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The Twins are expected to designate for assignment starting pitcher Jason Marquis today.  According to the Star Tribune siting a source within the organization, the team will intend to release Marquis. 

The Minnesota Lynx defeated Phoenix 105-83 Sunday afternoon in their season opener.  The Lynx received their WNBA championship rings before the game in a ceremony.  Seimone Augustus led the Lynx with 19 points, Monica Wright added 15 points and both Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore had 13 points apiece.

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The St. Cloud State baseball team lost 5-4 to Minnesota State-Mankato in the NCAA Division II Central Regional finals in Mankato Sunday to win the Central Region Championship.  Mike Eckhart drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 9th inning.

The St. Cloud State baseball team defeated Winona State 12-7 Thursday in the NCAA Division II Central Regional in Mankato.  SCSU broke the 7-all tie with 5 runs in the 8th inning led by Mike Jurgella’s bases clearing double

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The St. Cloud Rox revealed their home and away uniforms at Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Cloud Monday night.  The home uniforms have white tops while the road uniforms have a navy top.

The Rox also sold tickets and merchandise

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The St. John’s baseball team lost 6-3 to Concordia of Texas in McMinnville, Oregon in the NCAA Division III tournament on Wednesday.  Justin Thompson went 2-3 with a RBI and Dylan Graves was 1-3 with 1 RBI for the Johnnies.  Hayde

The St. Paul Saints held a “Name the Pig” contest to select the names of their two pig mascots.  The names that were chosen are Kim Lardashian and Kim Hamphries.  The two pigs will spend the season at Midway Stadium in St. Paul in wedde

The Twins are expected to activate first baseman Justin Morneau from the 15-day disabled list today in time for him to play tonight at Detroit.  Morneau has been on the disabled list for the past 15 days with a sore left wrist

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Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio finished 2nd to Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving in the NBA rookie of the year voting.  Irving received 117 of 120 possible first place votes.  Rubio had 49 2nd place votes and 23 3rd place votes with a total of 170 points while Irving had a total of 592 points. 

The St. John’s baseball team plays in the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 1998 Wednesday in Oregon at Linfield College at 2pm (Central Time) against the regions top seed Concordia of Texas.  The J

The St. Cloud Rox will reveal their new uniforms at an event at Buffalo Wild Wings tonight at 5:30.  Current players Phil Imholte, and possibly current Gopher Andy Henkemeyer will model the uniforms

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Minnesota Viking owner Zigi Wilf arrived in Minnesota Thursday afternoon after the Minnesota Senate passed the Stadium bill 36-30.  The passage means the bill needs only to be signed by supportive Governor Mark Dayton and by needs to be approved by the Minneapolis City Council.