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Brunson retires from WNBA, joins Lynx staff as assistant
The Minnesota Lynx have hired Rebekkah Brunson as an assistant coach. The WNBA's all-time leading rebounder formally declared her retirement, after sitting out the 2019 season.
New 'smart mound' can help analyze pitchers' efficiency
The Minnesota Twins will be working with a new piece of smart technology at spring training this year. The high-tech pitching mound is really more of a heavily instrumented ramp built to simulate a mound and it measures the ground forces involved in throwing a pitch.
Source: Dodgers, Twins agree on Maeda-Graterol deal
The Minnesota Twins agreed Sunday to send bullpen prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Los Angeles Dodgers for starting pitcher Kenta Maeda, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal, five days after the initial trade with the Boston Red Sox was held up.
NTSB: No outward sign of engine failure in Bryant helicopter crash
Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any outward evidence of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.
Wolves send Wiggins to Warriors for Russell
The Minnesota Timberwolves have taken on yet another new look, with D'Angelo Russell on his way to join pal Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins heading west to the Golden State Warriors.
Sources: Wolves' Covington, Rockets' Capela on move in 4-team trade
Among the key components: Robert Covington and Jordan Bell will join the Rockets from Minnesota, Clint Capela and Nene are leaving the Rockets for the Hawks, the Timberwolves added soon-to-be restricted free agents Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez from Denver and the Nuggets got Shabazz Napier from Minnesota plus a first-round pick from Houston.
'I'll ref until I ref my last game': 3,000 games and counting, this official still loves the game
John Klinnert has been officiating high school and college basketball games for more than 40 years. At a time when many officials quit after a couple of years, the 72-year-old has no plans to step off the hardwood.
In Ben Passmore's latest, 'Sports Is Hell' and the world is on fire
Passmore's timely new graphic novel is set in an unnamed city whose football team has just won the Super Bowl, setting off fiery riots. It's a biting satire of political action, race and capitalism.
Super Bowl halftime show draws praise, tears from U.S. Latinos
Some said Sunday's show draped itself in Hollywood tropes of female sexuality. But it also contained subtle political messages about children in cages, Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the urge to be heard.