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Minnesota Sports News and Rumors

Twins Caravan makes stop at event for new affiliate

Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com

The first leg of the 53rd annual Twins Caravan came to a close on Thursday night with a special ceremony involving the club's new Class A affiliate: the Cedar Rapids Kernels.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Jamal Crawford scored 22 points, Blake Griffin added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers hardly broke a sweat in cruising to a 90-77 victory over the free-falling Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night.

nba.com

The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to terms with French swingman Mickael Gelabale.

nba.com

Ricky Rubio is back where he belongs -- in the starting lineup for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul will not play Thursday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, sitting out his third straight game because of a bruised right kneecap.

Jonah Steinmeyer, howlintwolf.com

Howlin’ T-Wolf has teamed up with Crowd Seats and we’re giving away 2 Timberwolves tickets when they face the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday February 6th! All you need to do to enter is RETWEET our contest tweet, which can also be found on our Twitte…

Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com

The Twins avoided arbitration with catcher Drew Butera, signing him to a one-year deal worth $700,000, the club announced Thursday.

startribune.com

What's next for veterans Jared Alled and Kevin Williams? Will the Vikings use a high draft choice on a defensive tackle? Our snapshot evaluation of the defensive line takes a look.

John, timberpups.com

Setting the stage: The Pups return home to the Target Center for Thursday night’s game against the LA Clippers.  As an added bonus, TNT will be carrying the game to a national audience.  When TNT picked this game up, I wonder if they thought the Twolv…