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Sunday, February 27, 2011  Tim Hardaway Jr. hit five 3-pointers in the game's first 12 minutes and finished with 22 points to help young Michigan win another Big Ten road game, 70-63 over sputtering Minnesota on Saturday.

Friday, September 03, 2010  Ryan Raburn had three hits and two RBIs after entering the game in the sixth inning for the injured Miguel Cabrera and Jose Valverde (2-3) pitched a career-high three innings of relief to help the Tigers avoid a three-game sweep.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Danny Valencia's one-out single in the 10th inning drove in Michael Cuddyer from second base and gave the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Delmon Young had two hits, including the go-ahead single in the seventh, to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Justin Morneau homered and drove in two runs, Kevin Slowey went six innings and the Minnesota Twins topped the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Hours after learning beloved Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell had died, Detroit lost to the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Tuesday night on J.J. Hardy's stellar ninth inning.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010  Charlie Villanueva scored 13 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Detroit Pistons to a 103-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in the season finale for both teams.

Saturday, January 23, 2010  Kalin Lucas scored 22 points, Raymar Morgan added 17 and No. 6 Michigan State rallied to beat short-handed Minnesota 65-64 on Saturday in a game the Spartans never led until the final minutes.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  Drew Miller scored his first career shootout goal in the eighth round and the Detroit Red Wings survived Minnesota's third-period rally to beat the Wild 4-3 on Thursday night.

Sunday, March 22, 2009  An unexpected scoring binge from the Big Ten's defensive player of the year propelled Michigan State to a familiar place.

Sunday, March 15, 2009  Michigan State starts the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed and will face No. 15 seed Robert Morris of the Northeast Conference in the first round.