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President Obama and wife Michelle enjoyed date night at the basketball game against the US Olympic team and Brazil, where they were spotted by the 'Kiss Cam', and the President got denied by his wife the first time.

The Timberwolves/Nicolas Batum saga will finally come to an end this week.  The Wolves signed Batum to a 4-year $46 Million offer sheet Sunday night.  Portland has until 11pm (CT) Wednesday to match the offer or lose him to Minnesota...

The Timberwolves continued their pursuit of restricted free agent small forward Nicolas Batum from Portland.  The Wolves spent much of Wednesday trying to work out a sign and trade deal with Portland.  Portland General Manager Neil Olshey says the Wolves don’t have the value they are looking for in trade and would match any offer the Wolves put together in a offer sheet...

The Timberwolves have agreed to sign Russian free agent combo guard Alexey Shved.  Shved is considered a playmaker who has been playing professionally in Russia.  He is 23 and will be 24 in December.  Shved helped Russa qualify for the Olympics with a win over Nigeria on Saturday...

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...

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.  He received some treatment oversees and is attempting a comeback ...

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.  He suffered a torn ACL in his right knee twice in his college career...

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...

The Timberwolves continue preparations for the 2012 NBA draft by holding another pre-draft workout at Target Center today.  The players the Wolves will be working out include forward Quincy Acy of Baylor, guard Ashton Gibbs of Pittsburgh, forward Eric Griffin of Campbell, forward Cameron Moore of UAB, and forward T...

LeBron James recorded a triple-double, and the Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA title with a 121-106 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Miami on Thursday night.

Norwood Teague starting his new job as Athletic Director at the University of Minnesota Monday and he said they are close to working out a long term contract for Men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith.  He says they may have an announcement soon...

The Minnesota Lynx lost 65-62 to Seattle Sunday to suffer their first loss of the season.  Maya Moore led the Lynx with 14 points and Seimone Augustus had 12 points for Minnesota.  The Lynx shot 37 percent while Seattle shot 44 percent...