​Yesterday, we brought you the story of the TimberTrolls, the hottest thing to hit Minnesota Timberwolves' online fanbase since... well, they're probably the hottest thing to ever hit the Wolves' online fanbase.

And while they've only been at it for about a month, the Spaniards have already accounted for a list-worthy trove of photoshopped photos and animated GIFs. So without further ado, and in honor of the No. 7-wearing basketball sensation that made Spain give a shit about Minnesota's NBA team in the first place, here's the top-seven Troll-inspired images thus far.
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A U of M paper suggests the movie industry itself can reduce the impact of piracy without need for legislation.

​An academic paper co-written by a University of Minnesota economics professor finds there is little evidence for the notion that movie piracy reduces ticket purchases at movie theaters.

That notion, of course, is often a crucial premise in the arguments made by supporters of legislation like SOPA and PIPA meant to strengthen copyright protections and wipe pirated content off the internet.

But "Real Piracy: The Effect of Online Firm Piracy on International Box Office Sales," co-written by the U of M's Joel Waldfogel, found no "evidence of elevated sales displacement in US box office revenue following the adoption of BitTorrent" back in 2003.

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Mpls' social media job market is very solid.

​Social media has revolutionized the way we publish and disseminate information. No longer are journalists ink-stained wretches trying to put together a story before a print deadline -- now we're more like carpal tunnel-plagued pixelheads trying to be the first to tweet the latest scoop.

But, if you're someone looking to make a living as a blogger, online marketing manager, or social media strategist, what cities are the best places to look for work? Well, if a healthy job market and solid salary potential are your motivators, then All Twitter -- "The Unofficial Twitter Resource" -- has just the list for you.

The online publication recently compiled the Social Media Strategy Guide, and it turns out that Minneapolis isn't such a bad place to be for us pixelheads after all.

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The TimberTrolls logo.

​It turns out Ricky Rubio's Minnesota arrival reinvigorated the Timberwolves in more ways than one.

We expected Ricky to draw some Spanish fans to the team -- but nobody saw the Minnesota TimberTrolls coming.

The TimberTrolls are a group of Spaniards who watched a T-Wolves game or two because of Ricky, but ended up taking a shine to the rest of the team. Now some of the T-Wolves' most active and devoted internet fans, they're largely responsible for the hilarious and popular animated GIF images that have given the 2012 squad a folklore appeal.

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When a contract extension is done, K-Love will be happy to report it himself, thank you very much.

​Kevin Love has agreed to a 4-year, $62 million extension with the Timberwolves!... or has he?

Around 8 p.m. last night, the Pioneer Press' Ray Richardson -- a relatively low-profile T-Wolves beat reporter -- put his reputation on the line by tweeting that a deal is done. But shortly thereafter, other Wolves reporters and K-Love himself took to the Twittersphere to refute Richardson's report.

The episode serves as a fascinating example of how quickly misinformation can be disseminated in the social media age.

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Nyberg, on skates and clad in gorilla suit, pops the question

​Thanks to combined power of Twitter and the Associated Press, a local man's bizarre marriage proposal is now national news.

St. Paul resident Jake Nyberg, 31, wanted to surprise his then-girlfriend Tess Haun when he popped the question. He came up with an off-the-wall plan involving a staged engagement photo shoot, gorilla suits, and ice skates.
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David Carr remembers when RT Rybak was an alt weekly publisher.

​David Carr reaches back to his days as a Minneapolis alternative weekly editor in today's issue of the New York Times, calling on Mayor RT Rybak for an assist.

Carr's column revives the age-old rivalry between the Twin Cities Reader and City Pages. Back then, Rybak was the publisher of the Reader, and he made a bold decision to eschew sex ads, which had long been a staple of alternative weeklies.
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​This week's print edition of City Pages is currently being delivered to hundreds of stands around the Twin Cities.

Here are some of the pulse-pounding stories you will find inside:

On the Cover: Andy Mannix brings us some investigative food reporting and a fascinating character portrait of a local soul food legend: Dinner with the Hulk

Blotter: The wife of a local sports media celebrity faces the music for a deadly hit-and-run in Senser's Responsibility.
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Gary Eichten is retiring after four decades with MPR.

​Gary Eichten, whose soothing tones and pleasant disposition have eased -- not to mention informed -- a lot of mid-morning drives, is retiring from Minnesota Public Radio.

Eichten made the announcement to MPR staff this morning, and then announced it publicly during "Midday."

True to form, Eichten made sure he wasn't the story.

"Good morning, welcome to Midday on Minnesota Public Radio news, I'm Gary Eichten," he said, opening the broadcast. "Big news out of Libya today, it looks like Muammar Qaddafi has been ousted as Libya's dictatorial leader."

Only at the end of the show did Eichten announce to listeners that he'd be leaving MPR in January, after more than 40 years on the air.
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Bachmann's quote blamed Obama for the Casey Anthony verdict

​Michele Bachmann raised eyebrows last week with her comment blaming President Barack Obama for the Casey Anthony verdict.

"Well, I've been visiting all the primary states, and I've been talking to people, and people all over the place are asking me, why, in Barack Obama's America, someone who murders a baby who happens to be white doesn't get punished," Bachmann was quoted as saying by the Internet magazine Salon.com.

There was just one problem: Bachmann didn't actually say anything of the sort.

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