It’s a packed truncated Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson featuring Lindsey Brown. To kick off the hour, Steve and Lindsey discuss the Chicago Bears stadium saga and the news that they’re moving to Indiana.

Then, Heather Rule stops by to catch us up on the ongoing PWHL expansion process as the league grows to 12 teams.

Finally, Steve Carney with a quick check in from the lake. He says the heat has really impacted the fish. He says the lake are as low as he’s seen and that we need rain. He says things are escalating too quickly and that nature demands gradual changes to sustain expected conditions.

Steve Carney with a quick check in from the lake. He says the heat has really impacted the fish. He says the lake are as low as he’s seen and that we need rain. He says things are escalating too quickly and that nature demands gradual changes to sustain expected conditions.

Heather Rule is an award-winning freelance sports journalist who covers the Minnesota Frost and Minnesota Wild.

It’s one of those unprecedented times we’ve seen too many of but we’ve never seen an expansion process quite like what the PWHL is executing. Heather joins to make sense of it and most importantly how it impacts the Minnesota Frost. Lindsey asks about Heather’s read on the long term health of the league that has expanded from six to twelve teams in two years. Steve wonders when the league will start inviting others into the currently private ownership model.

Find Heather’s work at https://writtenruleofsports.substack.com/

Bobby Nightengale covers the Twins for the StarTribune.

Bobby and Steve start their conversation with Byron Buxton who suffered an injury while making a spectacular catch at the wall last night. He’s out of the lineup today unfortunately but is “in good spirits”. They chat about Royce Lewis being called back up to the Majors after a reset stint with the St. Paul Saints. Bobby digs into some of his swing details and what he has adjusted to work himself out of the slump that resulted in his demotion.

Bobby Nightengale covers the Twins for the StarTribune. They chat about the Twins’ loss last night to the Brewers, the Royce Lewis obstruction call and what he saw from Joe Ryan’s off the rubber. Bobby also chats about Derek Shelton’s managing the bullpen and gives an update on Byron Buxton’s injury.

The full 4pm hour of the Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson featuring Lindsey Brown. Guests include Steve Carney and Jess Myers. Plus, Read & React!

Jess Myers covers the Minnesota Wild for the Pioneer Press. Another season lost in heartbreaking fashion… the Avs win the series 4-1 but it felt closer. Jess and Steve talk about Kirill Kaprizov’s series, the disappearance of Matt Boldy in the 2nd round and how the organization will approach the goaltending position in the offseason. Jess presents the options and the context surrounding this team, the goaltenders and the NHL as a whole. Steve asks about how hobbled the team was by the injuries to Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin.

Every Saturday at 4:07pm the meeting of the Steves commences. Rain is expected in the next few days and Steve says we need it bad. The wind has been beating him and his fellow fishers up so far. Carney says the good fishing is in the coming weeks with fish moving on from spawning to feeding. He also says that water temps are holding in the ideal range. .

It’s another edition of the Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson featuring Lindsey Brown! Guests include Chris Hine.

Chris Hine covers the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Star Tribune. He joins Steve to conduct a post-mortem on the Timberwolves season after a blowout loss at home last night. Steve gives credit to the Spurs and big Vic and Chris points out that they and the OKC Thunder aren’t going anywhere in the Western Conference for a long time. The Wolves are at another crossroads and have some growing to do. Steve asks about the trade value for Rudy Goebert and Julius Randle. Chris also shares what he heard from exit interviews earlier today.