ESPN.com is batting about the latest possible trade rumor in the NBA: that Miami is so taken with O.J. Mayo, they may be willing to work out a trade with Minnesota to swap the second pick for Minnesota’s third pick in the draft, which would allow Miami to take Mayo and give the Wolves a [...]
Tubby Smith’s University of Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball team still ranks high following a spring signing period in which no additional talent was added. Maintaining a high ranking while other Big 10 and top national schools added players is a testimony to the quality of the five recruits Smith put together last fall. HoopScoopOnline ranks [...]
After dealing or releasing or deciding not to re-sign three of their top talents, expectations for the Twins this year were not high. That’s good, because at 21-22, they’re playing just below .500 ball. The shocking bit is out of their control; at 23-20, the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox are only two games ahead [...]
Gophers 2009 basketball recruit Royce White just proved to be a better “get” than coach Tubby Smith may have thought when he landed White’s verbal commit last month. According to the latest Rivals.com poll of the top 150 prospects in the 2009 class, White moved up several notches to 18 overall. White’s pal, Rodney Williams, [...]
It may not be happening as quickly as some might like, but it appears Fred Hoiberg, the former Minnesota Timberwolf forced into retirement by a heart condition, who has become involved in the front office of the Wolves, is still being groomed to take over Kevin McHale’s role when he finally decides to step away [...]
New Gophers recruit Royce White, himself ranked 32 in the nation by Rivals.com, commited to Tubby Smith’s Gophers recruiting class of 2009 a couple weeks ago, and is convinced that he can be a big factor in getting lifelong friend and fellow Top 100 recruit, Rodney Williams Jr., to also select the Gophers. Williams is [...]
As we all know by now, heavily recruiting pure PG Verdell Jones III last Monday chose playing time over playing for one of the most prestigious coaches in all of college basketball, when he selected Indiana and Tom Crean over Minnesota and Tubby Smith. The loss of Jones is by no means a tragedy for [...]
Minnesota Gophers football coach Tim Brewster is already looking ahead to 2009; not that this season doesn’t matter – it does, a lot – but he’s already secured an oral commit out of Houston Cypress Ridge RB Hasan Lipscomb, who Rivals.com rates as a four-star prospect and one of the top 250 juniors in the [...]
We’ll know early Monday evening, just in time for the local news, whether Verdell Jones III will be a Gopher or a Hoosier next year. The true point guard who has been heavily pursued by coach Tubby Smith is scheduled to make his announcement at 5 PM on Monday at Jupiter’s Pizzeria in Champaign, IL. [...]
The huge trade that brought Kansas City DE Jared Allen to the Minnesota Vikings made losing that first and two third-round draft picks far less critical. If Allen can stay clean and model his Vikings career after Cris Carter, who also came to the team with substance abuse problems and turned his life and career [...]
It won’t tax the Dell memory of regular readers of this blog to recall that Minnesota Gophers basketball head coach Tubby Smith is in hot pursuit of Champaign, Ill., point guard Verdell Jones, who is also being courted by Indiana, Arizona and Kentucky. Well, even though Indiana might be the school most likely to give [...]
