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he Naples, Florida area has become a part-time home to former football coaches in recent years with a roster that includes Brad Childress, Tim Brewster, Mark Mangino and Dave Wannstedt.
Former Gopher Joel Przybilla, traded to Charlotte last week by Portland, made his debut with the Bobcats on Sunday, grabbing six rebounds in 14 minutes. The 7-1 center’s defense and rebounding would be a plus for the hometown Timberwolves. Przybilla, 31, has only this season remaining on his $7.4 million contract but with his age and salary needs he is probably an unlikely candidate to ever play for the Wolves.
Carleton men’s head basketball coach Guy Kalland is MIAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading the Knights to a share of the regular season conference title with a 17-3 league record and 18-7 overall record. It’s his second coach-of-the-year honor, with the other coming in 2006.
Twins single game tickets go on sale March 19 and club executive Patrick Klinger told Sports Headliners he anticipates the team’s home opener against Oakland on April 8 will sellout the first day of the sale. The Oakland series is likely to sellout within several days as will the Red Sox series August 8-10 and Yankees series August 18-21. The Twins have sold approximately 25,000 season tickets, Klinger said.
The Twins sold out all of their home games during spring training in Fort Myers last year. They are likely to sellout all 15 home games this year, too, Klinger said.
Klinger also said the organization is having 1,000 sets of bobbleheads made with the likenesses of 1991 Twins World Series players and manager Tom Kelly. The bobbleheads, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the organization’s championship, will be auctioned off online this summer to raise money for charity. A similar effort with the 1987 World Series team raised $300,000 for charity, according to Klinger.
Ingrid Neel, a Rochester seventh grader with pro tennis ambitions, plans to play on the Rochester Mayo High School boys team this spring.
Logan Storley, the Webster, South Dakota wrestler who won a sixth state title last week, is a Gophers recruit for next season.
The Big Ten wrestling tournament is this weekend in Evanston, Illinois and the Gophers are the only school with a wrestler seeded in all 10 weight classes.
A replay of the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships will be aired by the Big Ten Network on March 12 beginning at 1 p.m. Minneapolis time. The Gophers won their third consecutive indoor title last weekend.