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Twins Fan Gives Finger To Little Girl Who Won't Throw Back HR Ball [Update]
This is from Wednesday's game, a David Ortiz home run that was retrieved by a girl in the first row. When the girl made it clear she had no intentions of tossing the ball back onto the field, the woman in red let the girl know to her face what she thought of that decision....

The Minnesota Wild Are Learning The Hard Way: You Can't Buy A Cup
When the Minnesota Wild made the only real splash in team history by signing the top two free agents of the Class of 2012, people thought it would usher in a change for the troubled franchise. They were right. Instead of just missing the postseason, the Wild are primed to bow out early in the playof...

Ex-Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Allegedly Assaults Former Football Player
Former Minnesota quarterback and current Rutgers transfer Philip Nelson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting another football player, leaving the man in critical condition. The police scanner audio provides some awful details about the incident....

This Seems Like A Violation Of The Rules, Somehow
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Compilation Video of Ilya Bryzgalov Interviews Is Pure Comedy
This is 10 minutes of Minnesota Wild goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov being a goofball. You'd be hard pressed to find a better way to spend 10 minutes than watching this video. ...

Nino Niederreiter Is The Hero In A Game 7 Overtime Win For The Wild
Every time the Colorado Avalanche took a lead in this Game 7, the Wild were right there to tie. And in overtime—the most important time—Minnesota finally jumped in front when Nino Niederreiter scored for a 5-4 victory to advance the Wild....

Nathan MacKinnon Continues To Dazzle, Nets OT Winner
Nathan MacKinnon scored the game-winning goal, giving the Avalanche a 4-3 win in Game 5 and a 3-2 series lead over the Minnesota Wild. After an impressive debut, and a great follow-up in Game 2, the Avalanche rookie added to his short (though fast-growing) playoff resume with a three-point performan...

Twins Player Hits Homer While His Mom Is Interviewed On TV
It was the best sequence of events. Silvana Colabello, mother of Twins player Chris Colabello, was being interviewed by Fox Sports North in the fourth inning of tonight's Twins-Rays game while her son was at the plate. Then, Chris hit a two-run home run. To top it all off, today was her birthday. Si...

Umpires Use Replay To Check Count, Get It Wrong Anyway
Yunel Escobar struck out on a 4-2 pitch, which is a good sign that something went horribly wrong....

Matt Cooke And The Myth Of Reform
Colorado's two-way defenseman Tyson Barrie, who's been one of this series's best players, will miss the next four-to-six weeks with an MCL injury after this knee-on-knee hit from Matt Cooke. Cooke will miss some time too—he's got an in-person hearing scheduled with the league, which means his suspen...

This Might've Been The Ugliest Inning In MLB History
In last night's Blue Jays-Twins game, three Toronto relievers combined to bring you this disgusting eighth inning: walk, walk, sac bunt, walk, wild pitch, walk and wild pitch, stolen base, walk and wild pitch, stolen base, walk, walk, single, walk, strikeout, groundout. It was remarkable, really....

Nathan MacKinnon Shows The Grown-Ups How It's Done
The Avs pulled off a thrilling win in Game 1 of their series with Minnesota last night, scoring the tying goal with 13 seconds left and winning it 7:27 into overtime. Neither could have happened without rookie Nathan MacKinnon, playing his first big-boy playoff hockey with the coolness of someone tw...

Players Boycott Return Of Coach Fired For False Child Porn Charges
The story of Todd Hoffner, the former Minnesota State-Mankato football coach who was fired after being falsely accused of possessing child pornography in 2012, took a strange and sad turn today as he attempted to reclaim his old job—and players refused to practice for him....

Kevin Love Gives Us One More Gorgeous Outlet Pass
The Minnesota Timberwolves' season has been a big disappointment, and Kevin Love lost his spirit a long time ago. But Love played balls-out in a duel against Stephen Curry and the Warriors last night, posting a 40-14-9 stat line and launching another one of his patented outlet passes....

Minnesota Students Smash Cars, Moon Cops In Post-Loss Riot
Minnesota students got rowdy when their men's hockey team won a thrilling semifinal match Thursday night, and university president Eric Kaler warned students not to repeat their stupid behavior for the Golden Gophers' final against Union. Even though Minnesota lost, Kaler's email didn't work....

Minnesota "Idiots" Riot Over Lost Championship, Piss Off TV Reporter
Union College defeated Minnesota for the NCAA men's hockey title tonight, and Golden Gophers fans flooded the streets of Dinkytown to fuck shit up—especially all of KMSP reporter Jonathan Choe's live shots....

Corey Brewer Puts Up 51 Points, Including A Halfcourt Buzzer-Beater
The gangly Corey Brewer carried the Timberwolves Friday night, scoring 51 points against a Houston squad disinterested in playing defense. Three of those points came from a deep, well-placed halftime buzzer-beater....

Minnesota Wins Frozen Four Semifinal With Buzzer-Beating Goal
While this year's NCAA basketball tournament left us mostly in want of buzzer-beaters, the NCAA hockey Frozen Four delivered as Minnesota's Justin Holl scored a shorthanded buzzer-beater past North Dakota goalie Zane Gothberg and delivered the Golden Gophers into the national championship game....

Nick Swisher Hits Home Run, Spells Out O-H-I-O
Nick Swisher makes it very easy to hate him, but this just cracks me up. After hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of the Indians home opener against the Twins, Swisher busted out this homage to the hometown Buckeyes. The Swish just loves him some good times. ...