Former Vikings quarterback Brooks Bollinger is playing for Florida in the United Football League.
Expect Adam Weber to be the starting quarterback against Michigan State but MarQueis Gray will play frequently in the game.
Rumors about where Cretin-Derham Hall offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson will attend college continue to include Southern California, Notre Dame and Minnesota.
Last week’s issue of Sporting News magazine named a mid-season All-America team and not a single Big Ten Conference player made the offensive or defensive units.
Will Chad Hartman, now working Monday afternoons, be full time with WCCO Radio by next year?
Lights at Target Field are being tested until Friday of this week, according to https://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091021&content_id=7515904&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min.
Major League Baseball International has agreements with 50 television and radio partners to broadcast the World Series in 15 languages to 233 countries and territories around the world. The World Series opens on Wednesday in New York with the Yankees hosting Philadelphia.
Lynx star Seimone Augustus, who tore the ACL in her left knee just six games into the season last June, is rehabbing in Minneapolis. She hopes to return to the court in late January or early February. Augustus recently cut her dreads off, saying she “wanted to start fresh.”
Former Edina resident Brian Burke, now general manager in Toronto, has seen the Maple Leafs have a winless start to the 2009-10 season after a last place Northeast Division finish in 2008-09. An NHL source said: “Brian will get it done, but it takes time, effort and patience.”
Former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire, who has New Jersey winning and in third place in the Atlantic with 12 points, is admired by that same source. “Fans need to understand that Jacques Lemaire is all about hockey and will talk hockey with anyone who would ask a question and wants to learn. Lemaire, away from the game, loves investing and tinkering in the stock market, fine wine, cigars and golf. He spends his summers in Sarasota, Florida on his boat fishing and relaxing. He also has a fine sense of humor.”