Kirk Cousins will be a free agent for the first time since the Vikings gave him the first fully- guaranteed quarterback deal in the NFL. Baker Mayfield is expected to stay put in Tampa Bay. Russell Wilson has to make another move. Joe Flacco could find a new home, too.

The quarterback carousel will start spinning when the NFL’s free agency period opens Monday with the legal tampering period. Players can’t officially sign new deals until the opening of the league’s new year on Wednesday.

Anthony Edwards matched his season high with 44 points, made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:11 to go and came up with a spectacular block at the buzzer to give the short- handed Minnesota Timberwolves a 113-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. 

Karl Anthony Towns sat out with a sore left knee and Finch gave no timetable for his return. ESPN and The Athletic reported Towns has a torn meniscus.

St. Thomas Men’s Hockey hosts the first playoff series on home ice in program history this weekend against the Lake Superior State Lakers (15-18-1, 11-12-1) as the CCHA’s second- best team after 24 games of conference play. They match up with the Lakers who finished in seventh place in the conference. 

Game one at Saint Thomas Ice Arena is set for a 7:07 p.m. puck drop on Friday night.

Jack Dunn can be reached at jack.dunn@stthomas.edu.