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Love Getting Impatient with T-Wolves; Interested In Rush
Timberwolves forward Kevin Love in talking to yahoo sports indicates that he’s growing impatient with the Timberwolves organization for not surrounding him with better talent. Love signed a 4-year $62 Million contract extension last season but says he’s not sure what will happen if they miss the playoffs next year
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Vikings’ Peterson Says "Truth Will Surface"
Viking running back Adrian Peterson tweeted Sunday, “Thank you for waiting for the facts. Truth will surface”. Peterson also quoted Winston Churchill writing: “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on
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T-Wolves Agree to Sign Roy, Batum
The Timberwolves have come to a agreement to unrestricted free agent shooting guard Brandon Roy on a 2-year $10 Million contract. Roy is coming out of retirement at age 27 after retiring with chronic knee problems.
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Parise and Suter Signings Trigger Ticket Sales
The Minnesota Wild signings of top free agents Ryan Suter and Zach Parise triggered 500 season tickets sales for the Wild in the first 2 hours after the signings were announced. The Wild signed 700 season tickets yesterday alone.
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Twins Edge Tigers 6-4
The Twins defeated Detroit 6-4 Monday night to win their 4th game in a row.
Minnesota scored 4 runs in the 4th inning and added 2 more runs in the 5th inning. Ryan Doumit was 3-3 with 1 RBI, Brian Dozier went 3-5 and Trevor Plouffe had a 2-run single for the Twins
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Mauer Chosen As Lone Twins’ All Star
The American and National League All Stars were chosen Sunday and the lone Twins’ representative is catcher Joe Mauer.
Mauer was picked by Texas Manager Ron Washington to backup Texas catcher Mike Napoli
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Wild Sign Konopka and Mitchell; Continue Pursuit of Parise, Suter
The Minnesota continue to pursue free agent left wing Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter but announced the signing of free agent center Zenon Konopka from Ottawa and center/right wing Torry Mitchell from San Jose.
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Twins Edge Royals To Take 3 of 4 on the Weekend
The Twins defeated Kansas City 10-8 Sunday afternoon to win 3 out of 4 against the Royals over the weekend. Minnesota came from down 5-1 to score 5 runs in the 6th inning to lead 6-5. Josh Willingham had a 3-run homerun and Trevor Plouffe homered twice for Minnesota
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Twins To Call Up Waldrop; Host Royals
The Twins are expected to call up righthander Kyle Waldrop from triple-A Rochester.
Waldrop is a 2004 1st round pick who has a 1.26 ERA in 14 1/3 innings at triple-A in 9 games.
Relief pitcher Jeff Manship has been optioned to triple-A Rochester. Manship has a
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Timberwolves Draft Hummel; Offer Williams To Charlotte
The Timberwolves drafted 6’8 forward Robbie Hummel with the 58th overall pick in the Thursday night NBA draft. Hummel averaged 16.4 points and 7.4 rebounds a game in his senior season at Purdue
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Timberwolves Introduce Budinger; NBA Draft Tonight
The Timberwolves introduced 6’7 guard/forward Chase Budinger at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Budinger was traded for by the Wolves Tuesday when they sent the 18th overall pick in this year’s draft to Houston for him and little known prospect 6’9 forward Lior Eliyahu
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Wild Road Tour Comes Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Wild road tour came through St. Cloud Wednesday. Current players Nate Prosser and Jason Zucker and radio announcers Bob Kurtz and Tom Reid stopped at MAC to sign autographs and meet the public