Author: Jon Krawczynski
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AP Source: Nuggets hire Calvin Booth as assistant GM
MINNEAPOLIS — The Denver Nuggets have hired former Minnesota Timberwolves front office executive Calvin Booth as an assistant GM, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Booth spent the previous four seasons in the Timberwolves front office, serving as director of pro personnel last season. The person spoke on…
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Nuggets agree to 3-year, $90 million deal with Paul Millsap
The Denver Nuggets have been chasing starry veterans for several years, determined to add experience and firepower to a promising young core. They finally landed a big one Sunday, agreeing to terms with four-time All-Star Paul Millsap on a three-year deal worth $90 million, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.…
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Rockies-Twins game postponed by stormy weather
MINNEAPOLIS — The game between the Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to stormy weather. Dark clouds rolled in right around the scheduled first pitch and heavy rains, wind and lightning pelted Target Field for the next hour before officials called the game. It will be made up…
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Cowboys hold on against Vikings for 11th straight win; late non-call disputed
MINNEAPOLIS — Dez Bryant sashayed through the Dallas locker room with an unmistakable swagger and had nothing but good things to say about his adversary this time around. It was a stark change from a week ago, when he sparred with Washington cornerback Josh Norman on Thanksgiving. The trash talking Dez and the polite Dez…
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Nuggets hold on for win over Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS — Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points and Jusuf Nurkic added 18 to help the Denver Nuggets outlast the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 102-99 victory on Thursday night. Wilson Chandler added 19 points to lead an impressive performance by Denver’s second unit to erase a 15-point second-quarter deficit. The Nuggets outscored Minnesota 45-23 off the…
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Foye leads surging Nuggets over Timberwolves
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MINNEAPOLIS — Randy Foye scored 19 points, and the Denver Nuggets picked up their sixth win in seven games with a 112-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Kenneth Faried added 19 points…
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Vikings’ RB Adrian Peterson ‘sorry’ for hurting child
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Star running back Adrian Peterson returned to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, insisting he is not a child abuser and wanting “everyone to understand how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my child” after he was charged with a felony in Texas for using a wooden switch…
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Pro sports becoming more open to paternity leave
Tony Perez was on the road with the Cincinnati Reds in 1966 when he got the call that his first child was on the way. There was no discussion about leaving the team to attend Victor’s birth, with no such thing as paternity leave. “They didn’t give you any time off when I was playing,”…
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Ex-Minnesota Vikings punter: Coach made anti-gay remarks
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota punter Chris Kluwe says his special teams coordinator made anti-gay comments while Kluwe was with the Vikings, an allegation the coach “vehemently denies.” In an article posted Thursday on the website Deadspin, Kluwe wrote that coach Mike Priefer made several anti-gay comments in objection to Kluwe’s outspoken support of a gay…
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Big teams, big names like Jimenez coming up at trade deadline
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is fast approaching, and plenty of big names already are on the move. Carlos Beltran is headed to San Francisco, bolstering the reigning world champions for another run at the title and Colby Rasmus is out of Tony La Russa’s dog house in St. Louis and on his way…