FIRST THOUGHT: No, I don’t think the most Minnesota thing ever is the latest elimination-game losses for our local pro teams. For me, it’s the story of a self-made sports media figure who walked away from a national publication to strike out locally on his own. Why did he do it? The answer is as Minnesotan as Marge Gunderson, who also makes an appearance in this week’s Sports Take. We’ll get to them and a whole lot more. Let’s roll. — Howard Sinker
NEWEST SCAR TO PICK AT: The Wild were the team that couldn’t get beyond the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Now they’ll be known as the team that backed down, blew a big lead and blew themselves out of the playoffs. It joins the family of local sports scars that includes the Wolves habitual immaturity; the Vikings and their postseason meltdowns (the grandparent of scars), and the Twins with their long-term acceptance of being just good enough at their absolute best.
SPLAT I: Maybe someone can explain to me how the Wild could take a 3-0 lead after the first period and then get only seven more shots on goal for the rest of Wednesday night’s 4-3 elimination loss to Colorado. The Wild led 3-1 until the Avalanche scored with 3:33 to play and were eliminated 3:52 into overtime. That’s a three-goal, passive-unaggressive, season-ending swing in less than 7 1/2 minutes. That’s also an average of more than six minutes between shots over the final 43+ minutes.
SPLAT II: Maybe someone can explain to me how the Wolves could rally from a 18-point deficit late in the second quarter of Tuesday’s Game 5 to tie the game a few minutes into the third — and then fall apart to lose by 29. That’s a deep hole to dig out of only to fall into an even deeper one.
CHOKE IS A CHOKE IS A CHOKE: Via Chip Scoggins at Star Tribune. How do you explain to your casual Wild-following friends — as Scoggins puts it — “the degree to which they gagged on an opportunity to do something special”? This is his pretty good cheat sheet. VERBATIM: “This one will haunt. It will leave the Wild filled with regret. Not just the collapse, but also their lackluster effort in Game 4 with a chance to tie the series two nights earlier. The Avs clearly are a superior team, but nowhere is it written in stone that a team can’t pull an upset, or put an opponent away after taking the fight to them in building a three-goal lead. The hill still would have been steep had they won, but at least the Wild could have created some doubt.”
WHAT NOW? Scoggins has so many questions. Is John Hynes the right coach to get the Wild to where GM Bill Guerin thinks they should be? Will superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes want to stay and how will the Wild juggle their financials to make it possible? Who should be the No. 1 goalie? How do you get consistent excellence from Kirill Kaprizov when it’s needed? The Wild has an offseason of drama ahead. VERBATIM: “Criticism over a coach’s line combinations is hockey tradition, but Hynes made a strategic mistake by switching goalies after Jesper Wallstedt had one bad outing in Game 1 of this series when he wasn’t even the biggest problem. The Wild’s approach after the first period on Wednesday also deserves critical review. The next (and most important) business is to sign Hughes to a long-term extension. . . . Any blueprint that does not include Hughes is not a plan worth calculating. The Hughes-Brock Faber pairing should be set for the next five to seven seasons.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/wild0514
NEXT FEW DAYS
TODAY: Battle of the guards. Olivia Miles vs. Paige Bueckers, also known as Lynx vs. Dallas. 7 p.m. Prime. NFL schedule release at 7 p.m. on NFL Network and ESPN. MY TAKE: The choice between watching a rightfully hyped game and watching sports schedules being revealed is an easy one. It’s like the difference between active verbs and passive ones.
FRIDAY: Elimination game. Wolves vs. Spurs, Game 6. 8:30 p.m. Prime. Twins vs. Brewers, opener of a three-game Border Battle. Game moved up to 6 p.m., Twins.TV.
SATURDAY: Go outside. Go to a high school baseball game or girls’ lacrosse match. Twins-Brewers have the home schedule to themselves, 6 p.m. Twins.TV. Loons at New England, 6:30 p.m. Apple TV.
