#Twin Cities

First shortstop Carlos Correa was going to leave the Minnesota Twins to sign a 13-year, $350 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. But concerns over Correa's earlier ankle injury prompted the Giants to back out of the deal after setting up the news conference to announce it. Awkward! That prompted billionaire fanboy Steve Cohen to swoop…

Two coaches -- P.J. Fleck and Dino Babers -- that know each other well. Two teams with quandaries at different positions -- quarterback and running back. That's the gist of Thursday's Pinstripe Bowl between the Minnesota Gophers and Syracuse Orange. Fleck, who has coached the Gophers to three straight bowl wins, knows Babers from their time in the…

Our NBA insiders are debating the biggest topics in the league. Sports Illustrated senior writers Chris Mannix and Howard Beck weigh in on the rocky start in Minnesota and where the Timberwolves should go from here. Chris Mannix: All right, Beck, we are fast approaching the midway point of the season, so it's time to ask: What is going on with the…

The New York Yankees travel to the Twin Cities as they take on the Minnesota Twins with a three game series that ends on Thursday night at 7:40 p.m. New York lost it's first game in over a week as Minnesota dominated in a 8-1 victory at Target Field on Wednesday night. Here are my picks and predictions on the finale of this American League series…

Carlos Correa made $35.1 million playing shortstop for the Minnesota Twins in 2022 - triple the amount of anyone else on the team. He batted.291 with a modest 22 home runs, 64 RBIs and 70 runs scored 136 games. Despite that, Correa opted out of the final two years of his deal that would have paid him similarly. Now he's a free agent, back on the…

All along, Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson hoped he wouldn't have a chance to be in Louisville on the first Saturday in May, sipping mint juleps and watching the Kentucky Derby in person. - THIS STORY WAS UPDATED FRIDAY -- That would have meant the Avalanche already had been eliminated from the playoffs. But for a while, it seemed there was a…

The MLB Winter Meetings are in person for the first time since 2019. And it is sure to be an insane week of big moves across the game of baseball. The Winter Meetings are an annual meeting of MLB front offices where each team hunkers down and tinkers with their rosters. The history of the meetings can be traced back to the 1870s, though it…

The 2022 Winter Classic between the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will be held at 7 p.m. Eastern on New Year's Day at Target Field in Minneapolis. The game will air on TNT for the first time after all previous editions aired on NBC. This will be the 13th Winter Classic held by the NHL with the road team winning eight of the previous games.…

Breaking down our 3M Open PGA Tour expert picks for this week with the trip to TPC Twin Cities as the FedExCup Playoffs approach quickly. There's always going to be a hangover after a grueling, unforgettable major championship like The Open Championship at St. Andrews was. But while the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities this week may not boast a ton of…

Another relatively new PGA Tour event is on tap this week as the tour heads east to Detroit for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Last week's 3M Open was its fourth edition at TPC Twin Cities, and this week will mark the fourth Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Tony Finau, who won last week in Minneapolis, headlines the field along with…

Eleven games fill out Monday's MLB schedule and Mike Ianniello of The Action Network is here to give a trio of best bets (video above). The first contest interesting Ianniello is the New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies. But, rather than picking a side in that game, he's looking to a player prop: Kyle Schwarber over 1.5 total bases…

Sports Betting Dime provides exclusive sports betting content to cleveland.com, including real-time odds, picks, analysis and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. Week 11 in the NFL sees the Jaguars, Dolphins, Seahawks, and Buccaneers on bye. The Titans already took down the reeling Packers on Thursday…

Carlos Correa is among a handful of extremely talented shortstops on the free-agent market and according to one report the Minnesota Twins want him back. Longtime Twin Cities sports reporter Darren Wolfson says the Twins are planning to make Correa the richest offer in team history. "They are going to make him a very nice offer. In fact, I was told…

With a run of three playoff appearances in four years, the Minnesota Twins were expected to at least compete in the lowly AL Central last season. Instead, they finished 16 games under.500 and went from first in 2019 and 2020 to worst in 2021. They don't look like a legitimate contender in 2022, either. The Twins haven't won a playoff series since…

El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico hosts the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. This is the 7th event on the PGA Tour schedule and El Camaleón is a par 71 that plays at 7034 yards. Reigning back-to-back Mayakoba champion Viktor Hovland (No. 11 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR)) returns to try…

