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Live: Twins go for sweep vs. Royals. Follow on Gameview
The Twins are going for their third consecutive victory at Target Field. Tap here for play-by-play, a boxscore and score updates throughout MLB.
September 15, 2022
![Fans try to avoid a bat that slipped out of the hands of Drew Waters (6) of the Kansas City Royals in the third inning Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • carlos.gonzalez@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NG62N2K4V3FFBNZ5ZFBRBTA7XY.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Live at 6:40 p.m.: Twins go for sweep vs. Royals. Follow on Gameview
The Twins are going for their third consecutive victory at Target Field. Tap here for play-by-play, a boxscore and score updates throughout MLB
September 15, 2022
![Fans try to avoid a bat that slipped out of the hands of Drew Waters (6) of the Kansas City Royals in the third inning Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • carlos.gonzalez@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/FHFINPN6FOD6LXQXCJ6JPZRDPE.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Gophers top Nebraska in baseball, lose to Northwestern in softball
Noah Berghammer's homer helped power the Gophers past the Cornhuskers 3-1 to take two of the three-game series.
May 9, 2022
Rocori basketball coaching legend Bob Brink dies at 84
Brink was the second-winningest coach in Minnesota boys' basketball history and took the Spartans to 13 state tournaments.
October 12, 2021
TwinsFest is coming to Target Field this weekend
What you need to know about TwinsFest this weekend:
January 17, 2018
![Twins pitcher Trevor May handed a signed hat back to Shepherd Ayshford, 12, of Anoka, during TwinsFest Saturday at Target Field. ] AARON LAVINSKY � aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Twins pitcher Trevor May signed autographs for fans during Twins Fanfest on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/SZDCYIV64GW6YFMQDOO3CHY2Q4.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Three Minnesota wrestlers help U.S. win title
Mark Hall and Gable Steveson of Apple Valley won gold medals at wrestling's junior world championships in Tampere, Finland, while Mitch McKee of St. Michael finished with a silver medal.
August 8, 2017
![Apple Valley's Gable Steveson (shown celebrating with the Class 3A wrestling team championship trophy in March) won a gold medal at wrestling's junior world championships in Tampere, Finland. ] AARON LAVINSKY � aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com The Class 1A, 2A and 3A state wrestling team championships were held Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/4ULSZ35B5O4GPQNQBJQBP2XAOA.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
On Herschel Walker, NASCAR and Minnesota's nine-ton ball of twine
Southern sports tradition and Northern eccentricity meet Thursday when former NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and some celebrity pals roll through Darwin, Minn. -- home of the world-famous twine ball -- on a motorcycle ride for charity.
May 17, 2017
You can quote me on that ... T-shirt
Part of Grizzlies coach David Fizdale's Game 2 postgame rant, thanks to quick thinking/work by the team's PR staff, became a rallying cry on T-shirts before Game 3 against the Spurs -- and they won! So we wondered: What Minnesota sports quotes or slogans might have deserved such iron-on immortality?
April 21, 2017
TwinsFest is coming to Target Field this weekend
What you need to know about TwinsFest this weekend:
January 17, 2018
Three Minnesota wrestlers help U.S. win title
Mark Hall and Gable Steveson of Apple Valley won gold medals at wrestling's junior world championships in Tampere, Finland, while Mitch McKee of St. Michael finished with a silver medal.
August 8, 2017
On Herschel Walker, NASCAR and Minnesota's nine-ton ball of twine
Southern sports tradition and Northern eccentricity meet Thursday when former NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and some celebrity pals roll through Darwin, Minn. -- home of the world-famous twine ball -- on a motorcycle ride for charity.
May 17, 2017
You can quote me on that ... T-shirt
Part of Grizzlies coach David Fizdale's Game 2 postgame rant, thanks to quick thinking/work by the team's PR staff, became a rallying cry on T-shirts before Game 3 against the Spurs -- and they won! So we wondered: What Minnesota sports quotes or slogans might have deserved such iron-on immortality?
April 21, 2017