David Kahn Out As T-Wolves President

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has decided not to pick up the option on David Kahn’s contract, ending his four-year tenure as president of basketball operations.

"We want to thank David for all of his efforts the past four years with our basketball team," Taylor said in a statement. "These are always difficult decisions, but at this time, we believe it is in the best interest of our organization to make a change."

During Kahn’s reign as president, the T-Wolves drafted guard Ricky Rubio and hired coach Rick Adelman. But they missed the playoffs in all four of his seasons, compiling a record of 89-223.

The Timberwolves will reportedly replace Kahn with former longtime head coach Flip Saunders, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 4/17/13

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NBA: Memphis Grizzlies 86 (56-26) – Utah Jazz 70 (43-39)

New York Knicks 98 (54-28) - Atlanta Hawks 92 (44-38)

Chicago Bulls 95 (45-37) - Washington Wizards 92 (29-53)

Philadelphia 76ers 105 (34-48) - Indiana Pacers 95 (49-32)

Toronto Raptors 114 (34-48) - Boston Celtics 90 (41-40)

Milwaukee Bucks 95 (38-44) - Oklahoma City Thunder 89 (60-22)

Brooklyn Nets 103 (49-33) - Detroit Pistons 99 (29-53)

Charlotte Bobcats 105 (21-61) - Cleveland Cavaliers 98 (24-58)

Denver Nuggets 118 (57-25) - Phoenix Suns 98 (25-57)

Dallas Mavericks 99 (41-41) - New Orleans Hornets 87 (27-55)

Miami Heat 105 (66-16) - Orlando Magic 93 (20-62)

Minnesota Timberwolves 108 (31-51) - San Antonio Spurs 95 (58-24)

Golden State Warriors 99 (47-35) - Portland Trail Blazers (33-49)

Los Angeles Lakers 99 (45-37) - Houston Rockets (45-37)

Los Angeles Clippers 112 (56-26) - Sacramento Kings 108 (28-34)

NHL: Buffalo Sabres 3 (19-19-6, 44pts) – Boston Bruins 2 (26-11-5, 57pts)

Pittsburgh Penguins 6 (33-10-0, 66pts) - Montreal Canadiens 4 (26-12-5, 57pts)

Calgary Flames 3 (17-22-4, 38pts) - Detroit Red Wings 2 (20-16-7, 47pts)

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (21-16-7, 49pts) - Anaheim Ducks (27-10-6, 60pts) OT

MLB: Kansas City Royals 1 (8-6) - Atlanta Braves 0 (12-2)

New York Yankees 4 (8-5) - Arizona Diamondbacks 3 (8-6)

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (7-7) - St. Louis Cardinals 0 (8-6)

Tampa Bay Rays 6 (5-9) - Baltimore Orioles 2 (7-7)

Boston Red Sox 6 (10-4) - Cleveland Indians 3 (5-8)

Chicago White Sox 7 (7-8) - Toronto Blue Jays 0 (6-9)

Cincinnati Reds 1 (7-7) – Philadelphia Phillies 0 (6-8) (completion of Tuesday night’s game)

Cincinnati Reds 11 (8-7) – Philadelphia Phillies 2 (6-9)

Washington Nationals 6 (9-6) - Miami Marlins 1 (3-12)

Oakland Athletics 7 (12-4) - Houston Astros 5 (4-11)

Milwaukee Brewers 4 (5-8) – San Francisco Giants 3 (9-6)

Detroit Tigers 2 (9-5) - Seattle Mariners 1 (6-10)

San Diego Padres 7 (5-10) - Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (7-8)

Los Angeles Angels (4-10) – Minnesota Twins (6-7) (postponed due to weather)

Texas Rangers (9-5) – Chicago Cubs (4-9) (postponed due to weather)

New York Mets (7-6) – Colorado Rockies (10-4) (postponed due to weather)

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Jazz Crush Wolves To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) --  The Utah Jazz crushed the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-80 on Monday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Al Jefferson had 22 points and eight rebounds for the Jazz (43-38) who had to win in order to keep pace with the Los Angeles Lakers for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

"It comes down to one game now," Jefferson said. "It's a big game. The only thing we can worry about is what we can control, going out there and trying to take care of the game, and trying to win, and just leave the rest up to the Lakers, I guess."

In order to make the playoffs, the Jazz have to win on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies and for the Lakers to lose their season finale at home against the Rockets.

Derrick Williams paced the Timberwolves (30-51) with 18 points.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 4/3/13

Joe Robbins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- MLB: The Minnesota Twins (1-1) edged the Detroit Tigers (1-1), 3-2.

The Cleveland Indians (2-0) outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays (0-2) in 11 innings, 3-2.

The Tampa Bay Rays (1-1) stung the Baltimore Orioles (1-1), 8-7.

