Sports Weekend with Steve Thomson

It's Joe Mauer Day over at Target Field.  Steve has you covered with interviews reflecting on and highlights amplifying the Hall of Famer's career.  Twins president Dave St. Peter talks about his relationship with the long-time catcher.  Plus, you'll hear Mauer's full speech from the induction ceremony in Cooperstown.

Down the homestretch into Twins pregame, we chatted with Steve Carney about battling the heat amid the fishing adventures, talked to Do Hyoung Park about Twins winning in Detroit, trade deadline buzz and much more as we bring it up to Twins pregame.

Hot bats in Detroit last night for the Twins as the Twins win 9-3 - we chatted with Do Hyoung Park of MLB.com about the win, possible trade deadline moves, strength of the AL Central and much more!

It's finally time for Twins baseball after the All-Star break - Phil Miller joins us to preview the series against the Brewers this weekend. He breaks some injury news with the Twins lineup, further developments with Chris Paddack and much more! Steve brings you the lineup card ahead of tonight’s game as well!

We begin this hour talking with Steve Carney about the heat and humidity and the upcoming Game Fair! Then we chatted with Mike Welch, Tournament Director for the 3M Open at the TPC of the Twin Cities about the tournament, who we can expect to see, some of the events surrounding the tournament and much more! After that, we pay homage to the man of the weekend Joe Mauer, who will be inducted into th...

Tomorrow is a huge day in Minnesota sports history as a Saint Paul icon, former Cretin Durham Hall and Minnesota Twins legend Joe Mauer is set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown - we play back some highlights and reminisce on the former Twins first baseman and catcher ahead of Sunday!

Just days away from the much anticipated 3M Open we talked to Mike Welch, Tournament Director of the 3M Open about the upcoming events, who is in - also how people can get tickets to the event! 

The heat is intensifying, the waters are high and the bugs are out - we go outdoors with Steve Carney to see how is handling it all as we head into the dog days of summer and see how the bite has been! Also preview the upcoming Game Fair!

Final stretch of this Saturday and final stretch of the first half of the Minnesota Twins season as they are in the midst of their series against San Francisco - Bobby Nightengale joined to preview the week that will be in Arlington as well as preview Twins-Giants. We also provide an update on a shooting that had taken place in Pennsylvania at Donald Trump’s rally!

 Twins are in the city by the bay San Francisco - Meanwhile Bobby Nightengale of the Star Tribune is in Arlington ahead of All-Star week. He joined us to talk about Willi Castro joining the All-Star squad, the emergence of Brooks Lee and more! 

Storms and rain on a Saturday - we talked to Steve Carney about some of the rising temperatures coming and how that will affect the fishing scene and much more with him! Also preview what could be a packed Target Center on Sunday afternoon and how it compares for ticket value with the other arenas in the Twin Cities. Then we discuss the one change the MLB needs to make with the All-Star Game. 

It's been a rainy Saturday but overall a good week to hit the waters, we check in and go outdoors with Steve Carney to see how the bite has been, more on some of the grouse population in Minnesota and the rising heat bringing warmer water temperatures soon!   

We began this hour talking about the NBA Summer League and Team USA with Chris Hine who is out in Las Vegas covering both for the Star Tribune. Also we dive into some hockey talk as the Minnesota Wild are now less than a year away from the expiring Suter/Parise contracts and Developmental Camp begins this next week. Afterwards, we chatted about spaceflight with Stephen Clark with the upcoming Spac...

Now that it is July, the fish are biting more and more so we go outdoors with Steve Carney and see how he handles the plentiful bites this time of year and what it could look like down the homestretch of summer with the weather still heating up!  

There is an upcoming SpaceX launch of Starship with an interesting endgame in the mix - catching the booster on the pad  - Stephen Clark of Ars Technica joins us to explain that and the continuous failure to launch with Starship, now seeing its fifth test launch!

It is July, so that means NBA Summer League is here and Team USA are beginning their workouts - we chatted with Chris Hine of the Star Tribune who is battling the summer heat out in Las Vegas - asked him about how much playing time we could see from Anthony Edwards in this tournament, load management during the Olympics and more!  

Steve and Josh recap a Twins win over the Houston Astros 9-3. We recap a historic day for Jose Miranda and a solid outing from Joe Ryan. Also, more on the tragic death of three people including Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson!

It was a wild finish last night at Target Field that didn't quite go the Minnesota Twins way as they fell to the Astros - we recap the loss with some highlights, discuss Jose Miranda’s hot streak and more! Also, Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press joins at the top of the show to give us the latest on the tragic death of Vikings rookie CB Khyree Jackson

We jump into another hour breaking down a local talent competing in gymnastics at the U.S. Olympic trials. Also Steve shares an experience he had this week at Target Center. Then we chatted about Minnesota United and Gopher basketball with Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press.  

Loons have been on a skid lately but look to end it against Portland. Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press joined us to preview the match and we discussed the new addition for Golden Gopher basketball!

If you look outside the weather is perfect, so we go outside with Steve Carney talking fishing and the struggle to find them through rough weather. Then Steve Thomson recaps his experience witnessing the USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials at Target Center. We also chatted with Bobby Nightengale of the Star Tribune about the Twins tough loss at Seattle last night, Carlos Correa scare, Brooks Lee and mor...

Not a great defensive night for the Twins last night and it ultimately contributed to a loss to the Mariners on the road - we recapped the action with Bobby Nightengale of the Star Tribune. Also talked about Correa injury scare, Brooks Lee and the utilization of their farm system

The weather has been very random and has not helped the bite and have made fish tough to follow and find among the waters - Steve Carney takes us outdoors to tell us of his ventures on the water, we talk bait and lures as well. 

Leading you up to the Minnesota Twins in Oakland for a west coast stretch. Talked to Phil Miller of the Star Tribune recapping Friday’s loss, provides a bit of an update on the Sacramento-Las Vegas plans, Twins sluggers flourishing and Steve previews today’s matchup as we bring you the lineup and lead you into the Twins pregame!

A lot to unpack from the past week including the exciting finish at the US Open, we go outdoors with Steve Carney and also the Oilers have roared all the way back from down 3-0 in the series to force a huge Game 7 on Monday. Then we chatted with John Millea, a media specialist with the MSHSL covering the championship games taking place for high school baseball over at Target Field.