SUNDAY: Could have a Game 7 with the Wolves on the road. Also, Twins-Brewers at Target Field, 1 p.m. Twins.TV and Lynx-Chicago at Target Center, 6 p.m., Victory+
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND: The Gophers should be in the Big Ten baseball tournament unless they have a weekend of collapse and bad luck (more on that below), Minnesota Aurora starts its USL-W season next Thursday, Canterbury Park opens a week from Saturday and some of you are training for the Fargo Marathon on May 30 and the 50th annual Grandma’s Marathon on June 20. BREAK TIME: I’m getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend. Sports Take will be back two weeks from today.
THAT VIKINGS SCHEDULE RELEASE: Via Star Tribune. As of mid-morning, we knew that the Vikings are playing the 49ers in Mexico City on the Sunday before Thanksgiving and that they’ll play in Chicago on the second week of the season and at home against the Bears on the final weekend. Other dates will leak out during the day, and you can track them on the Strib’s Live Blog. GEEKY TAKE: The Strib has hit a solid rhythm with its live blogging during big games and events, and they’re a valuable companion for what you’re following. They’re easy to do, but not easy to do well. LIVE BLOG: https://fluence-media.co/liveblog0514
BIG MAN FAILURES: Via Britt Robson at MinnPost. Peel away the maturity problems that the Wolves have exhibited all season and the Game 5 collapse can be pinned to a great extent on the lacking play of Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert. On a night when Anthony Edwards didn’t sparkle, neither of their other big-money players stepped up to help. VERBATIM: “The minimal impact Gobert had on this game was sobering. His skills are pretty much limited to his height and his heart, the latter of which should never be underestimated. He is a phenomenally dedicated player whose defense on multiple MVP Nikola Jokic against Denver is the primary reason the Wolves are in the second round. But he is exposed when he and his teammates don’t adhere to the game plan – when his teammates make game-plan mistakes, Rudy’s desire to cover for them either dramatically helps, or, more often, exacerbates the issue. Then there is Randle, whose miserable series extended to a fourth straight game after his solid performance in Game One. In those four games, three of them Wolves losses, he is shooting 35.3% from the field and 15.4% (2-for-13) from three-point range. He has six assists and 13 turnovers.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/bigs0514
WHAT NOW? The Wolves won Game 1 when Spurs gigantic superstar Victor Wembanyama was off his game and Game 4 when he was ejected. Still, both were close calls decided in the final minute. The Spurs have won two games in blowouts and their other by seven points. Foul trouble has hindered Randle and Jaden McDaniels, which keeps coach Chris Finch from using some of the defensive sets that could slow down 7-foot-4 Wemby. The Wolves’ immaturity has shown up all season in their inability to stick with game plans. Against the Spurs, it’s surfaced as an offense that looks improvised, especially compared to the smooth-running Spurs. Or, as NBC commentator Reggie Miller put it during the second quarter of Game 5, “What kind of offense is Minnesota running here? Just jacking up threes.” With the media, Finch has taken an “it’s on me” approach. In reality, it’s on the players to do what the coaches want.
