It's a shortened but stacked hour of The Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson. Jess Myers, Chris Hine and Steve Carney stop by.

Steve Carney joins Steve Thomson for a meeting of the Steves about the state of the great Minnesota outdoors. Temps are on the rise and most of the ice is out. Crappies are good eating and already hanging in the shallows according to Carney. Things are on track for the walleye opener he reports.

Chris Hine from the Star Tribune joins Steve Thomson to talk playoff seeding scenarios for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they wrap up the regular season. Anthony Edwards will be available against the Jazz as the Wolves fight for consistency and a favored spot in the playoffs.

Jess Myers from the Pioneer Press joins Steve Thomson to preview the last couple games of the regular season for the Minnesota Wild. They've gotten away from their identity a bit but Jess says reinforcements could be on the way...

It is April so in truncated fashion we covered the best of the best in spring sports - as Ron Sirak joined to preview Masters week, Kevin Lynch of Fan Duel Sports Network previewed Wolves-Sixers and the beginning of the Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez era. Recapped the Twins action from the day and even chatted some Minnesota Wild as well then finally we headed outdoors with Steve Carney.

Spring is finally here which means it is almost time to grab the fishing poles and venture outside like we did today with Steve Carney as he puts the ice fishing gear away and prepares for the open water fishing season!

Checked in with Kevin Lynch of Fan Duel Sports Network in Philadelphia ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Sixers. We discussed the latest in team ownership from this past week, the Wolves matchup in Philly, and much more!

It is that time of the year where the grass is green and the crowds at Augusta begin to fill. With the Masters beginning this next Thursday we talked to Ron Sirak, writer for Golf World and Golf Digest and we also checked in on the leaderboard with the Augusta National Women’s Amateur!

We recap the rough outing in the Home Opener with the Twins falling to the Astros with some highlights and also chat with Dan Hayes previewing the Saturday matinee against the Astros, possible update on Royce Lewis, Bailey Ober getting the start after battling some illness and much more as we lead you up to Twins pregame in their second game of this series!

It’s a truncated Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson but PACKED with local updates for every sports enthusiast! Wild hockey? Jess Myers is here. Loons soccer? Andy Greder is also here. Wolves consistency? Kevin Lynch is begging for it. PLUS, word on the outdoors with Steve Carney.