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Hold or deal? T-wolves mulling options entering draft

June 20, 2018 Associated Press

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are taking a pair of picks and a flexible approach into the NBA draft. The Wolves own the 20th overall selection in the first round as well as the 48th overall choice in the second round on Thursday night. In a draft that’s considered deep in wing players, the […]

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SPORTS NEWS

Player union blasts concussion management at World Cup

June 20, 2018 Associated Press

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MOSCOW (AP) — The impact to his head was so violent that Noureddine Amrabat can’t remember the World Cup match at all, even though he was playing in it. “Five, six hours, gone. Totally gone,” the Morocco midfielder said of the concussion sustained in his team’s opening match against Iran. “When you think about it, […]

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BUCKS

Bucks’ Sterling Brown sues Milwaukee over stun-gun arrest

June 19, 2018 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown sued the city of Milwaukee and its police department Tuesday, saying officers’ use of a stun gun during his arrest for a parking violation constitutes excessive force and that they targeted him because he is black. Brown’s attorney Mark Thomsen filed the lawsuit in federal court, accusing police of […]

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VIKINGS

Vikings training camp at new HQ has 18 days of open practice

June 19, 2018 Associated Press

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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will have 18 days of training camp practices open to the public at their new headquarters this summer, more than what they had previously at Minnesota State University in Mankato. The Vikings announced their schedule on Tuesday, with rookies taking the field at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center in […]

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SPORTS NEWS

Turkey charges father of NBA’s Kanter as terror group member

June 19, 2018 Associated Press

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ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has accepted an indictment charging the father of NBA player Enes Kanter with “membership in a terror group,” the country’s official news agency reported Monday. The indictment followed an investigation of Mehmet Kanter, and prosecutors planned to seek his conviction and a prison term of five to 10 years […]

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DAVE & SKRADIE

FIFA charges Mexico after fans chant anti-gay slur

June 19, 2018 Associated Press

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexico after its fans used an anti-gay slur during the team’s 1-0 win over Germany. Some Mexican supporters chanted the slur when Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer prepared to take a goal kick in the 24th minute of Sunday’s game at the Luzhniki Stadium in […]

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VIKINGS

Lewiston, Minn., native Tom West director of Vikings public relations staff that wins Pete Rozelle Award

June 19, 2018 Rick Solem

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The Minnesota Vikings’ public relations staff has won the Pete Rozelle Award from the Professional Football Writers of America for excellence in dealing with the media. The Vikings’ PR staff is the 29th Rozelle Award winner and earned the award for the first time in club history. Minnesota is the 15th different NFL organization to […]

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VIKINGS

Cousins, Vikings head into summer break with more to learn

June 18, 2018 Associated Press

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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Kirk Cousins pushed himself so hard last summer that by Washington’s second regular-season game, he felt as if his body and mind aged 10 extra weeks. This time, even though he’s in a new place in Minnesota, his goal for the summer break is to make it a little less intense. […]

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PACKERS

Coaching roots run deep for new Packers DC Mike Petttine

June 18, 2018 Associated Press

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Coaching runs deep in Mike Pettine’s family. Vacations to the Jersey shore as a child gave the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator a glimpse of the life. His father, a high school football coach in suburban Philadelphia, took a briefcase to the beach, settled a chair into the sand and […]

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SPORTS NEWS

Column: Koepka wins an Open where the whiners go home early

June 18, 2018 Associated Press

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SOUTHAMPTON (AP) — The whiners went home early, beaten down by Shinnecock Hills and the USGA’s clumsy efforts to turn the venerable golf course into something it was never meant to be. Brooks Koepka stood tall, holding a U.S. Open trophy high for the second straight year because he knew what it took to win. […]

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