Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway used a karate kick to celebrate a big play on Sunday against Miami. Asked if it will be a signature move he said, “We’ll see. I don’t want to talk about that after a loss.”
Greenway said Sunday’s home game against Detroit is a “must win” and so are the remaining games on the schedule.
Bernard Berrian fumbled a football on a punt return against Miami. Although he recovered the ball, Berrian was replaced during the game by Greg Camarillo.
Former Hutchinson and Nebraska lineman Lyndon Murtha is on the Miami roster but wasn’t activated for last Sunday’s game.
A Vikings spokesman said coach Brad Childress has talked to his players about media relations following the Jets controversy involving reporter Ines Sainz.
The Jaguars have signed former Vikings quarterback and Minnesota native Todd Bouman, 38, who hasn’t played in an NFL regular season game since 2005.
Former Vikings assistant coach Dean Dalton and his family have moved back into their suburban Minneapolis home that was badly damaged by fire last year.
Gophers coach Tim Brewster said safety Kim Royston, who is still recovering from a broken leg earlier in the year, was expected to be in “full pads” at practice yesterday and is “chomping at the bit” to see game action. No announcement, though, when Royston will play.
Flip Saunders was at the Gophers-USC game last Saturday to see twin daughters Rachel and Kim who perform for the Minnesota Dance Team. Saunders, the Washington Wizards coach and former Gophers player, told Sports Headliners he has occasionally thought about the coaching opening at his alma mater in 2007. He was then coaching a Detroit Pistons playoff team and the timing wasn’t right to pursue the Gophers job that went to Tubby Smith.
When Saunders played for Bill Musselman in the 1970s the Gophers performed a pre-game ball handling routine set to music that filled the seats and electrified fans. Saunders said if he ever coaches collegiately he will use the pre-game show.
Saunders, who still has a home in this Minneapolis area, said John Wall was in town earlier this summer to spend time together and that the 2010 NBA first overall selection will start for the Wizards.
Ricky Rubio, the Timberwolves point guard in waiting, has improved his three point shooting percentages in the Euroleague from 16.7 to 35.8, according to https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=LFW.
The Twins and the Downtown Council are auctioning off five of the “Twins Around Town” statues. The statues can be viewed online and also bid on by visiting https://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100913&content_id=14615584&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. The auction ends at 9 p.m. Sunday. A portion of the auction proceeds benefit the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.
If a Big Ten Conference hockey league is formed with Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State, each team presumably will play 20 conference games, filling in the balance of their schedules with non-league games.
The Wild become acquainted with the Blues this week in opening preseason games tonight at Xcel Energy Center and Friday in St. Louis. The Friday night game will be telecast by KSTC-TV.
Coach Glenn Caruso has his St. Thomas football team off to an impressive start. The Tommies are 3-0, have outscored opponents 116-24 and are ranked No. 4 nationally in the D3football.com poll. Saint John’s is No. 18 in the poll. https://www.tommiesports.com/ftbl/news/FBPoll-9-6.html