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Baseball winter meetings, could the Twins make a trade for pitching? Vikings injury news, Jefferson and Evans will be back. Jim thinks the Vikings will announce their starting QB on Wednesday and thinks it will be Dobbs.

Coming out of their bye, the Vikings have several questions to answer number one being who will be the starting QB on Sunday? Jim also says signing Danielle Hunter to a contract extension is paramount second only to locking up Justin Jefferson. Jim also talks about the Timberwolves having the best record in the Western Conference for more days this year so far than all the years they’ve been in the NBA combined.

Jim and Todd talk about the Wild's big in Nashville, Bill Guerin seeing what he wanted. Wolves win without two starters, they could really go on a run in December. What should the Vikings do with Danielle Hunter?

Jim and Todd talk about Gopher basketball. Will Edwards play tonight for the Wolves, if not, who starts? Will it be strange for John Hynes to coach his old team in Nashville tonight? Jim believes the Vikings will draft a QB in '24.

What does it say about the Gopher football program that their starting QB Athan Kaliakmanis enters the transfer portal after his first season as the starter? Timberwolves win, Jim says Rudy Gobert made a statement. Wild should win their first game under a new head coach, where do they go from here?

Which is the bigger story, the Vikings losing and maybe changing QB's again, or the Wild firing HC Dean Evason? Wolves host OKC, Chet Holmgren, Minnesota native back in town, Jim says "he's really good."

Vikings vs Bears. Would Jim rather have a defensive or offensive minded head coach? Hot Stove news, two Twins pitchers about to sign elsewhere. The Wolves are playing well and Jim expects that to continue.

LaVelle Neal sits in for Jim and talks about the Wild and Kaprizov's struggles. Is PJ Fleck coaching for his job this weekend? LaVelle makes his Vikings vs Bears prediction.

LaVelle Neal talks about his column this week about Jessie Diggins, Olympic Medalist in X-Country Skiing from Minnesota. How does he see Josh Dobbs future with the Vikings?

LaVelle is sitting in for Jim this week and he talks about Joe Mauer's Hall-of-Fame chances now that he is eligible for the first time. The Twins have announced they are cutting payroll, what will that look like?

Star-Tribune Sports Columnist LaVelle Neal is filling in for Jim all week and he and Todd talk Vikings, their loss to the Broncos happened why? Their future at QB and are the Bears tied to Justin Fields.

Jim and Todd talk about the Gopher men's basketball teams collapse vs Missouri. Gopher football huge underdogs at Ohio State, Vikings injury update and Jim's latest column on Rocco Baldelli.

Jim and Todd talk about the Wolves win streak ending in Phoenix. Draymond Green suspension, was it enough? Ben Johnson begging for fans to show up tonight at Williams Arena. Gopher women's hoops off to a nice start.

Jim and Todd talk Timberwolves win and scrap with Golden State. Draymond shouldn't be in the league according to Jim due to multiple bad actions over the years.

Jim talks about his column on PJ Fleck. Wild head for Stockholm, Sweden, Jim says "stay there."

Jim and Todd talk about the Vikings win. How are they doing it with so many injuries? Jim says it's cliché but true, "culture." Timberwolves are playing how they envisioned when they traded for Rudy Gobert.

Jim talks Wolves vs Spurs tonight and the young sensation, 7-foot-4 inch Victor Wembanyama. Mike Conley was a steal for the Timberwolves. The Vikings will be cautious with Jefferson. Why are the Vikings underdogs vs the Saints?

The Timberwolves are the top rated defensive team in the NBA, Jim says he knew they'd be better, but this is something else. Wild make trades, Guerin is never afraid to do that. The Arizona Cardinals lied to Josh Dobbs about being benched and then traded, does that happen a lot in the NFL?

Jim thinks the Wild are starting to play better, but temper expectations. Twins payroll will be smaller in '24, meaning don't get your hopes up that Sonny Gray is coming back, he isn't. Bill Belichek, Jim Harbaugh thoughts. Gopher men's basketball program is a "wasteland."

Jim talks Timberwolves with some impressive wins already, Towns will be fine but may need a strategy change. What does it mean that the Twins gave Sonny Gray a Qualifying Offer? Jim's latest column and is Josh Dobbs the Vikings QB the rest of the year?

Jim and Todd talk about the rousing Vikings win and the brutal Gophers loss.

Jim and Todd talk about the slow start to the season for the Wild, and should Dean Evason be feeling some heat, Jim says yes. Twins post-mortem on the '23 season. Can Jaren Hall succeed for the Vikings?

