/draft and the Timberwolves’ situation to make penning some thoughts worth everyone’s time. Or at least …

grantland.com

If you truly want to know what it feels like to root for the Minnesota Timberwolves, all you have to do is watch the NBA draft lottery. The lottery pl...