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The Timberwolves made a secret agreement with free agent and former No. 1 overall draft pick Joe Smith, signing him to a succession of below-market one-year deals in order to enable the team to go over the cap with a huge contract ahead of the 2001-02 season.

“What was that all about?” former Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh asked me on Wednesday.

As a sellout crowd of 46,272 that included President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Frank Robinson rose to its feet and the banners on the B&O Warehouse behind the right-field bleachers changed from 2,130 to 2,131, fireworks erupted and balloons and streamers soared into the air.

Former US President Joe Biden recently underwent skin cancer surgery, his spokeswoman said.

But one pair of regulars has left the show - Scottish couple Joe Kyle and Roisin Kelly.