Joe Mauer, Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Jim Leyland have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beltré led this year’s class with 95.1 percent of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote in his first year on the ballot. Helton followed with 79.7 percent of the vote in his sixth year of eligibility and Mauer received 76.1 percent of the vote in his first year.
Minnesota United used a first-half own goal and a second-half score by Bongokuhle Hlongwane to snap a nine-match winless streak with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes.
Joey Ortiz hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 12th inning after hustling home for the go-ahead run in the 11th to give the Milwaukee Brewers a spark out of the All-Star break in an 8-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Arike Ogunbowale set the WNBA All-Star scoring record with 34 points and Caitlin Clark made the most of her All-Star debut as the WNBA team beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109 on Saturday night.
The Minnesota Twins placed All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa on the injured list on Saturday for treatment of plantar fasciitis in his right foot, giving him the precautionary rest he didn't get last season for the same condition in the other foot.
An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.
Twins fans have a lot to look forward to coming up, a five-game homestand and Joe Mauer being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Minnesota Lynx are now on an Olympic break with four players competing in Paris.
Phoenix’s Brittney Griner and New York’s Jonquel Jones are among the biggest names that will participate in the WNBA’s special competitions on Friday during the league’s All-Star weekend. The competitions won’t include a handful of the league’s most popular players, including Indiana’s Caitlin Clark.
Even fans will admit unicycle riding is a niche sport. However that hasn’t stopped more than 1,200 people from around the world from meeting in Bemidji for Unicon 21.
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