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GLEEMAN GOES SOLO: Aaron Gleeman couldn’t get on the staff at the Minnesota Daily when he was in college, started blogging about baseball 24 years ago, co-founded a podcast, kept growing his brand and became one of two reporters covering the Twins for The Athletic. Last month, The Athletic asked him to step away from the Twins to focus on national baseball news. Gleeman answered by stepping away from The Athletic to restart his personal website: aarongleeman.com. VERBATIM: “Covering the Twins for The Athletic was my dream job, in many ways. But what I learned is that the ‘covering the Twins’ part is what made that true. And any job that wants to pull me away from covering the Twins, and scale back their overall coverage of the team, ceases being my dream job.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/whyileft0514
WHY? Via Michael Grant at Awful Announcing. This is what qualifies Gleeman’s departure as the Most Minnesota Thing Ever. Most writers aspire to move from a local focus to a national platform. Metro daily newspapers used to have “national beat writers” and many of the people you see on network TV (Ken Rosenthal, Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian, to name three) went from writing locally to talking nationally. Gleeman said he’s wired differently. VERBATIM: “I was born and raised in Minnesota. I don’t plan to ever leave. I’m a lifelong Minnesotan. I grew up a Twins fan. I wrote about them for many years, when no one paid me or read my work. So the opportunity to cover them as a more traditional beat writer for The Athletic was really fun for me. It’s just what I love to do. I think it’s what I’m best at. It’s what I’m most passionate about.” Q&A: https://fluence-media.co/gleeman0514
BIG PICTURE: Via Cody Christie at Twins Daily. VERBATIM: “His decision says a lot about the current state of sports media. For years, national outlets viewed local team coverage as a major growth area. Hiring respected beat writers created loyal audiences and helped establish credibility in regional markets. But the economics have shifted. Large companies increasingly want scale, national conversations, and content that can appeal to the widest possible audience. The Twins still matter deeply to Minnesota fans, but local coverage no longer fits as neatly into the business model many national companies are chasing.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/local0514
MY QUESTION: I asked Gleeman in an email what he learned from his time at The Athletic and how that will influence his future writing. Gleeman replied by noting that The Athletic was his first shot at daily access to the Twins. VERBATIM: “I felt I could use (access) to supplement my writing in a way that added to it without needing to be the focus. I’m not a traditional beat writer, so the day-to-day quotes about lineup decisions, injury updates, and other minutiae was never my focus. But being able to ask specific questions to the people directly involved often made a good column or feature article into a very good one. Or at least that was my hope. I’m fortunate that I’ll continue to have that same access as an independent writer, and my goal is to combine my previous years of blogging experience with my recent years of reporting experience to find an ideal middle ground.”
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ONE MORE MOVE: The Strib has hired Natalie Pierre as its new sports editor. Pierre comes to Minnesota from the Louisville Courier Journal, where she was sports editor for four years. She is also the founder of The Mental Game, a nonprofit that focuses on mental health issues in athletics. MORE: https://fluence-media.co/pierre0514
TWINS HAVE SEEN ENOUGH: There’s a baseball axiom that teams wait until they’re about 40 games into the season before making major moves. What’s just a slow start and what’s a chronic condition? The Twins have seen enough of Matt Wallner for now, with a recent playing time decrease capped for now by a demotion to St. Paul announced this morning. Wallner was batting .167 and 53 strikeouts and four home runs in his first 120 at-bats this season. That’s a “strikeout average” of .442. Recently, he’s been even worse, carrying a .105 batting average and .447 strikeout average (4 for 38 and 17 for 38) in his last 11 games. MATT’S STATS: https://fluence-media.co/wallner0514
BONUS: Gleeman on Wallner’s exile.
STUNNINGLY BAD SIMEON: Via Bobby Nightengale at Star Tribune. It has been painful to watch Simeon Woods Richardson pitch for the Twins, with his latest lousy performance coming in Wednesday’s 9-5 loss to Miami. Woods Richardson faced 19 batters before being mercifully removed in the fourth inning. Seven got hits, four drew walks, eight scored runs. His record dropped to 0-6 and he could find himself out of the rotation, a hard-to-fathom plummet under current circumstances. The Twins are limited in what they can do with Woods Richardson because he’s out of options and can’t be sent to the minors without giving other teams a chance to claim him on waivers. VERBATIM: “Woods Richardson owns a 7.71 ERA through nine starts, the fourth-highest mark among all MLB starters who have thrown at least 20 innings. He has a tenuous spot in the Twins rotation, which is already down two pitchers with Mick Abel (elbow inflammation) and Taj Bradley (chest) on the 15-day injured list. Beginning with a start in Toronto, when Woods Richardson pitched while sick, he has allowed 48 hits and 33 earned runs over his last 30⅓ innings. That’s unsustainable.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/simeon0514
