The Wolves’ performance in the NBA draft was interesting, to say the least. After refusing to be baited into an unnecessary trade by the New Jersey Nets by telling them to keep their third overall pick and their American Standard toilets, Minnesota still saw the guy they wanted – Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson – fall to [...]
The Minnesota Twins are at 36-27 in the AL Central, giving them a 2.5-game lead and the fourth-best record in the American League. All three teams doing better are in the AL East: The Yankees, the Red Sox and the Rays. Of course, their current feud is with the inter-league play rivals, the Atlanta Braves, [...]
As the Big 12 continues falling apart at the seams, the latest beneficiary of the chaos is the Big 10, who have extended an invitation to Nebraska to join the storied conference starting next season. Colorado is already joining the Pac-10 and some say that Missouri is up in the air choosing between the Pac-10 [...]
What a way to debut at their new home, Target Field, this season. I’m not a huge baseball geek; in fact, frequent readers will notice I talk about Gophers men’s basketball in this space more often than I write about the Twins or even the Wild. But I know good baseball when I see it, [...]
Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe’s future is in more doubt than ever as his Miami Dade felony trial, scheduled for June 7, now looks as though it will be delayed again, with no rescheduled date in sight. Both the prosecution and defense admitted they were not prepared to proceed. Mbakwe has received a conditional release from [...]
Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has made it clear he intends to join the NBA; but not this season. He intends to fulfill his contract with FC Barcelona, which does not allow him to opt out of the Euro league until the 2011-12 season. Rubio also said he’ll be happy to join the Minnesota Timberwolves, [...]
