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The push to get facts to editors at night so they could run on the press and be distributed in the morning inspired desperate measures and, predictably, profanity.

Golden State took a lead in the third quarter, until Minnesota surged away behind Napheesa Collier.

Neal: The contracts of Parise and Suter that hampered Bill Guerin are off the books. His moment is coming.

The Twins made it a bullpen day, using Travis Adams for the first time in his career and Jhoan Duran for two innings for the first time this season.

Byron Buxton scored on Brooks Lee's bunt, giving the Twins bottom-of-the-ninth victories two days in a row.

"Masha" and "Ola" competed together for UMMC Ekaterinburg. They're impacting each other's growth again in a new league and country.

The Loons improved to 5-2-4 in games this season away from Allianz Field.

The team that brought the "opener" to the majors is this season keeping up with the Yankees despite being outspent by $200 million.

Karlie Samuelson was injured Sunday and removed from the court in a wheelchair.

The second of the homers ended the game, the Twins walking off with a Fourth of July victory at Target Field.