Charley Walters
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Charley Walters: Former Twins ace Frank Viola optimistic about robot umpires
Former Minnesota Twin Frank Viola, five years ago as a minor league pitching coach in Thomasville, N.C., got thrown out of a game by a robot umpire. → Read More
Charley Walters: Lore, Rodriguez get permission to delay payment for Timberwolves
Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, the business partners who 18 months ago agreed to buy the Timberwolves and Lynx from Glen Taylor for $1.5 billion, have received permission from Taylor to delay a seco… → Read More
Charley Walters: Expect Kirk Cousins to be a Viking again next season
Kirk Cousins, guaranteed $30 million next year, is virtually certain to be the Vikings’ starting quarterback next season. Whether Cousins, 34, gets a contact extension, though, could depend on how … → Read More
Charley Walters: The Bears decided to rebuild. The Vikings took a different path.
Now the Vikings’ question for 2023 is which veteran players they bring back and which ones they don’t. → Read More
Charley Walters: Will the Vikings rest players down the stretch?
If they don’t need a victory in the last game of the season against the Bears, a playoff clinch could mean resting Kirk Cousins and giving Nick Mullens a chance to start. → Read More
Charley Walters: Vikings’ Justin Jefferson will soon be NFL’s highest-paid receiver – Twin Cities
He’s not eligible for the huge extension until after the season. → Read More
Charley Walters: Twins owner Jim Pohlad would love to re-sign Carlos Correa
Jim Pohlad is emphatic in his desire to have Carlos Correa back. “I’m totally on board with him coming back,” the Minnesota Twins’ owner said Thursday of the pending free agent shortstop. “Definite… → Read More
Charley Walters: It looks like Vikings will stick with Kirk Cousins for another year
There’s even a distinct possibility now that the Vikings, if Cousins continues to play well, next March could extend him for at least a year. → Read More
Charley Walters: Vikings’ future is as muddled as ever – Twin Cities
After three games, it’s still hard to figure out where the Minnesota Vikings organization is headed. → Read More
Charley Walters: For Vikings, it’s either playoffs or a 2023 rebuild – Twin Cities
How the Minnesota Vikings play this season will determine what they’ll do in 2023. → Read More
Charley Walters: Jerry Kill still not over Minnesota departure
“My life’s never been the same since I left, not at all,” he said. “But it was out of strong loyalty for someone who worked for me for 23 years.” → Read More
Charley Walters: Wild keeping wary eye on Kirill Kaprizov’s status in Russia – Twin Cities
“Until he gets back into the United States, I’m going to be a little nervous,” Wild owner Craig Leipold said. → Read More
Charley Walters: Twins should have offered pitching coach job to Frank Viola
Wes Johnson last week abruptly left as the Minnesota Twins pitching coach. A few days later, the Twins named their bullpen coach, 39-year-old Pete Maki, as Johnson’s successor. The guy to who… → Read More
Charley Walters: Bert Blyleven, Jim Kaat are next in line for statues outside Target Field
Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and Tony Oliva already have statues outside Target Field. → Read More
Charley Walters: For ’22 Vikings, an 0-2 start could be ruinous – Twin Cities
It would seem the Vikings need to at least split their first two games of the season, at home against the Green Bay Packers and on a Monday night in Philadelphia. An 0-2 start could mean a third st… → Read More
Charley Walters: Did Vikings trade down in draft just to save some money?
One estimate is that the Vikings owe fired coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman a total of nearly $20 million over the next two years. → Read More
Charley Walters: ‘Hawk’ Harrelson praises Twins’ signing of ‘great’ Carlos Correa
“The Twins made a statement to the fans that they’re going to be competitive,” he said. → Read More
Charley Walters: It’s been 60 years since Eric Magdanz set a Gophers’ record – Twin Cities
It was 60 years ago Saturday that Eric Magdanz set a University of Minnesota men’s basketball single-game scoring record with 42 points at Michigan. “I could have kicked it and it would have gone i… → Read More
Charley Walters: New coach Kevin O’Connell ushers in Vikings defense not seen since 1985 – Twin Cities
Perhaps the biggest news out of new coach Kevin O’Connell’s introductory news conference on Thursday was that the Vikings plan to run a 3-4 base defense. That hasn’t occurred in Minnesota since 198… → Read More
Charley Walters: In Vikings-Harbaugh saga, who was using who?
What we don’t know regarding the brief Minnesota Vikings-Jim Harbaugh saga is who may have used who for leverage. Harbaugh, the quirky but proven University of Michigan coach, spent eight hours in … → Read More