A coach like Tubby Smith is enough in demand and well-paid enough that if he really wanted to leave the University of Minnesota, he could do so the moment he felt a better opportunity came along. So far this off-season, Coach Smith has been targeted by rumors of a move to Oregon, Wake Forest and [...]
Fred Hoiberg was a special player for the Minnesota Timberwolves during the season they advanced to the NBA Western Conference Championship Series. After heart problems forced him into retirement as a player, he joined the Wolves front office staff and was widely believed to be a future GM of the organization. That was before David [...]
Cory Joseph, the nations seventh-best recruit in basketball, chose friends over family recently when he announced he had chosen to play his college ball at the University of Texas, rather than the University of Minnesota. Even the Gopher’s sharp custom hats weren’t enough to sway his decision. Coach Tubby Smith did a fine job attempting [...]
Even though it makes tons of sense and would protect the average taxpayer in Minnesota from any participation in the costs, a newly-revised “racino” bill has virtually no chance of passing into law. The proposal, which would approve thousands of slot machines to be added to the gambling operations already in existence at Canterbury Park [...]
At least the torture that was the first season of the Minnesota Timberwolves under the new regime of David Kahn and Kurt Rambis will soon be over. At 15-65, and match-ups against San Antonio and Detroit remaining, it’s unlikely the Wolves will win again until next fall. This season, the Wolves secured the second-worst record [...]
Gophers leader Paul Carter, a strong post player and locker room presence for Tubby Smith’s Gophers, has decided to transfer from Minnesota to be closer to his sister, who has been diagnosed with cancer. It’s another tough blow for Smith’s team, which has been dealt a series of them this season; the only bright spot [...]
It’s exactly as Carl Pohlad, who never lived to see the opening of Target Field, dreamed it would be. The Twins new open-air ballpark has debuted to weather that is by and large gorgeous for Minnesota in April, the team is loaded with talent paid for by its new revenue streams, and the Twins are [...]
