Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle, and Bert Blyleven struck out 15 batters in a 10-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on August 1 ...

The oft-injured Twins outfielder is delivering one of his best seasons en route to participating in the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game.

The Baltimore Orioles will enter the All-Star Game festivities in Atlanta trying to figure out what went wrong this season. Outside of injuries, even their best ...

The last baseball story has a happy ending. Juan Soto of the Mets caught the final out of the top of the third on June 14 and ...

1934 — Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4-2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit Tigers. Lou Gehrig left in the first with a severe case of lumbago, the most serious threat to his streak.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett was cleared Thursday of all charges in the alleged sexual assault of a woman in a restaurant bathroom.

2015 — Novak Djokovic gets the better of Roger Federer at Wimbledon, beating him in four sets to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam championship.

Tom Kelly took over as the manager of the Twins in 1986, after Minnesota went 59-80 with him the year after his own term as a ...

A livelihood attached to sports tends to work out better for those who get along with everyone. A veteran scribe can make ...

That drama fuels “Kirby,” a new play that examines Puckett’s spectacular rise and fall and what happens to larger-than-life characters when they are thrown off a pedestal. It premieres Oct. 13 at the ...

The bright lights that shine on the sports world dimmed a bit Friday as Minnesota Twins star Kirby Puckett announced his retirement at age 35. His sure-fire Hall of Fame career was cut dreadfully ...

1999 – 25 years ago Former Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett beat out football legend Bronko Nagurski and basketball great George Mikan to be named Minnesota’s top Sports Figure of the ...