A SOLO NICK GORDON HOME RUN HELD UP, AS THE MINNESOTA TWINS SHUTOUT THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS 1-0. DEVIN SMELTZER STARTED, THREW SIX SHUTOUT INNINGS, AND CALEB THIELBAR CLOSED IT OUT FOR THE SAVE.
THE MINNESOTA WILD HAVE SIGNED LEFT WING CONOR DEWAR TO A TWO-YEAR, $1.6 MILLION CONTRACT. HE’S COMING OFF HIS ROOKIE SEASON, WHERE HE PLAYED IN 35 GAMES. HE’S A FORMER THIRD ROUND PICK OF THE WILD.
THE NBA DRAFT WAS LAST NIGHT, WITH DUKE’S PAOLO BANCHERO BEING PICKED FIRST BY THE ORLANDO MAGIC. A FORMER PROSPECT FROM MINNESOTA CHET HOLMGREN WENT 2ND TO OKLAHOMA CITY, AND JABARI SMITH JR OUT OF AUBURN WENT THIRD.
THE TIMBERWOLVES TRADED DOWN A COUPLE OF PICKS, AND WOUND UP WITH AUBURN CENTER WALKER KESSLER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA APPEARS AS THOUGH THEY WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR TELEVISION OR RADIO RIGHTS TO BROADCASTS. THEY ARE SET TO ENTER FINAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL LEAVE TV RIGHTS TO MIDCO… FORUM COMMUNICATIONS HAD ALSO BID. RADIO RIGHTS WOULD REMAIN WITH iHEART… LEIGHTON BROADCASTING HAD ALSO BID ON THOSE. IT’S THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE THAT THE SCHOOL HAD EVEN OPENED THOSE UP FOR BIDDING.
THE ROSEAU AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM IS IN GRAND RAPIDS FOR A WEEKEND TOURNAMENT. WILD 102 HAS ARRANGED A SMALL PACKAGE OF GAMES FOR BROADCAST, INCLUDING THIS AFTERNOON’S GAMES, TWO TOMORROW, AND GAMES POTENTIALLY ON SUNDAY.
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