By Andy Weise Who would have thought a month ago the general public would be more curious about the Timberwolves than the Pistons? Thanks to new President of Basketball Operations David Kahn, the T’Wolves have filled headlines with a major pre-draft trade that landed international star Ricky Rubio. While the Rubio situation figures to be an on-going situation throughout the … [Read more...] about Who will coach the Wolves?
Minnesota Teams
Despite Ten Wins, Kevin Slowey Still Not an Ace
By Shaymus McLaughlin There are only two pitchers with ten wins in the major leagues. Unsurprisingly, one is Roy Halladay, the all-star caliber Blue Jays pitcher whose 2.53 ERA, 88 strikeouts, and 1.04 WHIP are all within close proximity to the league leader in those categories. It makes perfect sense that he has accumulated ten wins already this season. The other one … [Read more...] about Despite Ten Wins, Kevin Slowey Still Not an Ace
Should Minnesota Feel Happy for the Lakers?
By Shaymus McLaughlin It’s now been over a week since the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship, their 15th overall as a franchise, and I’m still not sure how I feel about it. As a sports fan, it’s certainly a wonderful story. Kobe was finally able to win without the great Shaq-Fu, Phil Jackson jumped ahead of Red Auerbach for the most NBA titles, Lamar Odom was … [Read more...] about Should Minnesota Feel Happy for the Lakers?
Minnesota Minutes
With Andy Weise Vikings: In the latest twist, Brett Favre did in fact have surgery on his injured shoulder. What’s next? Seriously, I am not even trying to follow this thing anymore because Brett Favre wearing purple is so far fetched that until he actually signs on the dotted line, it’s too hard to imagine. It’s almost like the Vikings know about this whole thing … [Read more...] about Minnesota Minutes
Minnesota Twins Extraordinarily Mediocre
David Palmer As we wrapped up the first month of the Major League season the Twins had to win their last two games to finish April at .500. With an 11-11 record, they are the definition of average, mediocre, consistently inconsistent or whatever adjective you want to insert for a team that has more ups and downs than Lindsey Lohan. I think it is safe to say that we have … [Read more...] about Minnesota Twins Extraordinarily Mediocre
Twins Preview: Starting Infield
By David Palmer I’m going to give you the position-by-position breakdown of where the Twins are at this spring regarding their starting infield. It includes some new faces, some old faces and some killer sideburns thanks to Joe Mauer. This team should get the most consistent offensive and defensive consistency from this position group. In case you missed it, I broke … [Read more...] about Twins Preview: Starting Infield
Twins Pitchers, Catchers and Grounds Crew Reporting
By David Palmer With pitchers and catcher officially reporting to spring training in the next couple of days, the Twins go to war with basically the same roster they had to finish last year. The biggest acquisition we made was hiring a groundskeeper for Target Field. Before Twins General Manager Bill Smith came around, Terry Ryan was widely known as one of the league’s … [Read more...] about Twins Pitchers, Catchers and Grounds Crew Reporting
Minnesota Minutes
By Andy Weise -Good ole Peter King is stirring the pot once again in Minnesota after his recent interview on PTI suggesting that if Brett Favre were to return another season in the NFL, he’d want to play for the Minnesota Vikings. Cue up the endless amounts of speculation and most likely another set of tampering suspicions that the Vikings organization will endure if Favre … [Read more...] about Minnesota Minutes
Tubby Time at TSB
By Paul M. Banks and Rikki Greenberg Orlando “Tubby” Smith is currently the men's basketball head coach at the University of Minnesota. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, and most recently, University of Kentucky. Smith's coaching has had an immediate impact on the previously inept Gophers squad. The team went from … [Read more...] about Tubby Time at TSB
Bill Carmody and Craig Moore: NU’s leaders
By Paul M. Banks After upsetting the #7 Michigan State Spartans on Wednesday night, the Northwestern Wildcats became the talk of Big Ten College Basketball. Coupled with the 74-65 victory over No. 18 Minnesota on Sunday, Northwestern has defeated ranked opponents in consecutive games for the first time in school history. The MSU win was the Wildcats’ first over a team ranked … [Read more...] about Bill Carmody and Craig Moore: NU’s leaders