The Minnesota Timberwolves have moved a game ahead of Denver in the Western Conference with a 117-108 win over the Nuggets. Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, and Bones Hyland had 15 of his 18 points in the first half on Sunday against his former team.
This time it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide a big laugh — with an assist from the “Saturday Night Live” writers — in the wake of a weeklong dust-up involving the United States women and men’s Olympic gold medal-winning hockey teams.
Hundreds of adoring fans welcomed Dropkin and Thiesse back to Duluth Friday evening, where they said they’ll team up again for the next Winter Olympics in four years.
Lawson Crouse scored twice, U.S. Olympian Clayton Keller had a goal and two assists and the Utah Mammoth beat Minnesota 5-2 on Friday night to end the Wild’s winning streak at six games.
Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for “throwing the game ball with force into the spectator stands,” the league announced.
The United States women’s hockey team has a date with Flavor Flav in Las Vegas in July to celebrate its gold medal victory from the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The Dallas Stars surged into the Olympic break on a six-game winning streak. The Minnesota Wild won their last five games to finish 8-1-1 before the NHL’s three-week schedule pause.
The celebration of the men's team comes after FBI Director Kash Patel's trip to the Games in Milan, and the president’s comments about the U.S. women’s team, have drawn scrutiny.
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