Forecheck patterns? Hey, loopty-loops would work. When a goalie slams the door the way Backstrom did Sunday, he makes it impossible to lose, even against the Stanley Cup champs. Nik Backstrom says being a goaltender is one of the few jobs in the world...

"Paul Ray Powell!" Mee recalled during one of our many spring training conversations over the years. "I thought he was going to be a heck of a heck of player - a Mickey Mantle type! He fizzled." Powell hit .161 in 31 career at-bats for the Twins. ...

Gee, that third period was great fun! "It's not fun when you lose," Devin Setoguchi corrected. "So it wasn't fun." (Pssssst! But, you know, it really was a blast.) "Unfortunately," we didn't get the two points," Wild coach Mike Yeo said after the 4-3...

Most coaches pack sunglasses and plenty of lotion before heading to spring training. Joe Vavra, on the other hand, needs a flashlight and miner's hat. "That's about right," said Vavra, the Twins hitting coach. "I have to take that vitamin. What's that...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is interviewed in his fifth floor City Hall offices on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel insists that he doesn’t have an inner circle. He actually has a bunch of them. “I work the phones hard. I call a lot of...

Matt Capps. Anderson then mentioned about 10 other guys who could earn a job. We'll see. The bullpen still hasn't recovered from the loss of Matt Guerrier and Jesse Crain two years ago. who were on the shelf with lesser injuries than Capps' bad forearm.