#-1: Lynx (New Season!!). Oftentimes over the past 15 Years or so, it has been the Lynx that has redeemed local sports. And, although it's an extremely small sample size, they appear to be in the same form they were when they reached the WNBA Finals (and got fucked by everybody just so The New York Liberty could win their first title in franchise history), starting the season 2-0 with easy victories over The Bastard Detroit Shock (and hometown legend Paige Bueckers) in Dallas and at Los Angeles. And they're doing it with Kayla McBride coming in late and Dorka Juhasz sitting out the season after playing internationally.
Bueckers comes home tonight/Wednesday night as the Wings are the opponent for the Lynx's home opener. It's the start of a three-Game homestand that comprises the whole screening Week; Connecticut plays here Friday, Seattle Tuesday.
That hot streak has paid some dividends, even though it wasn't the cure-all we all want it to be. As of press time, believe it or not, if the season ended today, they would not only be in the playoffs, but host the Wild Card Series versus Cleveland. But while they have vaulted from fourth place in the A. L. Central to second, they are five Games behind Detroit, who has The Best Record In The Majors. I wonder if the Division is already lost.
They already should have started a three-Game series at home against the Guardians, but it's been raining steadily, and then biblically, Monday and last/Tuesday night. They got through one, maybe two Innings on Monday, and they haven't been on the field since. We are supposed to have scattered showers today/Wednesday, but Cleveland only has to travel to Detroit for their next series, so it's possible they can squeeze in two Games. The Twins' next series is against Kansas City, and they'll be here over the weekend. After that, they will travel to the Yankees' minor league complex and play "at" The Tampa Bay Rays for a three-Game set beginning Monday.
#-3: United FC (Last Week: 0). Major League Soccer, if I am correct, hadn't had midweek Games since the start of the season until this screening Week. Last Wednesday was the Loons' first midweek Match since they started the season at The Los Angeles Galaxy. They lost that Game ... and they lost Wednesday's Match, at Houston, 2-0. Eric Ramsay decided to heavily rotate for this tilt vs. the Dynamo; I saw only two guys, Will Trapp and Jefferson Diaz, who I believe regularly start for MNUFC starting this contest. Ramsay eventually exhausted all of his subs; he used four around the 65th Minute and put in his regulars, but that was when Houston was up 1-0 (Pablo Ortiz scored a Minute into First Half Stoppage Time), and they added a second Goal in the 77th.
Still, it's only the third Loss United FC has suffered in all competitions in 2025. And, they came back from that sound defeat to crush St. Louis at Allianz Saturday, 3-0. City is a bad side, but it is uncommon for me to see this club thoroughly dominate like they did. It's a long season, but I've gotta say, this is a good team.
The Loons play St. Louis twice in a span of five Days; tonight/Wednesday night, they (or some other players who may not have played here on Saturday) play again at Midway, this time in U. S. Open Cup play. They then return to league action as they host Austin Saturday night.
#-4: Timberwolves (Last Week: Positive Numbers). OK, so I should look on the bright side and note that they crushed The Bastard Philadelphia Warriors in five Games, especially considering that many pundits (including yours truly) thought they would win. Of course, no one could foresee Stephen Curry being injured for the series after the First Quarter of Game 1 and change, but still, this is now back-to-back Western Conference Finals appearances for The Minnesota Timberwolves, the first time The Minnesota Timberwolves have ever done that.
And hey, it is just Game 1. They dropped it like it was hot last/Tuesday night vs. The Bastard Seattle SuperSonics, but they looked awful against the Warriors in Game 1 and they came back to rip off four in a row to take the last series, so why can't they do it again? Seriously, the Wolves were at this stage last Year and lost, and there is credence to the theory that you have to walk before you can run. Has OKC done that yet? No.
Ah, fuck it, they're going to get swept. They had a four-Point lead going into Halftime and then got blown out in the Second Half, 70-40. I had plans to see them for Game 4 Memorial Night at that brewery I went to for the previous series, but only if they were up at least two Games to one. That ain't happening. Man, to lose to a city that stole its team from the good people of Seattle. ...
#-Infinity: Gopher baseball (Last Week: -2). Welp, at least they won the final series of the season, at Michigan St. (they dropped the season finale Saturday, 11-10). In Ty McDevitt's first Year as Head Coach, the U. finished 24-28 overall and a woeful 10-20 in the Big Ten. As I always say, a HC deserves a mulligan for his or her first season. But this program has been in the doldrums since the pandemic, and while it sometimes seems like the pandemic was yesterday, it was five Years ago. You're in the B1G -- you've got enough money to turn things around.
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