SMOKING HOT BUXTON: Via The Athletic. In their weekly power rankings, released before Byron Buxton smashed two more home runs Wednesday, the Twins ranked tied for 21st. But Buxton got this salute. VERBATIM: “On Saturday in Cleveland, Buxton started the game with a solo homer off Tanner Bibee. In the 11th inning, he delivered a go-ahead RBI double. The Twins didn’t record a single hit in between, but they won anyway, thanks to their dynamic center fielder. The night before, he had three hits, including another homer and a double. He collected a hit, a walk and a stolen base on Sunday. As he navigates his way through his 12th big-league season, he’s still leaving his fingerprints all over the box score. He ranks among the league leaders in homers. He boasts an (.899) OPS. He’s on pace for a career-best WAR total. He’s doing everything he can to keep the Twins relevant in an uninspiring AL Central.” RANKINGS: https://fluence-media.co/buxton0514. BUXTON STATS: https://fluence-media.co/buckstats0514
FROST LOSE, FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Via La Velle E. Neal III at Star Tribune. Montreal eliminated the Frost 2-1 in Tuesday’s Game 5 of the PWHL semifinals by shutting down the Minnesota offense after Game 1 — holding it to five goals in the next four games — while taking advantage of the Frost’s subpar penalty killing, which was the worst in the PWHL. The series winner came on a power-play goal by Canadian Olympic standout Marie Philip-Poulin early in the third period. Next up for Minnesota will be a roster dispersal as the league adds four teams (Detroit, Las Vegas, Hamilton, Ontario, and one still to be named for the 2026-27 season.) VERBATIM: Expansion will affect this group, which includes the scoring champ Kelly Pannek, the physical Britta Curl-Salemme, the playmaking Taylor Heise, the speedy Kendall Coyne Schofield, the reliable Grace Zumwinkle, the defensive savant Lee Stecklein and the effective net tandem of Maddie Rooney and Nicole Hensley. . . . Their brand of hockey was not good enough to reach a third consecutive Walter Cup Finals. And their brand of hockey might not be able to make it to next season.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/frost0514
EXPANSION DRAFT KILLED: Via John Wawrow at Associated Press. The PWHL won’t supply the four new teams via an expansion draft, instead opting for a process that allows existing teams to protect a few players and then lets the new teams submit a list of 20 players they want to sign. Details were obtained in a memo sent out by the PWHL players’ union. SHORT VERSION: After existing teams protect three players by May 28, expansion teams can reach out to the rest of the players and sign up to five. One player on each new team will get a “franchise offer” of at least $100,000 per season — with the player deciding the length of the deal, from one to four years. Then existing teams can protect three more players before expansion teams can increase their rosters to 10 heading into the June 17 draft. An open signing period will follow. VERBATIM: “There’s two priorities that we’re trying to match, which are competitive balance within the league, and player experience and ensuring they are happy with the process,” PWHL executive vice president Jayna Hefford said. MORE: https://fluence-media.co/pwhl0514
MILES WAS RIGHT CHOICE: It’s taken two games for the Lynx to show they made the right move by taking Olivia Miles with the No. 2 overall draft pick. She’s made a few youth-tinged mistakes in her first two games. But she brings skills and fire — and is surrounded by a better roster (even with Napheesa Collier and Dorka Juhasz out with injuries) than I expected. Nia Coffey is a grinder whose play is infused with her father’s work ethic. Richard Coffey was a forward for the Gophers in the late 1980s and was a reserve for one season with the Wolves. European players are typically wild cards, but Reeve has added two — Emma Cechova and Antonia Delaere — who are part of the current rotation. Natasha Howard has been hanging in as an undersized post player — 10 points and eight rebounds per game so far — even if she’s shooting 20% (2 for 10) on free throws so far. EARLY TAKES: Fun team, will get better, a force when and if full health is reached. Miles may be the point guard, but Courtney Williams is still boss of the backcourt.
WHAT ABOUT BETTS? The popular choice — including mine —for the Lynx pick was Lauren Betts, the 6-foot-7 center who led UCLA to the national title. Washington took her fourth overall and she’s averaging 3.5 points, 3 rebounds and 15 minutes coming off the bench in her first two games. I was wrong.
REUNION GAME: Tonight’s Lynx-Wings game brings Miles back to Dallas-Fort Worth, where she played her graduate-year season at TCU after transferring from Notre Dame. In addition to Hopkins High star Bueckers, Minnesota will face three ex-Lynx who’ve started the first two Dallas games: Alanna Smith, Jessica Shepard and Odyssey Sims. The first two left via free agency after the new collective bargaining agreement was reached. Shepard leads the team in rebounds and assists and has scored 25 points so far. Smith has struggled, including scoring only eight points on 21% shooting. The Wings are 1-1, beating Indiana 107-104 in their opener and losing 77-72 at Atlanta.
