Jerry Zgoda is a veteran reporter with over 38 years of experience at the Star Tribune. He covers various sports, including Minnesota United soccer, golf, and general-assignment reporting. His work has been featured in multiple publications, including Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News, and the Killeen Daily Herald.
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Jerry Zgoda's articles mainly focus on local sports events, particularly basketball and hockey. Given the strong emphasis on event coverage and evolving stories, Jerry is likely to be interested in pitches related to breaking news about local sports teams, player interviews, or previews of upcoming matches.
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By: Jerry Zgoda
Towns, recovering after meniscus surgery, is listed as questionable for Friday's game.
WOLVES PREVIEWvs. Atlanta Hawks, Target Center, 7 p.m. Friday TV; radio: BSN; iHeartRadio app Stats and analytics: Tap here. Jerry Zgoda's analysis:Opening bell: Each of the Western Conference's top three seeds remain possible for the Wolves, but they'll need some help from the Nuggets to still get No. 1 after Wednesday's loss at Denver. They can clinch the No. 2 if they beat both Atlanta and ...
By: Jerry Zgoda
Rudy Gobert helped the Wolves salvage a victory on Friday, and the regular season ends Sunday.
In Timberwolves coach Chris Finch's book, there are star players who win games and others who won't let their team lose. Veteran center Rudy Gobert's dominant 25-point, 19-rebound, five-block performance on perfect 10-for-10 shooting that beat Atlanta 109-106 Friday at Target Center was the latter. Trailing a Hawks team that played its youth in the fourth quarter by two points with 3½ minutes ...
By: Jerry Zgoda
If the Timberwolves beat the Suns and the Thunder or Nuggets lose, they're the top seed.
By: Jerry Zgoda
Phoenix won all three games during the regular season in dominating fashion, capped by Sunday's season-ending blowout.
Guard Anthony Edwards expressed his excitement to be joining other NBA superstars such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry on the team. He will be the fourth Wolves player to play for the U.S. in the Olympics.
Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune NBA superstars LeBron James Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry all are bound for the Olympics this summer — James for the first time in 12 years, Curry for the first time ever.
By: Jerry Zgoda
NBA playoffs: Timberwolves vs. Suns Best-of-seven, Western Conference quarterfinals Game 1: Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis (ESPN)
By: Jerry Zgoda
Point guard Mike Conley is playing in the postseason for the 11th time in his career, but he hasn't been on a team advancing as far as the Western Conference finals since 2013.
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