The Pittsburgh Pirates (1-1) blanked the Chicago Cubs (1-1), 3-0.

The Cincinnati Reds (1-1) topped the Los Angeles Angels (1-1), 5-4.

The Washington Nationals (2-0) shut down the Miami Marlins (0-2), 3-0.

The New York Mets (2-0) doubled up the San Diego Padres (0-2), 8-4.

The Texas Rangers (2-1) lassoed the Houston Astros (1-2), 4-0.

The Chicago White Sox (2-0) downed the Kansas City Royals (0-2), 5-2.

The Atlanta Braves (2-0) took care of the Philadelphia Phillies (0-2), 9-2.

The Boston Red Sox (2-0) beat the New York Yankees (0-2), 7-4.

The Colorado Rockies (2-1) bounced the Milwaukee Brewers (1-2), 7-3.

The Oakland Athletics (1-2) stifled the Seattle Mariners (2-1), 6-2.

The Arizona Diamondbacks (2-1) topped the St. Louis Cardinals (1-2), 10-9 in 16-innings.

NBA: The New York Knicks (48-26) soared past the Atlanta Hawks (42-34), 95-82.

The Charlotte Bobcats (18-57) bounced the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers (30-44), 88-83.

The Brooklyn Nets (43-31) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (22-52), 113-95.

The Boston Celtics (43-31) stopped the Detroit Pistons (22-52), 98-93.

The Toronto Raptors (28-47) vanquished the Washington Wizards (28-47), 88-78.

The Minnesota Timberwolves (28-46) knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks (36-38), 107-98.

The San Antonio Spurs (56-19) rounded up the Orlando Magic (19-57), 98-94.

The Denver Nuggets (51-24) cruised past the Utah Jazz (39-37), 113-96.

The Memphis Grizzlies (51-24) trounced the Portland Trail Blazers (33-42), 94-76.

The Houston Rockets (42-33) dethroned the Sacramento Kings (27-48), 112-102.

The Golden State Warriors (43-32) squashed the New Orleans Hornets (26-49), 98-88.

The Los Angeles Clippers (50-26) pounded the Phoenix Suns (23-52), 126-101.

NHL: The New York Rangers (18-15-3; 39pts) pounded the Pittsburgh Penguins (28-10-0; 56pts), 6-1.

The Philadelphia Flyers (16-17-3; 35pts) iced the Montreal Canadiens (23-8-5; 51pts), 5-3.

The Edmonton Oilers (16-13-7, 39pts) destroyed the Calgary Flames (13-18-4, 30pts), 8-2.

The Anaheim Ducks (25-7-5, 55pts) dumped the Dallas Stars (16-17-3, 35pts), 5-2.

The San Jose Sharks (19-11-6, 44pts) upended the Minnesota Wild (21-13-2, 44pts), 4-2.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 3/12/13

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NBA: The Miami Heat (48-14) topped the Atlanta Hawks (34-29), 98-81. The Heat have now won 19 games in a row.

Dwight Howard scored 39 points and pulled down 16 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers (34-31) vanquished the Orlando Magic (18-47), 106-97.

The Charlotte Bobcats (14-50) bounced the Boston Celtics (34-29), 100-74.

The Cleveland Cavaliers (22-42) zapped the Washington Wizards (20-42), 95-90.

The Brooklyn Nets (38-27) stung the New Orleans Hornets (22-43), 108-98.

The Minnesota Timbewolves (22-39) lassoed the San Antonio Spurs (49-16), 107-83.

The Dallas Mavericks (30-33) tamed the Milwaukee Bucks (32-30), 115-108.

The Memphis Grizzlies (43-19) tipped the Portland Trail Blazers (29-34), 102-97.

Men's College Basketball: L-I-U Brooklyn (20-13) defeated Mount St. Mary's (18-14), 91-70 in the finals of the Northeastern Conference Championship.

South Dakota State (25-9) stymied North Dakota State (24-9), 73-67 in the finals of the Summit League Conference Championship.

Valparaiso (26-7) outwitted Wright State (21-12), 62-54 in the finals of the Horizon League Conference Championship.

Women’s College Basketball: (2) Notre Dame (31-1) took care of (3) Connecticut (29-4), 61-59 to win their first Big East Tournament Championship.

World Baseball Classic Second Round: The United States popped Puerto Rico, 7-1.

The Dominican Republic upended Italy, 5-4.

Japan jolted the Netherlands, 10-6.

NHL: The Buffalo Sabres (10-14-3, 23pts) iced the New York Rangers (13-10-2, 28pts), 3-2.

The Carolina Hurricanes (15-9-1, 31pts) blanked the Washington Capitals (10-14-1, 21pts), 4-0.

The Vancouver Canucks (12-7-6, 30pts) outlasted the Columbus Blue Jackets (10-12-5, 25pts) in a shootout, 2-1.

