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Toronto treads lightly, choosing 4th-place Minnesota over 3rd-place Boston as PWHL playoff opponent

Toronto treads lightly, choosing 4th-place Minnesota over 3rd-place Boston as PWHL playoff opponent

The two teams who finished with identical 12-9-3 records, with Boston having the tie-breaking edge. Of all the aspects taken into consideration, among the most important, perhaps, was the fear of providing their opponent any additional motivation entering the best-of-five semifinal series, which opens in Toronto on Wednesday.
by The Associated Press

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Edwards, Towns lead Wolves’ 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets

Edwards, Towns lead Wolves’ 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets

Another dominant performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves has the reigning but reeling NBA champion Denver Nuggets on the cusp of a stunning early exit from the playoffs. 
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota secures final spot in PWHL playoffs

Minnesota secures final spot in PWHL playoffs

Minnesota’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team is heading to the playoffs in its inaugural season.
by MPR News Staff

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‘I did not feel like a human’: Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia

‘I did not feel like a human’: Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia

Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.
by Juana Summers, Ashley Brown and Elena Burnett

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Rafaela and Devers homer as Red Sox beat Twins 9-2 to end Minnesota's 12-game winning streak

Rafaela and Devers homer as Red Sox beat Twins 9-2 to end Minnesota's 12-game winning streak

Ceddanne Rafaela hit the first Red Sox home run in seven games, Rafael Devers added another, and Boston ended Minnesota’s 12-game winning streak by beating the Twins 9-2 on Sunday. The Twins 12-game winning streak was tied for the second-longest in team history behind a 15-win run in June 1991, the last season Minnesota won the World Series.
by The Associated Press

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Edwards scores 43 points, Reid erupts in 4th to help Timberwolves beat Nuggets 106-99

Edwards scores 43 points, Reid erupts in 4th to help Timberwolves beat Nuggets 106-99

Anthony Edwards scored a playoff career-high 43 points, Naz Reid had 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets 106-99 in Game 1 of the second-round series Saturday night.
by The Associated Press

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Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout

Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout

The NCAA's all-time leading scorer played in her first professional game in the Indiana Fever's match against the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark's 21 points were impressive but not enough to win.
by Juliana Kim

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