Leading up to the MLB offseason, nobody has given the Minnesota Twins a real chance at landing Carlos Correa to the long-term contract he seeks this free agency. Sure, they got him on a one-year flyer for 2022 and he and his wife seem to have enjoyed their time in the Twin Cities. But when all the chips are pushed in, there's no way the Pohlads…

Before the Yankees prepare to face the Twins Thursday, Munaf Manji of The Action Network is here to share his best bet for the game (video above). New York arrives in the Twin Cities as a sizable road favorite (-200 on the moneyline), a distinction Manji believes is justified. For his best bet, though, Manji is instead looking to save some juice…

The Dallas Stars (27-16-4) and Minnesota Wild (21-20-6) tangle at the Xcel Energy Center at 9 p.m. ET. We analyze the Stars-Wild sports betting odds and lines, with NHL matchup analysis, picks and tips. Ben Bishop vs. Devan Dubnyk Bishop leads his Stars into the Twin Cities with an impressive 16-10-3 record, 2.22 goals against average and.929 save…

The Denver Nuggets are the current betting favorite to win the 2023 NBA Northwest Division at -150 odds, but the Minnesota Timberwolves aren't far behind at+165 odds after they added three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert in a trade. Since the creation of the Northwest Division at the start of the 2004-05 season, the Minnesota…

After a limited Monday slate, MLB bettors have a whopping 16 games to bet on today. For expert bettors, they've identified three games with value. All the information about to be presented is drawn from the Action Network PRO Report, which provides betting percentages and five "signals" - sharp money, big money, PRO systems, model edge and expert…

Whatever the opposite of a major championship field is might as well be the 3M Open, which leaves the betting market wide open when searching for a winner. A week after a thrilling Open Championship with a star-studded leaderboard, the PGA TOUR heads to TPC Twin Cities for a tournament that has seen three winners with odds above 100-1 in the…

For as long as I can remember, I've been a fan of basketball and either playing or tuning in to watch games as much as possible. While growing up, I would oftentimes race home after school, quickly eat dinner, throw on my No. 21 Kevin Garnett blue trees jersey, and immediately head downstairs to turn on whatever game was on TV (more often than not…

Now that the four major tournaments have been completed, the 2022 PGA Tour season turns to events that take the best golfers on the tour to courses tucked away in beautiful, if not all that well-known venues such as TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn. - site of this week's 3M Open. Sports bettors can add to their enjoyment of watching the tournament…

A few teams enjoyed a planned off day and two others got an impromptu break on Monday, but we're back to the full 15-game card on Tuesday. Not only that, but we have seven interleague games to add a little bit of spice to the April 12 menu. This is a really interesting day in baseball because we have some pitchers making their second starts against…

The Minnesota Twins (71-46) and the Cleveland Indians (70-47) wrap up their key four-game set at Target Field in Minneapolis Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Indians pulled into a tie for first place in the American League Central after Friday's game, but the Twins muscled past the Tribe in Saturday's game to restore a one-game lead heading into the…

The Minnesota Twins will try to complete a three-game series sweep of the Chicago White Sox at 1:10 p.m. ET Thursday at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins (76-79, 46-34) won for the third time in their last four games Wednesday night with a 7-4 victory over the White Sox. Chicago (76-79, 41-36 road) is on an eight-game losing streak. Odds as of…

It's time to crown the winner of the 2021-22 FedEx Cup. After his victory at the BMW Championship last week, Patrick Cantlay has vaulted from No. 7 in the FedEx Cup standings to No. 2, only behind Scottie Scheffler. At this week's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, the leaderboard will be staggered. Players will start a certain…

The final wraparound PGA Tour season begins this week in Napa Valley for the Fortinet Championship. Rory McIlroy won the FedEx Cup three weeks ago to conclude the 2021-2022 season. This week, McIlroy, off a runner-up last week in Wentworth to Shane Lowry for the BMW PGA Championship, is sticking around for another week on the DP World Tour to play…

The PGA Tour is in Metro Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club this week. This tournament replaced the Buick Open, which came to an end in 2009 after six decades of golf in Grand Blanc. TheSportsGeek has the latest Rocket Mortgage Classic odds for all of the action in Detroit. The winning moment for @TonyFinauGolf. He…

The Buffalo Sabres (9-15-4) visit the Minnesota Wild (19-8-1) Thursday at XCel Energy Center in St. Paul. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Sabres vs. Wild odds and lines, and make our expert NHL picks, predictions and bets. The Sabres snapped an 0-5-2 skid with a 4-2 win in Winnipeg Tuesday. Buffalo now looks to use that…