Sam Darnold’s second touchdown pass of the second half went to Aaron Jones for Minnesota’s first lead with 1:13 left, and the Vikings rallied from 13 points down to beat the Arizona Cardinals 23-22 for their fifth straight victory.
Jared Spurgeon scored 1:00 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 3-2. Kirill Kaprizov and Declan Chisholm also scored for the Wild, who are 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
The Lynx have added Minnesota great Lindsay Whalen and former Washington Mystics coach Eric Thibault to their coaching staff. Thibault, who was let go by the Mystics last month, will fill the role of associate head coach.
The Minnesota Vikings will mostly be home for the holidays. They have three straight games and four of their next five at home to boost their push for the playoffs and pursuit of NFC North leader Detroit.
Anthony Edwards scored 21 points on 7-for-21 shooting to help the Minnesota Timberwolves stop a four-game losing streak by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 93-92.
Amid one of the coldest Thanksgiving days of the past decade, thousands of runners flocked to downtown Minneapolis on Thursday for the annual Turkey Day 5K, the largest Thanksgiving race in the Twin Cities.
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