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NBA Draft 2020 is finally here. Instead of taking place at Barclays Center in June, it was pushed back and went virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there’s still plenty of buzz

Anthony Edwards doesn’t love basketball. It doesn’t matter — not to the Timberwolves. Despite his eyebrow-raising comments to ESPN that football is his first love and basketball is just his job,

Nearly a week away from NBA Draft 2020, the wheel continues to spin on where LaMelo Ball will actually end up. Though most team executives are assuming the 6-foot-7 point guard will be the first pick,

Vikings rookie Cameron Dantzler had to be stretchered off the field in a scary scene during the first quarter against the Packers Sunday, suffering a neck injury after taking an inadvertent hit to the

LaMelo Ball knew teams would have questions about him. Now it’s a matter of deciphering whether his answers to them are raising legitimate concerns or if teams are just trying to send out a

The Yankees have extra incentive in their next seven games because they are all against AL East foes — the Red Sox and Blue Jays — and the results of those games could impact where they play the first round of the playoffs. The Yankees went into the weekend one game behind the Twins for …

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins does not believe masks work and says that he is at peace with the thought of contracting COVID-19. “If I die, I die,” Cousins said on Spotify’s “10 Questions” podcast hosted by NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt. During the interview with Brandt, Cousins went against the advice of medical experts, including the …

Representative Ilhan Omar defeated a well-funded challenger in the Minnesota Democratic primary on Tuesday to informally secure a second term as congresswoman to Minnesota’s historically Democratic-run 5th district. Omar beat out Antone Melton-Meaux, an attorney who had out-fundraised her during the campaign, the Associated Press projected. Omar’s victory is the latest in a string of …

For Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith, testing positive for COVID-19 turned into a “blessing.” Smith, a 2019 fifth-round pick (162nd overall), announced Saturday that he will miss the 2020 NFL season because of a congenital heart condition that came to his attention after testing positive for the coronavirus. The 23-year-old will have to undergo open-heart …

Minneapolis residents have begun forming neighborhood watches and armed security groups to protect their neighborhoods in the wake of unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd in May, according to a new report. While officers are still patrolling the streets of Minneapolis, some citizens have taken security concerns into their own hands, as was …