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Progress needs to be made, expectations need to be set higher, and players and coaches need to step up to their potential. It needs to get better—it just does. And quite frankly, it can’t get too much worse. Under Ben Johnson at the helm, the Gophers have gone 22-39 overall and 6-33 in the Big…

A farmer succeeding in Minnesota; no surprises there. Kyle Farmer, the newly acquired Twins utility man, has already factored into the team’s early season success. It also doesn’t hurt to win a new fanbase over by hitting a walk-off single up the middle in the home opener—Farmer did just that in a 3-2 win over…

The fifth UFC PPV event of the 2023 calendar year will be coming to Miami this Saturday, April 8th. The “Magic City” hasn’t seen a UFC fight in nearly 20 years since UFC 42, and they will surely not be disappointed with this return card. A headlined fight that has been one of the most…

The 82-game regular-season stretch is winding down to the final week. With Minnesota Wild locked into yet another playoff berth, let’s look at some possible first-round matchups and how we might see each one play out. The race for seeding and final wild-card spots is tight in the West and it’s looking like it will…

With each new year comes new faces and new expectations. Both internally and externally. And after a lackluster, injury-plagued 2022 season, the Twins will have heightened pressure to perform better for not only themselves and management, but from a relentless fan base as well. In the current state of the AL Central division, there is…

The rubber match between Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards and former Champion Kamaru Usman unfolded in London this past Saturday. The leadup to fight night was as expected between two fighters with some bad blood still spilling over as “Headshot Dead” chants poured through the crowd during weigh-ins. Ultimately, after five weird (but competitive) rounds, Edwards…