IF YOU MISSED IT: Via Cassidy Hettesheimer at Star Tribune. This story is a good one for getting up to speed on the new Lynx players and returning ones who are getting more court time than before. STORY: https://fluence-media.co/lynx0514
JAMES EXITS WITH LOSS: Via Andy Greder at Pioneer Press. Minnesota United sent Colombian star James Rodriguez off with a 1-0 loss to Colorado on Wednesday, capping his bizarre half-season stint with the Loons. The club had an option on James for the second half of the season, but won’t exercise it and will pay out only half of the $684,000 contract he signed in February. VERBATIM: “He exited in the 63rd minute, capping his MLS stint with no goals and two assists in 195 minutes across six appearances and two starts. He missed a total of seven games for a variety of reasons and was an unused sub two other times.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/james0514
ME$$I AND THE LOON$: Via The Athletic. A salary dump released by the MLS Players Association this week has a trove of interesting data. MY FAVORITE: Inter Miami is paying superstar Lionel Messi $28.3 million this season. The Loons are paying their entire roster $15.6 million. Also, star goalkeeper Dayne St. Claire signed for $809,000 when he left the Loons for Miami. MORE: https://fluence-media.co/mls0514
COLLEGE STUFF
WOULD RULE CHANGE HURT COLLEGE HOCKEY? Via Olivia Hicks at Strib Varsity. The NCAA is pondering a rule change to limit athletes to competing in five seasons within a five-year period in Division I athletics after they turn 19 or graduate from high school, whichever comes first. That idea isn’t sitting well with high school hockey coaches, whose players typically play junior hockey before starting their college careers. Among their fears is that players would leave high school early for junior hockey and that one year of juniors isn’t adequate preparation for college in many cases. Moorhead coach Jon Ammerman voiced his concerns. VERBATIM: “It is a rule written for other sports. With our sport being a regional niche sport, my guess is the NCAA doesn’t really care, to be honest. A kid in Minnesota, his ultimate goal is to play D-I hockey, and those are going to be the people that dictate what that path looks like.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/eligible0514
‘FIVE-IN-FIVE’ RULE EXPLAINED: Via Marcus Fuller at Strib Varsity. VERBATIM: “NCAA leadership will meet on May 22 to further discuss the rule, which reportedly could include voting on the proposal. NCAA President Charlie Baker seemed optimistic on the process, telling ESPN that ‘their direction to the D-I cabinet is full speed ahead on figuring this out.’ The actual implementation of the new rule is proposed to start Aug. 1 entering the 2026-27 school year.” FULL REPORT: https://fluence-media.co/rule0514
U’S TOURNAMENT RETURN: The Gophers end their Big Ten baseball regular season with an excellent chance to make the conference tournament for the first time since 2019. The top 12 teams make the tournament and Minnesota is currently tied for 10th at 11-16 with Rutgers and Washington. Penn State is 8-19 and Michigan State has finished its season at 11-19. The Gophers host second-place Nebraska at 2 p.m. today, 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. One win gets them into the tournament, which begins Tuesday in Omaha. A sweep by Nebraska, ranked No. 24 in the nation, sets up an assortment of tie-breaker possibilities pending the outcome of other series. Games are on BIG on Friday/Saturday and BIG+ on Sunday. A revised tournament set up has three days of double-elimination play among the fifth through 12th place teams to reach an eight-team single-elimination bracket from Friday through Sunday. STANDINGS | TOURNAMENT | TICKETS
MORE COLLEGE BASEBALL: Minnesota State finished second in the Northern Sun Conference at 29-7 and second in its conference tournament to make the NCAA Division II regionals, starting tonight vs. Central Missouri at 6 p.m. in a four-team double-elimination regional. Games will run through Saturday or Sunday. In Division III, Macalester and Bethany Lutheran qualified and will play in Whitewater, Wis. On Friday, Macalester (29-15) plays defending national champion UW-Whitewater at 11 a.m. and Bethany (31-6) plays Luther at 2:30 p.m. to open their double-elimination bracket. Games will be streamed for free on NCAA.com. Winners in both divisions will advance to a best-of-three playoffs for the eight s[pots at nationals. D-II BRACKET | D-III BRACKET | LIVESTREAMS
VERY HONORABLE MENTION: St. Mary’s led Bethel 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning when Ben Trucke rounded the bases after clearing the left-field wall with a runner on base. But the umpires met and changed the call, turning a game-tying homer into a foul ball. On the next pitch, Trucke bashed another pitch over the wall — this time to center field so there was no doubt. But St. Mary’s ended up winning 8-6 in 11 innings, the first of two losses that knocked regular-season champ Bethel out of the tournament — and a likely postseason berth.
