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CHICAGO – By bringing their coach victory in his return to Chicago, the Timberwolves also learned a valuable lesson in Tuesday’s unlikely 99-94 comeback victory: If they’re determined to have a bad quarter, better to make it the first one. “I guess that’s one way to look at it,” Timberwolves …

Tucked away in a motion filled with several honors as part of the final business of the day at last Thursday’s U of M Board of Regents meeting, a significant change was voted on and approved: The Sports Pavilion, used by several of the school’s non-revenue teams, has been renamed …

Every Wednesday morning, beat writer Matt Vensel will share five Vikings stats that actually mean something heading into that weekend’s game. 0 — times the Vikings have allowed 300 passing yards in 2016 In the modern-day NFL, where footballs are flung all over the field and quarterbacks have thrown for …

The 22nd anniversary of the Metropolitan Sports Center going down was remembered Tuesday when Vintage MN Hockey tweeted a photo of the series of three controlled implosions. The building was demolished Dec. 13, 1994, after the North Stars moved to Dallas in the fall of 1993, leaving Minnesota and the state of …

Quarterback Sam Bradford showed up on today’s injury report as limited with a right shoulder injury. He was limited in practice two weeks ago with an ankle injury and still played against the Cowboys. Not practicing today were Harrison Smith (ankle), Trae Waynes (concussion), Brandon Fusco (concussion) and Laquon Treadwell …

A student’s claim last September that she was sexually assaulted prompted the University of Minnesota to suspend 10 Gophers football players from the team, weeks after a criminal probe resulted in no charges. Her accusations, documented through police reports and court testimony, ultimately led to a U committee’s investigation and …

Four months after her silver medal in Rio, Lindsay Jennerich is back on the water. But not with her doubles partner. “I’m having [Patricia] Obee withdrawal pains,” she said about her Olympic teammate. Jennerich has secured a role as an assistant coach of the University of Victoria Vikes women’s rowing team. …

Olympic star Penny Oleksiak won the Lou Marsh Award on Tuesday for Canadian athlete of the year as chosen by members of the media. Now we want to know who you’d pick for the country’s top performer of 2016.  Review the names on our short list and vote for your choice in the …

A prominent member of the famous TV dads club, Alan Thicke held a special place in the hearts of Canadians.  Notwithstanding his entertainment world success, the actor, writer, composer and host never lost the pride in his homeland, his Canadian sense of humour, his devotion to our national winter sport or his …

Jim Harbaugh was rumored to be a candidate for the Los Angeles Rams coaching job because that’s what the media does. They say Jim Harbaugh might go someplace that he isn’t currently. While some people want to believe there is zero chance it could happen, there’s always a chance. That’s why …