By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — With J.J. McCarthy struggling to find his touch and the Minnesota Vikings having put only one field goal on the board to show for their first three quarters, their first big break of the game last week came with a long punt ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels was ruled out of Wednesday's game against Washington because of a sprained left wrist, his first absence in nearly two years.
McDaniels played a season-low 23 minutes in Minnesota's 120-96 win over Dallas on Monday, exiting ...
By MIKE COOK Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota backup Jesper Wallstedt made 28 saves for his second straight shutout and Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 on Saturday night.
Wallstedt extended his shutout streak to 141:09 after beating Calgary 2-0 on Sunday night.
The ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and Julius Randle added 26 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the fourth quarter and beat the Sacramento Kings 124-110 in an NBA Cup game Friday night.
Donte ...
By The Associated Press
Chicago (6-3) at Minnesota (4-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Vikings by 3.
Against the spread: Bears 5-4, Vikings 4-5.
Series record: Vikings lead 69-58-2.
Last meeting: Vikings beat Bears 27-24 in Chicago on Sept. 8.
Last week: Bears beat Giants at ...
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Collin Graf scored 2:41 into overtime and the surging San Jose Sharks came back to beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Macklin Celebrini fed Graf the puck in the middle near the goal mouth. Graf deked Wild goaltender Filip ...
By ANTONIO RAY HARVEY Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Edwards had 26 points, four rebounds, five assists, two steals and led the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 144-117 win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
Edwards shot 7 for 16 from the field, 5 for 11 from ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jesper Wallstedt made 36 saves for his second career NHL shutout, Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Calgary Flames 2-0 on Sunday night.
Kirill Kaprizov added an empty-net goal, and Joel ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lamar Jackson calmly and coolly added another Baltimore win to his resume in his 100th regular-season start, watching the Ravens' defense stay strong against a quarterback playing in his fourth NFL game.
J.J. McCarthy's ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marco Rossi scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, helping the Minnesota Wild stop a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Drake Lindsey scored on a 3-yard run on third down in overtime after he had the tying rushing touchdown with 29 seconds left in regulation, and Minnesota kept Michigan State winless in Big Ten play with a 23-20 victory on Saturday.
The Spartans (3-6, 0-6) took possession ...
By RICHARD WALKER Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Randle scored 30 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Charlotte Hornets 122-105 on Saturday night, their first victory since All-Star Anthony Edwards was sidelined with an injury.
Without Edwards, who has a ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kyle Connor's wrist shot 46 seconds into overtime gave the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, their ninth straight win against their Central Division rival.
Connor scored his fifth goal of the season off a clean look from the slot ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 43 points in the third quarter and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 127-114 on Monday night.
The Timberwolves played without star ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will miss at least one week with a strained right hamstring, after the sixth-year shooting guard was sidelined by the injury in the opening minutes of their last game.
Edwards underwent an MRI exam on Monday that revealed the ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anthony Edwards had 41 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied late in the fourth quarter for a 118-114 season-opening win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Edwards, who set a career high last season with ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Daws made 29 saves, Paul Cotter, Brenden Dillon and rookie Arseny Gritsyuk scored and the New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.
New Jersey began the streak after an opening loss at Carolina, winning three ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minnesota was reveling last week in a decisive victory over Nebraska, the level of dominance by the Gophers defense dawned on standout Anthony Smith as he looked around at his teammates and started doing some quick math on their ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Zach McKinstry had three hits, including one of Detroit's four home runs, and the Tigers beat the Twins 10-5 on Saturday.
Riley Greene, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres also homered for the Tigers.
Casey Mize (8-2) gave up two runs on five ...
By BILL TROCCHI Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II had two hits and two RBIs, Drake Baldwin delivered a game-winning pinch-hit single in the eighth inning, and the Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Friday night.
Enyel De Los Santos (1-0) earned the ...