Here’s a question to ponder: which is riskier, banking on a Vikings win or online banking? Personally, even though the Vikes won ugly, 29-22 over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, I think opening a checking account with an online bank like WaMu is a whole lot safer than relying on this year’s Vikings team for [...]
Already, Tubby Smith has out-recruited his former employer, Kentucky, and landed a recruiting class for next season that ranks, according to most experts, as the second-best class in the Big 10 and safely within the Top 10 in the nation. After being critiqued at Kentucky for his inability to land the best recruits, Smith has [...]
Alarmists are already looking to take out a burial policy on the Minnesota Vikings after last weekend’s shocking injury to rookie RB sensation Adrian Peterson, who, now that the dust has settled, appears to be headed toward missing anywhere from one week to the rest of the season after tearing his lateral collateral ligament in [...]
It took forever. Or, more accurately, it only seemed like forever. But after starting off their first Kevin Garnett-less season in 12 years, the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves have won a game without KG on the court. The victory came at Target Center, against a lousy Sacramento team that beat them only a few days earlier [...]
The new-look Minnesota Timberwolves lost their third straight game in the young NBA season last night, a 111-103 loss to Orlando. So what’s the difference between this year’s team and last year’s? How about effort, for one? Playing in the shadow of Kevin Garnett last season, most of Minnesota’s other starters and bench players looked [...]
Prior to Sunday’s game, Minnesota rookie running back Adrian Peterson was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for the month of October. The young-legged runner must want to make it two in a row, as he responded to the honor today by breaking the all-time NFL single-game rushing record against the San Diego [...]
Troy Williamson won’t catch a single pass against the San Diego Chargers today and you can take that to the bank! The reason, however, won’t be ineffective play, this time. Williamson sadly suffered the loss of his grandmother recently and received permission to attend to family needs at her funeral this weekend. Pass catcher Bobby [...]
The growing pains continue. It has been several years since the Illinois Fighting Illini liked playing the Minnesota Gophers. That’s because under prior coach Glen Mason, they rarely won against our maroon and gold. But under new coach Tim Brewster, in the middle of a rookie season as head coach and dipped in a big, [...]
There were no expectations, really. If Al Jefferson had wheeled out a utility cart full of basketballs without tripping, he might have drawn a round of applause from an arena full of Timberwolves fans who, more than anything, want to see 48 minutes of good, solid effort each night. The new, Kevin Garnett-less Wolves didn’t [...]
Former Boston Celtic power forward Al Jefferson just sealed his fate, assuring Minnesota of a decent to potentially-great PF in Kevin Garnett’s old spot by signing a five-year, incentive-laden contract that is short of the max, but certainly will make Jefferson a well-to-do guy going forward. Exact terms of the deal aren’t fully revealed at [...]
Sometimes you just have to wonder what some kids are thinking. Or if they think at all. Word has it junior forward Brandon Smith, who only managed four points a game as a 13-game starter last season for the Gopher’s men’s basketball team, primarily under interim coach Jim Molinari, has decided to leave the team, [...]
