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Brooklyn visits Minnesota following Edwards' 44-point performance

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April 11, 2025

Brooklyn visits Minnesota following Edwards' 44-point performance

Brooklyn Nets (26-54, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (47-33, eighth in the Western Conference)

Minneapolis; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -18.5; over/under is 217

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota plays the Brooklyn Nets after Anthony Edwards scored 44 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 141-125 win against the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Timberwolves have gone 23-16 at home. Minnesota is 23-11 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 13.8 turnovers per game.

The Nets have gone 14-26 away from home. Brooklyn has a 13-34 record against opponents over .500.

The Timberwolves average 15.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 12.9 per game the Nets give up. The Nets’ 43.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.4 percentage points lower than the Timberwolves have allowed to their opponents (46.1%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Edwards is averaging 27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists for the Timberwolves. Julius Randle is averaging 18.9 points over the last 10 games.

Nic Claxton is averaging 10.3 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Nets. Trendon Watford is averaging 12.0 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Timberwolves: 7-3, averaging 120.2 points, 45.0 rebounds, 28.0 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.7 points per game.

Nets: 3-7, averaging 104.5 points, 42.1 rebounds, 26.6 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.9 points.

INJURIES: Timberwolves: None listed.

Nets: Noah Clowney: out for season (ankle), De’Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Day’Ron Sharpe: day to day (knee), Cam Thomas: out for season (hamstring), D’Angelo Russell: day to day (ankle), Cameron Johnson: day to day (back).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

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April 11, 2026

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

The new fish consumption guidelines include warnings about eating too much fish caught in northeastern Minnesota lakes and rivers, where fish tend to have higher mercury levels. And the state warns against consuming fish from the Vermillion River, south of the Twin Cities, because of PFAS contamination.

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

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April 10, 2026

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward Max Plante is the winner of the 2026 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in men’s college hockey.

He edged fellow finalists, T.J. Hughes, a senior forward from Michigan, and Eric Pohlkamp, a junior defenseman from the University of Denver.

Plante scored 25 goals and had 52 points in 40 games in his second season with the Bulldogs. The 2024 second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings finished third in NCAA Division I scoring behind Quinnipiac’s Ethan Wyttenbach (59) and Hughes (57).

He’s the first Minnesota Duluth player to win the award since Scott Perunovich in 2020 and the seventh overall.

Plante’s father, former NHL player Derek Plante, also played for Minnesota Duluth and was a Hobey Baker top 10 finalist in 1993.

Michigan State’s Trey Augustine was named the top goaltender in the Friday, April 10 ceremony. He went 24-9-1 for the Spartans with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

Wyttenbach was named college hockey’s rookie of the year.

Recent Hobey Baker Award winners

2026: F Max Plante, Minnesota Duluth
2025: F Isaac Howard, Michigan State
2024: F Macklin Celebrini, Boston University
2023: F Adam Fantilli, Michigan
2022: G Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
2021: F Cole Caufield, Wisconsin
2020: D Scott Perunovich, Minnesota Duluth
2019: D Cale Makar, UMass
2018: F Adam Gaudette, Northeastern
2017: D Will Butcher, Denver
2016: F Jimmy Vesey, Harvard

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

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April 10, 2026

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

(St. Paul, MN) — State health officials are keeping an eye on a highly mutated new COVID variant called B-A 3-dot-2, or “cicada.” Minnesota Department of Health Epidemiologist Keeley Morris says, “With that many mutations it’s likely going to be pretty good at evading any immunity that people have from being vaccinated or also from prior COVID-19 infections.” She says the good news is that B-A 3-dot-2 doesn’t seem to be causing more severe illness. The C-D-C says the “cicada” variant has been detected in at least 25 states. Morris says Minnesota has detected three cases of either B-A 3-dot-2 or some of its descendants, and we also had one site that had a positive wastewater detection.

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