Twins players and front office personnel will be among about 250 people attending a retirement party for Brad Radke on Saturday at a Tampa hotel.
USA Today on Monday had the Timberwolves ranked 7th among the top 10 NBA teams. All the teams ranked ahead of the Wolves are Western Conference teams except Cleveland at No. 6. The Wolves were the highest ranked team from their division (Northwest) with Utah ranked No. 10. Dallas and Phoenix were No. 1 and No. 2.
The No. 1 ranked Gopher hockey team will try to continue its 21 game home winning streak Friday and Saturday against Denver. The Pioneers have the second best goals per game defense in the WCHA, 2.08. Denver, in a three way tie for second place in the WCHA with St. Cloud State and Colorado College, has four players who have scored over 20 points, Brock Trotter (28), Ryan Dingle (27), Rhett Rakhshani (25) and Tyler Ruegsegger (24).
The timing of the search for the new Gopher football coach was unusual. Most schools were searching for coaches in November and December. Schools like Arizona State (Dennis Erickson) and North Carolina (Butch Davis) hired big name coaches before year end. Erickson and Davis both had great teams at the University of Miami and were also head coaches in the NFL.
Whitney Taney, who finished her high school career at Edina undefeated, is ranked No. 29 by the United States Tennis Association in girls 18 and under. She will play this weekend as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Winter Championships in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Taney, who will enroll at Michigan later this year, will play in the local Boston Scientific Women’s Pro Tennis Classic on Sunday, February 11 at Fort Snelling Tennis Learning Center.