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The Sports Xchange Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman announced Monday that he is retiring. Adelman was 97-133 in his three seasons...

MINNEAPOLIS — Welcome back, Flip. The Minnesota Timberwolves hired Flip Saunders as the team's new president of basketball operations on Friday, bringing him back eight years after he was fired as the head coach. Saunders replaces David Kahn, who was fired on Thursday after...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Goodbye, David Kahn. Hello, Flip Saunders. Again. The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday that owner Glen Taylor will not to pick up the option for next season on Kahn's contract. Three people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated...

MINNEAPOLIS — David Kahn is out as president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Flip Saunders is coming in. The...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Chase Budinger will miss the next three to four months while recovering from surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery Tuesday, three days after Budinger was injured in a...

By Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK -- Rookie guard Alexey Shved and Chase Budinger led a furious rally from 22 points down, and the Minnesota Timberwolves came back to stun the Brooklyn Nets 107-96 on Monday night. Shved made the go-ahead basket with 2:35 remaining...

By Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK -- The NBA issued flopping warnings to Minnesota's JJ Barea and Cleveland's Donald Sloan on...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points in his return after missing one game with a sore left elbow, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 119-106 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. Nicolas Batum added 24 points for Portland, which is 5-5...

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS -- As Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin have risen to prominence in the NFL and NBA, the touchstones of professional sports and religion have converged perhaps as never before. Tebow, the New York Jets quarterback known for doing missionary...

By Jon Krawczynski AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS -- Danny Granger scored 29 of his 36 points in the second half to help the Indiana Pacers blow by the Minnesota Timberwolves, 109-99, on Wednesday night. Granger also grabbed seven rebounds and hit 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and Darren...

By Jon Krawczynski AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin McHale's first night back at Target Center since his firing in 2009 started with quite...