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Thompson talks about Dalvin Cook's star potential, Kirk Cousins' backup (or lack thereof), the secondary depth and more.

The Twins lead the American League Central by 2 1/2 games over 2nd place Cleveland after posting a 6-3 win at Texas Sunday. The Twins swept the Rangers in 4 games while Cleveland split 4 game with the Yankees.

The Twins swept a 4-game series at Texas over the weekend including a 12-7 win Saturday despite another rough outing for starting pitcher Jose Berrios. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Minnesota Lynx lost 82-74 at Seattle Sunday to fall to 13-14 on the season. The Lynx outscored Seattle 24-19 in the 3rd quarter but were outscored 15-11 in the 4th.

The Minnesota Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks 25-19 Sunday night at US Bank Stadium in their second of four preseason games.

The Minnesota Twins topped the Texas Rangers on Saturday night and now control the series 3-0.

The Minnesota Twins took game two against the Texas Rangers on Friday night.

Even with a strong offensive and defensive showing, the no.1 seeded Washington Mystics proved to be too much for the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.

The 2nd installment of the Ovie and the Franchise podcast went heavy on the Twins. The Twins failed to improve their team much at the trading deadline. Dave doesn't like the lack of aggressiveness from management and ownership while I'm still hopeful that the Twins will get aggressive on…

The Twins and Rangers will meet again Friday night. First pitch is set for 7:05 on AM 1240, WJON.

Apollo is looking for a new Activities Director. Last year's Interim Activities Director Justin Skaalerud had the interim tag removed from his title and he now been hired as Assistant Principal at Apollo High School.

The football team at St. John's University has been very good for a very long time, and that winning tradition has landed the program on a very elite list of teams.

The Twins will activate starting pitcher Michael Pineda from the 10-day injured list before tonight's game against Texas. Pineda will start tonight's game instead of Devin Smeltzer likely pushing Smeltzer to a bullpen role.

The Twins lost 6-5 at Milwaukee Wednesday afternoon in the final game of the 2-game series despite holding a 5-2 lead at one point. Milwaukee got a 3-run home run from rookie Trent Grisham in 8th inning to put the Brewers up for good.

Summer is drawing to an end and there is lots of fun things you and your family can do before they head back to school. You can check out the Clearwater Rodeo, see a movie at Whitney Park, go for an evening hike through Warner Lake Park, listen to some music in the gardens and check out the Receder…

The Minnesota Twins split a two-game mini-series with the Milwaukee Brewers on the road Wednesday afternoon.

The Twins are back in first place after posting a come from behind 7-5 win over Milwaukee Tuesday night. That coupled with Boston's 7-6 10 inning victory over Cleveland gives the Twins 1/2 game lead on the Indians in the American League Central.

The Twins and Brewers will meet again Wednesday afternoon in Milwaukee. First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. on AM 1240,WJON.

The Minnesota Lynx won 89-73 at New York against the Liberty Tuesday night. Odyssey Sims led the Lynx with 17 points and Stephanie Talbot added 16 points for Minnesota. Napheesa Collier and Danielle Robinson added 14 points for the Lynx.

The St. Cloud Rox saw their season end in Game 2 of the Northwoods League first round playoff series with Willmar Tuesday night. The Stingers beat the Rox 3-2.