Bob Knight passes away, Jim said he was a complicated figure. Rangers win the World Series, the Twins aren't so far behind them talent-wise. How will the Twins replace Sonny Gray in their rotation if he leaves.

Josh Dobbs is a rocket scientist, no really. Jim thinks if Hall isn't doing well we could see Dobbs in the 2nd half this week. Jim believes the Vikings will do all they can to bring Kirk Cousins back next season, and he's good with that.

Jim talks about the Vikings trading for a QB and trading away Ezra Cleveland. Jim says KOC wants Cousins back next year and he believes him. Timberwolves had a terrible loss in Atlanta and Jim says their offensive dysfunction is on HC Chris Finch.

Jim talks Vikings. Cousins injury, where do they go from here? Timberwolves need Jaden McDaniels for his offense, not just defense.

Jim talks about his column where he outs the national media as a bunch of East/West Coast homers. Does the NBA really care about players talking games off? Jim gives his prediction on the World Series.

Timberwolves drop opener in Toronto, what happened? What's going on with Vikings safety Cam Bynum's wife? Vikings controlled the line vs San Francisco.

Timberwolves open the season tonight, Jim and Todd preview it. Does the NHL really want teams scoring as many goals as they are this season, Jim says yes based on how the games are officiated. MLB is healthy but is it good to have the Diamondbacks make the World Series after only winning 84 games with 78 losses in the regular season.

Jim and Todd break down the Vikings big win over San Francisco.

Todd is off today so Bill Dean catches up with Jim Souhan

Jim and Todd talk about the Gophers-Iowa football game. Jim says it's a "sneaky big game" for the Gophers. What's' going on at Michigan with Harbaugh? The Wild defense has been bad. Timberwolves injury update.

Twins hand out their post season awards, Jim and Todd discuss. Can the Vikings replicate what the Browns did to the 49ers offense.

What is going on with the Twins front office? Are the Phillies that much better than the D-Backs? Can the Astros rally and still win the series from the Rangers?

Jim talks about the first year plus of the Kwesi Adofo-Mensah era as Vikings GM.

Jim and Todd recap the Vikings win. They also talk about the upcoming match-up with the 49ers. The Wild get smoked and the coach is making some changes.

Todd catches up with Jim as he leaves the season-ending Twins press conference. What bench players might be back? Jim estimates what it might cost to bring Sonny Gray back and makes a prediction about where he winds up signing. Wild win opener and Jim predicts the Vikings-Bears game

Jim gives a post mortem on the Twins season. Why didn't they hit? Why was Joe Ryan [pulled after two innings? Will Sonny Gray or Kenta Maeda be back with the team in 2024?

Twins get pummeled, how come? How long will Baldelli stick with Joe Ryan tonight? Gopher men's BB and women's volleyball updates. Will Robert Kraft at some point fire Bill Belickek?

Justin Jefferson injury update. Does Jim think if the Vikings lose the next two weeks that Kirk Cousins will be traded? Towns looks great for Wolves.

Jim and Todd talk Vikings loss and Twins win.

Jim recaps the Twins series win after attending a media day at Target Field. Who will start Game 1 against Houston Saturday? If Buxton is healthy and pushing to be active, will they have him on the roster?

Royce Lewis loves the big moment, not every ballplayer does. If the Twins had kept Jose Berrios, they likely wouldn't have Sonny Gray, making today's pitching match-up really interesting.

Todd and Jim chat Twins playoffs before game 1 got underway so they discuss roster decisions and make predictions. Both Gophers and Vikings have big games this weekend.

Jim breaks down the Ryder Cup, Vikings win and who will and won't be on the Twins playoff roster.

Timberwolves open camp, how does Jim expect year 2 of the Rudy Gobert experiment to go? Ryder Cup pairings announced, some interesting players NOT playing for Team USA.

Why did the Twins stick with Max Kepler despite his struggles early in the year? Who will comprise the Twins rotation and bullpen in the post season. What if Buxton and Lewis can only DH? Alex Mattison is on notice about fumbling for the Vikings

On Live @ Five Sports, Bill Dean and Jim Souhan recapped the Twins Division winning season, discussed the Vikings situation and they agree that despite a slow start all is not lost for the Vikings and Souhan previews the Ryder Cup which starts Friday.

Jim and Todd bisect the Vikings loss. Which loss was worse for their team the Vikings or Gophers?

Wild start camp, Evason takes a shot at Parise and Suter, again. Jim's prediction for the Vikings vs Chargers.