The Wolves’ Hoiberg is a younger look-a-like for movie star Harrison Ford of Indiana Jones fame.
If UCLA forward Kevin Love isn’t among the first 10 picks in the June 26 NBA draft some team is going to really luck into a special player. Love is a phenomenal outlet passer, with ability to rebound and play unselfishly.
The daughter of former Gopher and Detroit Lions tight end Charlie Sanders will box in a 10 round main event for the International Female Boxing Association junior middleweight title on Friday night from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders will headline the pay-per-view event.
Holm fights out of Albuquerque and has a record of 21-1-2, with six KO’s. Sanders, from Detroit, is 25-0 with eight KO’s. Holm is the IFBA welterweight champion and seven-time world title-holder in three different weight classes. IBA middleweight title-holder Sanders is a four-time world champion in four divisions.
Cristie Kerr, about 5-3, 125 pounds, weighed 175 pounds in 1999, according to wikipedia.com. Both of her parents are diabetics and Kerr lost 50 pounds by 2002, per wikipedia. Kerr, 30, is the defending U.S. Women’s Open champion. The Open will be played June 23-29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina.
Several local restaurants will offer the opportunity to photograph the U.S. Women’s Open trophy prior to June 23. The trophy tour will begin Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Redstone in Eden Prairie and conclude on June 20at Via in Edina, also from 5 to 7 p.m. The U.S. Women’s Open Championship Cup that will tour here is a replica of the original trophy housed in the USGA Museum. Since 1992 the winner of the U.S. Women’s Open has been presented with the replica trophy to have until the following championship. For more information visit www.2008uswomensopen.com.
Joel Maturi, who the South Bend Tribune Web site included on a list of possible candidates for the Notre Dame athletic directors job, told Sports Headliners on Monday that neither a search firm or representative of Notre Dame has contacted him about the vacant position. (It’s believed that one of the most prominent candidates, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, has said no to Notre Dame.)
Maturi said he’s working every day on final fund-raising for the TCF Bank Stadium opening in 2009. The goal is $9 million but he hopes to push beyond that total. He also said the new stadium will have 20,000 to 25,000 seats between the goal lines with the balance in the bowl end. The initial stadium capacity will be 50,000 with expansion to more than 70,000 possible.