Minnesota isn’t the only Big Ten school having problems with students using their tickets, according to a Gophers spokesman. Most conference games begin at 11 a.m. and a later start might help with the problem.
Bears coach Lovie Smith is receiving criticism in Chicago and there’s speculation he might not be retained. It would be interesting if Vikings coach Brad Childress used interest from the Bears to help land a more lucrative contract from the Vikings. Smith, partly because he coached his 2006 team to the Super Bowl, reportedly makes over $5 million per year. Childress is believed to earn less than $2 million.
Local author Ross Bernstein has a new book out on Brett Favre that features flip flop covers, “I love Brett Favre,” and “I hate Brett Favre.” More at https://www.bernsteinbooks.com/.
Harrison Barnes, the highly recruited Ames, Iowa prep basketball player who earlier this year had the Gophers on his short list of prospective colleges, committed to North Carolina on Friday.
The Twins have been looking for a third baseman for awhile and the timing is right to be searching among free agents during this offseason. https://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091112&content_id=7660818&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.
The Twins finished fifth in American League attendance, drawing 2,416,237, an average of 29,466 for 81 home dates. Not bad for a franchise playing in one of baseball’s least appealing stadiums.
Target Field will have a sophisticated system (including drainage and heating) to best maintain the grass field playing surface. https://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090825&content_id=6609106&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min.