Recent content from Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Success on court helped Timberwolves do strong business
CEO Ethan Casson was prepared for the Wolves finally roaring through an impressive regular season.
Reusse: Taylor's story. 'I just bought the Minnesota Timberwolves.'
Thirty years ago, Glen Taylor went from frustrated mediator to NBA owner with a phone call, some writing on the back of an envelope and a handshake in a conference room full of lawyers and accountants.
Reusse: Back from injury, Towns doesn't have to carry load
It is now nine years since Flip Saunders selected Karl-Anthony Towns, and the Wolves are finally enjoying a season comparable to the excellence of 2003-04.
Reusse: Payroll-cutting Twins no match for big-spending Dodgers
Unstoppable forces met Tuesday at Target Field, those being Tyler Glasnow's pitching prowess and the Twins' spectacular ability to strike out.
Reusse: 'The Tonk' crisscrossed globe before returning to Twins
Quirky reliever Michael "The Tonk" Tonkin has played in Japan, Mexico, even Lew Ford's Long Island Ducks before being reacquired on Tuesday.
Reusse: Correa follows Twins lineage as team's next great, and greatest, shortstop
Shortstop Carlos Correa "is the complete package," said former Twins shortstop Roy Smalley. Starting Season 3 in Minnesota, he will be the Twins' best-ever shortstop.
Reusse's impressions from the home opener. (He's not a happy columnist.)
The Twins opened their 15th season in Target Field on Thursday, and 24 hours later, witnesses can state the most positive element of the experience was the weather: 48 degrees and sunny
Reusse: Another N.C. State team a big part of college ball's golden age
Men's college basketball was in a golden age in the 1980s, and Jim Valvano's Wolfpack helped make it so with a run of upsets that led them to the NCAA title. Is there another such run coming?
Reusse: Hynes, Wild go out gambling by pulling goalie in OT
In the spirit of Minnesota's sporting past, coach John Hynes took a courageous gamble and lost, costing the Wild against Vegas.
Reusse: '89 Gophers came close to a title. Now some of their sons have their chance.
Dave Snuggerud, Lance Pitlick and their 1989 Gophers teammates are waiting to see if Jimmy Snuggerud, Rhett Pitlick and others can finish on top.