The Twins stunned the baseball world with the extent of their fire sale prior to Thursday’s MLB trade deadline. A team that was on the buyer/seller borderline at the All-Star break decided to go into all-out sell mode by trading 10 of the 26 players off of its major-league roster over a four-day span (including eight on Thursday alone). Five …
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Interest in Twins players figures to be high at trade deadline, but Derek Falvey doesn’t tip his hand
Twins President Derek Falvey says he doesn’t label his team as buyers or sellers at any trade deadline, but the large scouting presence at Target Field this weekend tipped how the rest of the league thinks he will operate this week. Falvey expects trade talks to pick up with a few days remaining ahead of Thursday’s 5 p.m. deadline. The …
Read More »Tyler Perry’s accuser, Derek Dixon, speaks on sexual harassment suit
Derek Dixon, the actor who raised allegations of sexual harassment against Tyler Perry, has broken his silence after suing the producer and media mogul for $260 million last month. In his first interview since filing the bombshell lawsuit in June, “The Oval” actor Dixon told the Hollywood Reporter, “I couldn’t just let [Perry] get away with this.” Dixon alleged in …
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