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The National League downed the American League 8-0 Tuesday night in the All Star game in Kansas City. The National League scored 5 runs in the 1st inning off Justin Verlander. Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants was 2-3 with a 2-run homerun to earn MVP honors. Matt Cain of the Giants threw 2 shutout innings to get the win.

The St. Cloud Rox used a balanced attack to beat Willmar 18-5 at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud Tuesday night. Carlos Lopez led the Rox going 2-4 with 3 runs scored and 1 RBI, Jamie Simpson was 2-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs and Erik Kozel was 2-2 with a run and 2 RBIs for St. Cloud. Zach Hirsch threw 8 1/3 innings with 9 hits and 4 earned runs allowed to get the win.

The Timberwolves have agreed to sign Russian free agent combo guard Alexey Shved. Shved is considered a playmaker who has been playing professionally in Russia. He is 23 and will be 24 in December. Shved helped Russa qualify for the Olympics with a win over Nigeria on Saturday.

We have an update for you on that crash that happened just before 6:00 p.m. last (Monday) night in the 2600 block of 3rd Street North in St. Cloud.

Viking running back Adrian Peterson's attorney says he was a victim and a charge of resisting arrest is a "fabrication." Texas attorney Rusty Hardin released a statement Monday, two days after Peterson was released from a Houston jail. Peterson was arrested shortly after 2am Saturday and charged with resisting arrest after he allegedly pushed a off-duty police officer who was working security at the night club.

Duluth beat the St. Cloud Rox 9-5 Monday night at Joe Faber Field. Duluth scored 5 runs in the 6th inning and added 3 more runs in the 8th. St. Cloud responded with 4 runs in the 7th inning. Andy Henkemeyer went 2-5 with 2 RBIs and Erik Kozel was 2-3 with a run scored for the Rox. Billy Soule threw 5 1/3 innings with 7 hits and 5 earned runs allowed to take the loss.

A 17-year-old Clear Lake boy was seriously hurt after a two vehicle crash in St. Cloud Monday evening. it happened in the 2600 block of 3rd Street North just before 6:00 p.m.

The Minnesota Wild officially welcomed free agent signees Zach Parise and Ryan Suter at a press conference at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Monday. Parise and Suter both signed 13-year $98 Million contracts. Parise said at the press conference that both he and Suter wanted to be here and that it all came together as they talked about the possibility Monday and Tuesday of last week. Both agreed to contracts on Wednesday July 4.

The Games of the XXX (30th) Olympiad start on July 27th in London, England. Stearns County is fortunate enough to have two women competing this year -- Alise Post of St. Cloud is in the BMX bike competition and Amanda Smock of Melrose will be in Track and Field's Triple Jump. You might be surprised to learn that this area has had quite a few Olympians over the years.

Timberwolves forward Kevin Love in talking to yahoo sports indicates that he's growing impatient with the Timberwolves organization for not surrounding him with better talent. Love signed a 4-year $62 Million contract extension last season but says he's not sure what will happen if they miss the playoffs next year.