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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with mounting injuries for the Vikings. Their starting QB, a key running back and now right tackle Brian O'Neill are all banged up. Plus some thoughts on Quinn Hughes and Dylan Larkin, who have nowhere to hide now that NHL training camps have started. 7:00: Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd joins the show and offers great insights into the team's roster-building plan as well as how the LaMelo Ball trade came together. 36:00: The Lynx return to action for a critical stretch.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with Wednesday perhaps being the final game in Twins-Yankees history played under MLB's unfair economic system. Will a new CBA mean different results for the Twins, who are 49-130 against the Yankees in the last 25 seasons? Plus trying to answer a big question about when to expect Kyler Murray to return from his concussion. 7:00: St. Thomas head football coach Glenn Caruso joins Rand for a thoughtful discussion on the big picture of coaching. 34:00: An intriguing Dylan Larkin development.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the utter disappointment of the last six weeks for the Twins. Once 56-55 and armed with reinforcements after the trade deadline, Minnesota is now 70-81. Do they need to trade Joe Ryan in the offseason? Rand says yes. 6:00: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jay Paterno, son of Joe Paterno, joins Rand for a discussion of where college sports are headed. Paterno has been on the Penn State board of trustees for almost a decade. 30:00: Bill Guerin addressed Quinn Hughes negotiations as training camp is set to begin.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the resurgence of the Kansas City Chiefs, a Quinn Hughes milestone and the continued slide of the Twins. 7:00: Andrew Krammer joins for five big Vikings takeaways from Sunday's win. 26:00: Award-winning Vikings poetry is back. 38:00: Wouldn't it be great to own an NBA franchise?

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse and host Michael Rand take you on a football journey. It was a tale of two halves of the weekend and a tale of two halves for the Vikings. Ultimately, a win over the Packers was a balm that helped sooth everything after a bad Gophers loss on Saturday.