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Timberwolves, Love reach 4-year deal
A person familiar with the situation says A source says Kevin Love has agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Timberwolves worth between $60 million and $62 million.
Clock ticks on Kevin Love's Timberwolves contract deadline
The deadline for players from the 2008 draft class to sign an extension is 11 p.m. Central time Wednesday. If the Wolves and Love do not come to agreement, the new face of the franchise will become a restricted free agent this summer.
Dayton wants resolution and a 'people's stadium'
Gov. Mark Dayton hopes a deal for a new Vikings stadium can be hammered by the end of next month.
Last weekend's Hockey Day Minnesota 2012 has raised more than $134,000 for a teenage player paralyzed in a hockey game.
Back to the Dome for the Vikings?
Gov. Mark Dayton told the Vikings that if they want a stadium bill passed this year "it's going to have to be the Metrodome."
Tougher penalties for illegal checking were unanimously approved last weekend by Minnesota Hockey, the organization that governs amateur youth hockey in Minnesota.
Paralyzed hockey player Jablonski leaves hospital for rehab facility today
Jack Jablonski, a sophmore playing for the Benilde-St. Margaret's team in a holiday hockey tournament, suffered a neck fracture that left him unable to move his legs and severely limited movement in his arms.
Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85
Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday.
Paterno in serious condition
Joe Paterno's doctors said Saturday that the former Penn State coach's condition had become "serious," following complications from lung cancer in recent days.
Stadium supporters hope for resolution in legislative session
A day after Gov. Mark Dayton compared leading stadium proposals to find them all at fault, stadium boosters are seeing signs of hope for the upcoming legislative session. The next two weeks will likely be key in the Minnesota Vikings' quest for a new stadium.