We all knew that the Minnesota Gophers were better under Tubby Smith this season. We also all knew that the Gophers were playing a Dan Monson-style soft schedule this year in the nonconference portion of their schedule. We all used our custom pens to mark down an asterisk next to the now 10-2 record so [...]
Bill Clinton won the presidency with a four word motto that helped him stay on message: It’s the economy, stupid.
Perhaps when addressing the problems that remain with the Vikings this off-season, Coach Brad Childress would do well to adopt a similar catch-phrase: It’s the receivers, stupid! When going out on the free agent market for [...]
Even though the Vikings missed the playoffs on Sunday, dropping to 8-8 after an overtime fumble gave Denver the ball deep in their own territory following an amazing Vikings comeback i the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter to tie the game up, rookie running back Adrian Peterson will probably still be named NFL [...]
The Minnesota Vikings may be back in the playoff picture, but one of the toughest games remaining on their schedule will be played tonight, on Monday Night Football on ESPN, as the Vikings face off with division rival, the Chicago Bears. It’s no secret that the Vikings have played poorly against their NFC North competitors [...]
Losing is never fun, but sometimes a taste of a fine wine can ease some of the pain involved in suffering a loss. Perhaps the Minnesota Timberwolves need to look into a wine of the month club membership this year. With their season about a quarter of the way done, the Wolves stand at 3-17 [...]
The hits just keep on coming for the Minnesota Timberwolves. And not in a good way.
On Tuesday, the Wolves found out top PG Randy Foye, who hasn’t played in a single regular-season game this season, will be out for at least another three to four weeks. The news came down following a checkup Foye had [...]
Former Kentucky men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith has been working for nine months now without a signed contract, but on Monday that situation was finally rectified. According to various sources on the Internet, as well as the local papers, Smith’s final-draft contract will pay him an average of $1.75M per season, with performance incentives potentially [...]
Something all Minnesotans, sports fans or otherwise, tend to appreciate are environmental products, and GreenandMore.com certainly is a decent source for hundreds of eco-friendly products, whether you live up on the greenery of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, or the metropolitan streets of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
One of the annoying aspects of some “pro-green” advocates [...]
Wins have been rare for the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves this season, and going into Saturday’s game against Phoenix, few folks were expecting the third win of the season to come at that moment. Yet that is exactly what has happened.
C/PF Al Jefferson played up to his “young KG” billing, scoring 32 points and racking up [...]
This isn’t the way to win any designer inspired jewelry like an NBA Title ring. On a last-second shot from Atlanta Hawk Joe Johnson, the Minnesota Timberwolves lost their fifth straight game tonight, and their 15th loss of Minnesota’s first season without Kevin Garnett. For the season, the Wolves stand at 2-15.
The 90-89 loss clinches [...]
The Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball class for 2007 just keeps looking better and better with each passing day.
Although MinnesotaSportsScene.com was on extended Thanksgiving break – made longer by some ongoing computer problems – just before turkey day, the best point guard in all of Canada agreed to sign a tender with Coach Tubby as highly-recruited [...]
