spring training

Fans of the Minnesota Twins had to wait quite a while this offseason before their team made a move.

The Minnesota Twins on Thursday announced the home schedule for their 2018 spring training.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have made slugger ByungHo Park one of their final roster cuts despite a strong performance at the plate throughout spring training.

(Fort Myers, FL)  --  Righthander Kyle Gibson threw one-and-two-thirds scoreless innings and Byungho Park was 2-for-2 in the Grapefruit League opener for the Minnesota Twins -- a 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay.

WASHINGTON (Twinsbaseball.com) -- The Nationals and Twins played their final exhibition game of 2016 at Nationals Park on Saturday afternoon, and the two teams found themselves in a slugfest. When it over, they played to an 8-8 tie. The Twins finished the spring with a 19-11-2 record, while the Nationals ended the spring with a 19-4-4 mark...

Washington, DC (Learfield)  --  The Minnesota Twins scored three times in the third inning to tie, but eventually lost Friday's exhibition game to Washington 4-3.

James moving up the scoring ladder...Bulls 1 game out of playoff slot UNDATED (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points to move into 12th place on the NBA's career scoring list and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Brooklyn Nets 107-87.

Raptors claw within 2 games of East-leading Cavaliers...Warriors stay ahead of Bulls record pace UNDATED (AP) — The Toronto Raptors are not giving up in their drive to wrest the Eastern Conference top playoff seeding from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Reshuffled Team USA routs Guatemala 4-0 in must-win situation COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The United States men's soccer team is still alive for the 2018 World Cup.

'Cuse rises to Final Four...Carolina repels Irish challenge for record 19th Final Four trip CHICAGO (AP) — Syracuse, unheralded as a No. 10 seed in the Midwest Regional, is going to the Final Four. The Orange are the fourth double-digit seeded team in NCAA history to go to the Final Four.

(KROC AM) -- The Minnesota Twins won another Grapefruit League game Sunday in Tampa 5-2 over the New York Yankees.

It's Villanova, Oklahoma first to the Final Four LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)— Villanova is going to its first Final Four since 2009 as the Wildcats pursue their first national championship since their miracle victory over Georgetown in 1985.

Great night for ACC...Virginia, Syracuse, North Carolina, Notre Dame into Elite Eight UNDATED (AP) — All four Number 1 seeds are alive in the Elite Eight of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Here's how North Carolina and Virginia joined Oregon and Kansas in the final eight. All four of last night's winners are from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

'Nova vs. Kansas and vs. Oregon vs. Oklahoma in Elite Eight UNDATED (AP) — The top two seeds in both the South and West Regionals will be playing Saturday for a trip to the Final Four. Here's how they got there: