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2015 In Review: The Year In Local Sports

Minnesota doesn’t seem to lack anything in having big sports stories over the course of a year, and 2015 was no exception.

Two big-time Twins prospects made their Major League debuts, we said goodbye to a legendary basketball coach, we celebrated another WNBA title and there were several shakeups in the athletic department at the University of Minnesota.

Here’s a look back at the crazy year that was Minnesota sports.

January

(credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
(credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

The University of Minnesota football program was rewarded for its second straight 8-4 season with its first Jan.