At a tattoo studio in Roseville, JC Stroebel and Jesse George are spending the next several days with dozens of tattoo appointments all for the same piece of art — Naz Reid’s name.
The Twins got the bounces, like when Miranda checked his swing in the first inning and accidentally hit a slow-bouncing single up the third base line. But there were plenty of hard-hit balls, like the 104 mph drive Jeffers sent into the flower boxes above the wall in left-center field.
The Minnesota Timberwolves don’t just have home-court advantage at this Friday’s semifinal game: The team is coming in hot with a 2-0 lead against defending NBA champions the Denver Nuggets. Minnesota fans want to be part of the action, but soaring ticket prices mean many will be watching from outside Target Center.
Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns was named the recipient of the NBA’s social justice award. Towns was one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy.
Minnesota fans under the age of 33 have never seen their teams take home a men’s championship in four major sports. Some are letting themselves hope that’s about to change.
Carlos Correa and Trevor Larnach hit consecutive home runs for Minnesota in the first inning off Seattle starter George Kirby as the Twins hung on to beat the Mariners 6-3 and help Chris Paddack win his fourth straight start.
For this week’s installment of Thank You, Stranger, we hear about a mystery baseball thief — and a quest to make things right for an 8-year-old Twins fan.
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been fined $100,000 by the NBA but avoided a suspension for what the league described as “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play.”
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