Minneapolis/St. Paul Sports Rumors & News

Delving into three early-season storylines.

By Chris Tomasson ctomasson@pioneerpress.com Adrian Peterson is about to pick up some more hardware. The running back will be honored as the Vikings’ offensive player of the year May 4 at the Minnesota Football Honors event at the Minneapolis Hilton. It’s the second straight year the Vikings have served as the presenting sponsor for the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s annual awards dinner. Other Vikings honored will be linebacker Chad Greenway as top defensive player, wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson as best on special teams and center John Sullivan......

Ron Garden had a chance to act on his words Tuesday night, and didn't do it.

Will NFL teams, especially the ones eying up quarterbacks early in the second round, attempt to trade into the first round to gain that extra year of contractual control?

David Price allowed six hits in his first complete game of the season, David DeJesus drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Tuesday night.

Twins lose 7-3 as David Price chews them up on the way to a complete game victory

Twins pitcher Kyle Gibson lost for the first time this season on Tuesday

Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo was excited to see his team return to the original game plan in Monday's 1-0 overtime victory after losing its way in Colorado's 4-2 win in Game 2. Minnesota lost the series opener 5-4 in overtime despite outplaying the Avs in the first and second periods.

Is Thursday's Game 4 the most important game the Wild franchise has played since Jacques Lemaire left town?

'GREATEST' HITS MATT COOKE'S DISCIPLINARY HISTORY WITH THE NHL:

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- All those eye-popping statistical trends for Kyle Gibson came crashing down in the space of four shaky innings Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.

David Price was devastating his first time through the Twins’ batting order, striking out six batters - two each inning.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Twins minor-league outfielder Byron Buxton, out since March 16 with a sprained left wrist, could see action in his first extended spring training game by Thursday. Buxton, the top-ranked prospect in the minors, hit in the cages at Read more..

In the NHL playoffs, it's not a series until there's somebody to hate.

Former Gophers hockey player Gary Shopek, who ranks high in many team records, passed away Sunday after a battle with metastatic esophageal cancer. He was 51.