The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington visitors bureaus want to bring the 2015 Summer National Senior Games to this area. Local representatives will meet here today with Senior Games leaders. Two other metropolitan areas are among the finalists for the multi-sport event for senior citizens, according to a Sports Headliners source.
Timberwolves basketball boss David Kahn is in Paris this week watching 2009 draft choice Ricky Rubio play with his European team.
It’s not certain whether the Wolves will replace departing vice president Fred Hoiberg or instead restructure their basketball operation. Hoiberg, who has no professional or collegiate head basketball coaching experience, is the new head coach at Iowa State.
Former Timberwolves basketball boss Kevin McHale might be having too much fun in his work as an NBA TV analyst to coach again or return to the front office for a league team. McHale’s name has been mentioned as the coaching successor to Vinny Del Negro in Chicago. Another candidate might be Kentucky coach John Calipari who coached Chicago’s Derrick Rose when Rose was in college at Memphis.
Hoiberg said on last Sunday’s WCCO Radio Sports Huddle that McHale was the best coach he ever played for. Hoiberg’s other coaches included Flip Saunders and Larry Bird.
Speculation about Jacques Lemaire, who recently resigned as New Jersey coach, includes that his players stopped listening to him. That was also said when Lemaire coached the Wild last year.
The Wild’s Andrew Brunette and Nick Schultz are Twins season ticket holders and already have attended multiple games at Target Field.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom is holding a contest for fans on Wild.com to design his goalie mask for next season.
Saint Paul native Kyle Okposo scored two goals for Team USA in its 3-1 victory over France on Tuesday, the squad’s only exhibition game prior to the IIHF World Men’s Championship in Germany.