MIGUEL SANÓ HIT A TWO-RUN HOMER IN THE 12TH INNING TO LIFT MINNESOTA PAST CINCINNATI 7-5. IT WAS THE FIFTH STRAIGHT VICTORY FOR THE TWINS AND THE FIFTH LOSS IN A ROW FOR THE REDS. THE TWINS EARNED THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE EXTRA-INNINGS WIN AFTER EIGHT STRAIGHT LOSSES IN EXTRAS TO START THE SEASON. SOME BAD NEWS THOUGH, JUST DAYS AFTER RETURNING FROM INJURY, BYRON BUXTON FRACTURED A HAND WHEN HIT BY A PITCH, HE COULD MISS A MONTH OR SO.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS ROOKIE DEFENSIVE TACKLE JAYLEN TWYMAN IS RECOVERING FROM FOUR GUNSHOT WOUNDS. BULLETS THAT HIT A VEHICLE HE WAS RIDING IN CAUSED SCARY BUT SUPERFICIAL INJURIES. TWYMAN DOES NOT NEED SURGERY AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY FROM THE EXIT WOUNDS TO HIS ARM, SHOULDER, BUTTOCKS AND LEG, ACCORDING TO HIS AGENT DREW ROSENHAUS. THE VIKINGS ALSO CONFIRMED THE SHOOTING AFTER BEING IN CONTACT WITH TWYMAN AND FAMILY MEMBERS. TWYMAN WAS SELECTED IN THE SIXTH ROUND OUT OF PITTSBURGH IN THE NFL DRAFT TWO MONTHS AGO. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN HIS NATIVE WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORMER NHL PLAYER AND MINNESOTA WILD ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER TOM KURVERS HAS DIED AFTER A BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER. HE WAS 58. HE WON THE HOBEY BAKER AWARD AS THE TOP COLLEGE PLAYER. HE THEN PLAYED 11 NHL SEASONS FROM 1984-1995 BEFORE MOVING INTO MANAGEMENT. HE BEGAN AS A COYOTES SCOUT, THEN JOINED THE LIGHTNING AND HELPED BUILD A STANLEY CUP CHAMPION BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE WILD.
THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING HAVE A 3-2 LEAD IN THE STANLEY CUP SEMIFINAL SERIES AFTER ROUTING THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS MONDAY NIGHT 8-0 IN TAMPA. IT ALL STARTED JUST 45 SECONDS IN ON A STEVEN STAMKOS GOAL. HE WOULD ADD ANOTHER, AND ALEX KILLORN SCORED A PAIR.
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