Charley Walters, among others, has confirmed through an interview with University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks that the school is already looking for ways to extend and enrich its current contract with Gophers men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith, which is great news. While Smith still has four years remaining on his current deal and isn’t [...]
Personally, I think Tubby Smith is staying in Minnesota. Sure, there are rumors of several schools being interested in luring him away. That’s only natural when you have a legendary coach leading your program. But Tubby indicated after the Gophers were bumped from the NCAA Tourney by Xavier that everything out there is “just talk” [...]
Maybe Kobe Bryant had an itchy trigger finger, or maybe it was just eczema. Either way, he had a very nice night against the Timberwolves as coach Kurt Rambis was schooled by his former team by a distance of eight points; it was a dismal first period that left the Wolves too buried for the [...]
Several Gophers may be suffering from joint pain after a tough, 11-point loss to Xavier in the first round of the NCAA tourney, but the pain for coach Smith was more personal: being linked, in the middle of a big game, to yet another rumor about him moving on from Minnesota to another program, this [...]
A couple years ago, it would have been unthinkable, but former San Diego Chargers superstar back LaDanian Tomlinson is an unrestricted free agent. He visited the Minnesota Vikings and by all reports was wowed by the team. But on Thursday he left Winter Park with a purple jersey in hand, but lacking a signed contract. [...]
Vikings QB Brett Favre did not tip his hand on his intentions for playing or retiring next season on Thursday’s Tonight Show appearance with Jay Leno. Even though he’ll soon be eligible for senior life insurance, there’s still a strong possibility Favre will decide to play. Yet his aversion to training camp or letting teams [...]
While the Gophers are facing a disappointing season, there are signs of hope; the main one (aside from a big sale on an Epson receipt printer for the Gophers’ ticket office) is that one of their big-man recruits for next season is looking like a hot prospect. The 6-11 Elliot Eliason recently lead his high [...]
Still stuck at 14 wins despite the addition of Darko Milicic prior to the trading deadline, the Wolves are now firmly the worst team in the Western Conference, three wins behind Golden State. Only New Jersey, in the Eastern Conference, is struggling more with a mere six wins to their credit this season. Everyone else [...]
Sitting at the brink of becoming non-existent as a bubble team for the NCAA Tourney, the Minnesota Golden Gophers put on a stellar performance on the road against the Illinois Illini this weekend, posting a 19-point lead at the half and hanging on to win 62-60, the first time the Gophers have won at Illinois [...]
