Just one night after losing to the Bulls on the road, the Wolves won on Wednesday night at home … against the same Bulls team. In a rare case of back-to-back games against an Eastern Conference opponent, the Wolves started sluggishly but finished strong to overwhelm Chicago, 83-67. The game, which would have looked sharp [...]
Three of the 17 players who are finalists to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, are former Minnesota Vikings. The most notable is wide receiver Cris Carter, who famously came to the Vikings after being cut by Eagles coach Buddy Ryan for “only knowing how to catch touchdowns.” History [...]
The Minnesota Gophers suffered another Big 10 road loss to a classy, talented, experienced Ohio State team under coach Tubby Smith this weekend, 76-60, but there are five reasons why such humbling defeats will become rarer for the Gophers and coach Smith next season. They are: Colton Iverson, Ralph Sampson III, Paul Carter, Devron Bostick, [...]
If I had to describe Al Jefferson and limit myself to three basic assessments of his talents, it would go something like this: Al Jefferson is younger than Kevin Garnett. Al Jefferson is cheaper than Kevin Garnett. And Al Jefferson is playing better this year than Kevin Garnett. It’s clear now why the Wolves valued [...]
After a half season of near futility, the Minnesota Timberwolves have put together back-to-back wins for the first time in the franchise’s post-Garnett era. Wednesday night’s 117-110 win over Phoenix marks the second time this season the Wolves have beaten down the Suns, who are the Western Conference’s elite team this season. Al Jefferson hit [...]
Hold your horses! Last year’s Timberwolves rookie draftee, Randy Foye, could help turn the team’s all-time worst season ever around enough to help his team finish somewhat respectably, but his journey back to the starting lineup was been delayed unexpectedly by some unforeseen, but significant, soreness in his legs that could add at least a [...]
I had a chance recently to try out the Pure Water 2Go water bottles, and I was surprised by what I found. It’s been a long time since I’ve regularly consumed unfiltered tap water; usually I buy carbonated bottled water by H2Oh!, largely because it contains no sweetners or sugar, yet has that carbonated fizz [...]
Although it looked for a while like a possible third loss in four games, it turns out Tubby Smith’s Gophers had a nice cat bed all made up for the Penn State Nittany Lions to fall asleep in during the second half. The Gophers, now 12-3 overall and 2-1 in Big 10 action, won a [...]
Although often playing it close, the young and inexperienced Minnesota Timberwolves, who are well on their way to the worst season ever in franchise history, may not yet be playing at a level that makes one want to drive over to Best Buy to get an HDTV complete with high-end HDMI cables just to watch [...]
Whether it’s the Wilfs’ private jet or something as simple as a foam mattress, the Vikings ownership claims they want to build the club into a first-class organization, and they at least have several Vikings players believing it’s possible. This off-season, the club will be looking to fill gaping holes as defensive end, wide receiver, [...]
First-year starter and redshirt freshman Adam Weber, who started every game for the Minnesota Gophers last year, will be in for a lot of competition next fall to retain his starting job. There will be so many top athletes vying for the position it could cause Weber to need some progesterone or something, for all [...]
Coach Brad Childress saw his Minnesota Vikings drop the final two games of the season, robbing his team of a playoff turnaround to their season. After starting the season 2-5, the Vikings turned their season around more efficiently than a New York moving company, beginning with a big win against the New York Giants. After [...]