The Tampa Bay Lightning (11-14-1, 23pts) skated past the Florida Panthers (7-14-6, 20pts), 3-2.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (19-8-0, 38pts) downed the Boston Bruins (17-4-3, 37pts), 3-2.

The Winnipeg Jets (12-11-2, 20pts) ousted the Toronto Maple Leafs (15-10-1, 31pts), 5-2.

The St. Louis Blues (14-10-2, 30pts) doubled up the San Jose Sharks (11-8-6, 28pts), 4-2.

The Anaheim Ducks (19-3-3, 41pts) edged the Minnesota Wild (13-10-2, 28pts), 2-1.

The Nashville Predators (11-9-6, 28pts) blacked out the Dallas Stars (12-11-2, 24pts), 4-0.

The Edmonton Oilers (10-11-5, 25pts) blanked the Colorado Avalanche (10-11-4, 24pts), 4-0.

The Phoenix Coyotes (13-10-3, 29pts) mauled the Los Angeles Kings (14-9-2, 30pts), 5-2.

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Heat Win 15th Straight

Ron Elkman/Sports Imagery/ Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) -- The Miami Heat did something on Monday they have never done in their history: they won a 15th straight game. The franchise record came when the team defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-81 at the Target Center.

"Any time you get an opportunity set a record, it's great for the organization and the guys involved," Heat forward LeBron James said. "But we want to keep going. We want to keep winning each game by itself. We don't talk about the streak, we just go to the next game and play it out. We look forward to the next one."

James scored 20 points and 10 rebounds, Dwyane Wade added 32 points and the Heat (44-14) held Minnesota to 37 percent shooting.

Timberwolves guard J.J. Barrea was ejected in the fourth quarter for a Flagrant-2 foul on Miami's Ray Allen. The Heat then went on a 17-5 run to put the game away.

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Rajon Rondo Out For Season With Torn ACL

NBA via Boston Celtics (BOSTON) -- The Boston Celtics received some horrible news on Sunday afternoon.

Point guard Rajon Rondo will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL and is expected to miss the rest of the season.  Rondo suffered the injury Friday night when he hyperextended his right knee in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.

No surgery date has been scheduled as of yet, and Rondo's expected recovery time is unknown.

In 38 games this season, Rondo is averaging 13.7 points and 11.1 assists-per-game for the Celtics, who as of Sunday are clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Rondo is the fourth NBA guard to suffer a torn ACL in the last year, joining Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, Ricky Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 1/17/13

ThinkStock(NEW YORK) -- NBA: The New York Knicks (25-13) defeated the Detroit Pistons (14-25), 102-87 at the O2 Arena in London.

The Miami Heat (26-12) burned the Los Angeles Lakers (17-22), 99-90.

The Los Angeles Clippers (31-9) dismissed the Minnesota Timberwolves (16-20), 90-77.

The Milwaukee Bucks (20-18) dunked the Phoenix Suns (13-28), 98-94.

Top 25 Men's College Basketball:  (3) Duke (16-1) routed Georgia Tech (10-6), 73-57.

(5) Michigan (17-1) outlasted (9) Minnesota (15-3), 83-75.

(8) Gonzaga (17-1) cruised past Portland (8-11), 71-49.

(10) Florida (13-2) took care of Texas A&M (12-4), 68-47.

(21) Oregon (14-2) held off USC (7-10), 76-74.

(22) VCU (15-3) rallied past Saint Joseph's (9-6), 92-86.

Northwestern (11-7) upset (23) Illinois (14-5), 68-54.

(24) UCLA (15-3) bounced Oregon State (10-7), 74-64.

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T-Wolves Forward Kevin Love Undergoes Successful Surgery

Minnesota Timberwolves/NBA(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love underwent successful surgery on his broken right hand, the club announced on Tuesday. He is expected to miss 8-10 weeks.

The 24-year-old Love was operated on by Dr. Michelle Carson at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

The two-time All-Star re-fractured his right hand earlier this month in a game against the Denver Nuggets. He initial injured his hand during a workout at his home back in mid-October.

In 18 games this season, Love is averaging 18.3 points and 14.0 rebounds per game.

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Kevin Love Out 8-10 Weeks With Broken Hand

Minnesota Timberwolves/NBA(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love is expected to miss eight to ten weeks after finding out he will require surgery on his broken right hand, the team announced Wednesday.

Love, who broke the same hand earlier this season, suffered the injury during the teams 101-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets last week.

Love joins a list of injured Wolves that includes Brandon Roy, Chase Budinger and Josh Howard. Point guard Ricky Rubio is also playing on a part time basis as the Wolves gradually bring him back from a torn ACL.

Love is in the first year of a $62 million contract extension he signed last January. In 18 games played this season, the 6-foot-10 Love has averaged 18.3 points and 14 rebounds per game.

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