McCoughtry led her team to the Finals for the second straight year, but despite breaking her own Finals scoring record, the Dream was swept for the second straight year, this time by the Minnesota Lynx, which won its first title behind a fully healthy Seimone Augustus.

Unfortunately, for the team, they came up short against the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx, losing in two games.

Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx basketball teams and business billionaire, grew up on a farm outside Comfrey.

" Both the first and the second rounds were forced to decided third games, as they beat the Minnesota Lynx and Sacramento Monarchs.

The Sun selected Lindsay Whalen amidst rumors they would trade her to the Minnesota Lynx.

The Sun then snagged the first overall pick in the 2010 collegiate draft in a trade with the Minnesota Lynx ; a trade that would have the Sun's most recognizable face in starting point guard Lindsay Whalen, along with the second overall pick, shipped to Minneapolis.

The center is home to the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, and the Minnesota Valkyrie.

The Minnesota Lynx won their first two games on their home floor, and ultimately won the WNBA Championship, the first title won by a team that played in Target Center.

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ).

The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx ' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in four of their fourteen years in Minnesota.

The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998.

The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft and Renee Montgomery to the Connecticut Sun for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick.

The Lynx Foundation donated a $ 5, 000 grant to the SAGE program, run by the Minnesota Department of Health.

" LosLynx " is the unofficial rallying cry of the Minnesota Lynx.

In the playoffs, the Storm made quick work of the Minnesota Lynx, sweeping them in the first round.

* Kachine Alexander, guard for the Minnesota Lynx ( WNBA )

This was also the year she set her WNBA high in points, with 27 against the Minnesota Lynx.

When the A-League became the USL First Division in 2005, the league comprised 12 teams: Atlanta Silverbacks, Charleston Battery, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact, Portland Timbers, Puerto Rico Islanders, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Seattle Sounders, Toronto Lynx, Vancouver Whitecaps and Virginia Beach Mariners.

* Canada Lynx research at the University of Minnesota – Duluth

Dogpatch characters were used in national campaigns for the Cancer Foundation, the March of Dimes, the National Heart Fund, the Boy Scouts of America, Minnesota Tuberculosis and Health Association, the National Amputation Foundation, and Disabled American Veterans, among others.

After reaching sales of $ 75 million in 1941, George and Jay established The Hormel Foundation to provide perpetual independence of the company, act as trustees of the family trusts and to start and fund The Hormel Institute, a research unit at the University of Minnesota.

The Institute, located in Austin, MN, was the result of a partnership in 1942 between the Hormel Foundation, the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic.

In 1985, she was at the Hazelden Foundation Clinic in Minnesota for rehabilitation.

Although existing theatres were adapted to show Cinerama films, in 1961 and 1962 the non-profit Cooper Foundation of Lincoln, Nebraska, designed and built three near-identical circular " super-Cinerama " theaters in Denver, Colorado ; St. Louis Park, Minnesota ( a Minneapolis suburb ); and Omaha, Nebraska.

Hunter contributes to many charities, including the " Torii Hunter Project Education Initiative ," which provides college scholarships to students in California, Arkansas, Nevada and Minnesota, the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, a partnership with Major League Baseball to help maintain and improve baseball diamonds in inner cities, the Big Brothers and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and in addition, Hunter helped fund construction of a youth softball field in Placentia, California in 2008.

From 1968 to 1988 he was a Trustee of the University of Minnesota Foundation, presiding over it from 1978 through 1981.

In addition, Dogpatch characters were used in national campaigns for the U. S. Treasury, the Cancer Foundation, the March of Dimes, the National Heart Fund, the Sister Kenny Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America, Community Chest, the National Reading Council, Minnesota Tuberculosis and Health Association, Christmas Seals, the National Amputation Foundation and Disabled American Veterans, among others.

The Blacklock Nature Sanctuary has an annual Artist Fellowship Program through a grant from the Jerome Hill Foundation to support Minnesota artists.

* The Immortal Chaplains Foundation was incorporated in October 1997 as a Minnesota non-profit corporation.

Penny is currently the President of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.

In 1956, he accepted a Hill Foundation Professorship and moved to the medical campus of the University of Minnesota.

Minnesota State University Moorhead professors have been recognized with more CASE Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professors of the Year designations than any college or university, public or private, in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, or Wisconsin.

Kernis is an active composer in high demand by such groups as the New York Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony ; he currently also serves as Composer Institute Director for the Minnesota Orchestra and on the Artistic Advisory Panel of the BMI Foundation.

The building is on University property, but is owned by the University of Minnesota Gateway Corporation, made up of the Alumni Association, U of M Foundation and Medical Foundation.

The rental demand for special event spaces at the center and growth in operations of the University of Minnesota Foundation and the Minnesota Medical Foundation, both housed in the center, prompted the University of Minnesota Board of Regents to approve a $ 9. 7 million addition.

Rock County holds the distinction of being one of four counties in the state of Minnesota without a natural lake.

The town of Walker, Minnesota, holds an International Eelpout Festival every winter on Leech Lake.

Savage, Minnesota, also holds a Dan Patch Days to celebrate Dan Patch in June.

The Minnesota Republican Party holds none of the five statewide elected offices but holds a majority in the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Triple Espresso ... A Highly Caffeinated Comedy is a vaudeville style comedy which opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1996 and enjoyed popular long-standing runs in Minneapolis and San Diego, California, ( where it holds the record of longest continuously running show in San Diego ), as well as short engagements elsewhere in six countries ( the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Germany ).

The Minnesota State High School League state hockey tournament holds its consolation bracket at Mariucci.

The plaza which holds an amphitheater and water fountain is considered one of the endangered historic properties in Minnesota.

Hardaway holds the NBA record for the worst single-game shooting performance in NBA history, going 0-for-17 in a 106-102 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 27, 1991.

It also holds accreditation from National Association of Schools of Music, Minnesota Board of Teaching, American Chemical Society and Council on Social Work Education.

Angus Bethune ( Charlie Talbert ) is a teenage boy living in Minnesota, who, despite his talents as a football player and in science class, holds deep insecurities about himself.

Her father, Charles Sr., played minor league baseball in the Minnesota Twins ' farm system, and holds the record for the most grand slams ( 3 ) in a minor league game.

Hillcrest holds accreditation as a non-public high school through the Minnesota Nonpublic School Accrediting Association ( MNSAA ).

As of 2012, ShopNBC holds an " A -" rating from the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota for properly addressing consumer matters.

He still holds the record for most consecutive games with a hit in Minnesota Twins history.

Montgomery, Minnesota, claims to be the " Kolacky capital of the world " and holds an annual festival known as Kolacky Days.

State championships in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin are held at a single central location, while Ohio holds its games at stadiums in Canton and Massillon, which are located only 11 miles apart.