Playoffs

The Minnesota Vikings are 4-5 after beating the Chargers in Los Angeles Sunday 27-20. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the NFC is very competitive for the last 2 playoff spots.

The Minnesota closed the season with a 7-3 loss at St. Louis Wednesday night. The Wild will matchup with Vegas in their first round best of 7 series starting Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., pregame on AM 1390/93.9 FM Granite City Sports at 1:45. Game 2 is set for 9pm Tuesday, Game 3 will be in Minnesota Thursday at 8:30 with Game 4 set for Saturday May 22 at 7 p.m.

The Twins were eliminated from the playoffs Wednesday after losing 3-1 in Game 2 of their Wildcard playoff series with Houston. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He said the 16-game postseason losing streak may have entered their minds and effected them in this series.

The Twins are back to back American League Central Division champs after the White Sox lost to the Cubs Sunday. The Twins lost 5-3 in 10 innings to the Reds Sunday but finish the regular season 36-24 and will head into the American League Wildcard playoffs as the #3 seed.

The Twins topped the Detroit Tigers Monday 6-2 to improve to 26-17. The Twins are 1 game back of both the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League Central entering play Tuesday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Minnesota Wild will start their best of 5 series against Vancouver August 2 in Edmonton. The Wild start camp today in St. Paul but many of the players have been skating and getting ready for the return for weeks now. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Minnesota Vikings pulled off a big upset over the New Orleans Saints in an NFC Wild Card matchup on Sunday afternoon.

The Minnesota Twins earned their second straight loss of the division series at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

The Minnesota Twins lost the opening game of the American League Division Series in New York on Friday.

The St. Cloud Rox closed the regular season Sunday with a 16-9 win over Thunder Bay in Canada. The Rox scored had 2 big inning where they scored 5 runs in the 4th inning before posting 6 runs in the 7th inning.