Kevin Garnett won the MVP and led the Wolves to the Western Conference Finals. Johan Santana won the Cy Young.

So who was the Sportsperson of the Year for 2004 in Minnesota?

Lindsay Whalen. Pat Reusse says it wasn't even close, and he explains why.

(One annoying sidelight: Mike Thibault is quoted as saying that he never considered trading Whalen. Seems to be some revisionism going on there. If he never considered trading her, you have to wonder why he and Sienko jerked the Lynx around for a week last April, and why he publicly trashed Minnesota for failing to put together "anything that resembles a good trade offer" and for failing to "step up" and make a fair deal. Never let the truth get in the way of a good quote for the papers, right Mike? Thibault, in my book: still a jackass.)