5 ADVANCE IN D-II, D-III SOFTBALL: Saint Mary’s, St. Benedict and Bethany Lutheran all have spots in the D-III softball tournament, with St. Mary’s hosting a regional in Winona and the other two going on the road. In D-II, St. Cloud State and Winona State qualified. All five have games today in their double-elimination regionals. BRACKET/SCHEDULE: D-II | D-III | LIVESTREAMS
EX-STUDENT’S BEHAVIOR CAUSED RESIGNATION: Via Lakeland PBS. After the news that football coach Bryan Stoffel and Special Olympics coach Jackie Stoffel had resigned from those roles at Bemidji High School because of “ongoing personal attacks” and “a lack of support” (Bryan Stoffel’s words), some reports assumed that parents were responsible. But the school district issued a statement saying that wasn’t the case. VERBATIM: “The personal attacks that have been referenced are from a former student. This individual does not presently have any connection to Bemidji Area Schools. The district has worked with our legal counsel to provide guidance and support for the Stoffels as they respond to this situation.”
U COLLECTING SPUDS: Via Randy Johnson at Star Tribune. I’m trying to set a high bar for writing about college “commitments” from high school athletes. But the Gophers adding their fourth football player from Moorhead to their 2027 recruiting class is worth noting. Cornerback Zak Walker announced this week he’s joining quarterback Jett Feeney, running back Taye Reich and wide receiver David Mack. Moorhead reached the Class 6A title game at last season’s prep Bowl, losing 42-35 to Edina. There are 11 players committed for 2027 who aren’t from Moorhead. VERBATIM: “Walker made his second unofficial visit to Minnesota on Tuesday and gave his commitment Wednesday morning. His other scholarship offers were from FBS newcomer North Dakota State and FCS contenders South Dakota State, South Dakota and North Dakota.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/spuds0514
ADRIAN PETERSON JR. GETS MINNESOTA OFFER: Via Will Ragatz at SI.com. The offers are coming in for the youngster, who is about to finish eighth grade at Billy Baines Middle School 20 miles outside of Houston. VERBATIM: “Adrian Peterson Jr., the son of former Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson, has received several offers from major college football programs, including the University of Minnesota. . . . Currently listed at 6'1" and 175 pounds, Peterson Jr. plays wide receiver, running back, and defensive back. He also plays baseball and runs track, according to his X/Twitter bio. He announced an offer from the Gophers on Friday and has previously announced offers from Miami, Baylor, UTSA, and Missouri State.” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/peterson0514
AND FINALLY: Via Eric Peterson at Fargo Forum. The Fargo RedHawks independent minor league baseball team is turning 30 this year. The Coen Brothers cult movie Fargo is turning 30, too. What better way to acknowledge the anniversaries than the RedHawks taking the field as the Fargo Woodchippers for five games this summer? What better way to sell merch, too? It doesn’t really matter that most of the movie centered in and around Brainerd. VERBATIM: “The cult classic was released a few months before manager Chris Coste, one of the original RedHawks, and F-M played its first game in early June as a member of the defunct Northern League. ‘Even in 1996, when players started arriving to town, their only knowledge of Fargo for a lot of these guys was the movie,’ said Coste.’ ” MORE: https://fluence-media.co/fargo0514
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