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The St. Cloud Rox lost their season opener at Duluth 6-1 Wednesday night. Duluth scored 3 runs in the 6th inning to lead 6-1. Alex Roberts started the game for the Rox and allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss. St. Cloud managed just 2 hits. Both Adam Martin and Ryan Kiesel each had a hit for the Rox.

The Minnesota Lynx got a put back basket from Lindsay Whalen with 1 second left and Minnesota wins 79-77 at Washington Wednesday night to improve to 5-0. Maya Moore and Rebekkah Brunson each scored 16 points to lead the Lynx and Seimone Augustus added 15 points for Minnesota.

Viking cornerback Asher Allen has retired from the NFL at the age of 24. Head Coach Leslie Frazier announced Wednesday of the decision made by Allen and said he was surprised to hear that Allen was retiring. He didn't get into the specifics as to why he is retiring. Allen started 9 games and appeared in 12 games for the Vikings in 2011. He missed some time due to a concussion and a shoulder injury. Frazier says Allen's decision is not related to injuries.

The Timberwolves are holding pre-draft workouts today at Target Center. The prospects scheduled to perform include guard J'Covan Brown (Texas), forward Drew Gordon (New Mexico), center Miles Plumlee (Duke), guard Tomas Satoransky (Spain), forward John Shurna (Northwestern), forward Wesley Witherspoon (Memphis), forward Quincy Acy (Baylor), forward Jae Crowder (Marquette), guard Scott Machado (Iona), guard Ramone Moore (Temple), guard Kevin Murphy (Tennessee Tech), and guard Casper Ware (Long Beach State).

The Twins completed a 3-game sweep of the Oakland A's by winning 4-0 Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Francisco Liriano was re-inserted in the starting rotation and threw 6 shutout innings with 3 hits and 2 walks allowed to get the win and improve to 1-5. He struckout 9. Josh Willingham had 2 hits including a 2-rn homerun and 3 RBIs and Brian Dozier had a RBI single.

Meet Trigger and Kisses. Two playful pets waiting for you at the Tri-County Humane Society.

WJON got the opportunity to see the aftermath of the paper mill explosion from the sky. Check out our video and photo highlights.

This week, Jerry demonstrates the effectiveness of "wacky worm rigging." "Outdoors Tip of the Week" brought to you by Del-Tone Luth Gun Club.

The St. Cloud Rox begin their first season in the Northwoods League tonight when they play at Duluth against the Huskies. The St. Cloud Northwoods League organization went through some changes in the offseason. They changed ownership in February and the name "River Bats" went with the previous ownership. Gary Posch, Joe Sexton and Scott Schreiner are the owners of the newly formed St. Cloud Rox. The field manager for the Rox this season is Augie Rodriguez. He said Tuesday that the Rox will have 19 to 20 players in Duluth tonight and that includes 11 position players.

Josh Willingham hit a walk-off 3-run homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning off Oakland closer Brian Fuentes to lift the Twins to a 3-2 win over Oakland Tuesday night. Justin Morneau and Ben Revere each had 2 hits for the Twins. Cole DeVries threw 5 shutout innings wieh 2 hits and 5 walks allowed but didn't figure in the final decision. Glen Perkins threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the win and improve to 1-1.