From the Saturday Memphis Commercial Appeal Web site talking about the eight player trade between the Wolves and Memphis: “The Grizzlies obtained (O.J.) Mayo and riffraff from the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Love, Mike Miller and riffraff.”
Former Timberwolves guard Marko Jaric, traded last week to Memphis, is now engaged to Victoria’s Secret supermodel Adriana Lima, according to various media reports.
The Big Ten Conference had only three players chosen during the two rounds of last week’s NBA draft, Eric Gordon and D.J. White from Indiana, and Kosta Koufos of Ohio State. The Pac 10 Conference had seven players chosen in the first round, five in the second. Twelve of the 60 players drafted were from the Pac 10.
The Twins’ Kevin Slowey made his sixth career Interleague start and improved his record to 4-1, with a 2.35 ERA after he pitched a nine inning, three hit shutout of Milwaukee yesterday. Slowey’s season record is 5-6.
Deolis Guerra, the 18-year-old pitcher the Twins acquired in the Johan Santana trade, leads the Class AA Ft. Myers Miracle in wins with a 7-4 record. His ERA is 4.84 and he has struck out 42 in 74.1 innings. Relief pitcher Anthony Slama, 24, has a 0.43 ERA and has struck out 73 batters in 42.2 innings.
President Doug Risebrough wrote on the Wild Web site that his daughter Allison works for the Ottawa police force.
The Minnesota Thunder lost two games against the Islanders over the weekend in Puerto Rico. Next up is a game in Atlanta on Thursday night. The Thunder, 4-6-4, then plays 10 of its last 15 games at home.
The Thunder are in sixth place in the USL. “After these road trips we have a chance to make a move in the standings,” Thunder general manager Djorn Buchholz told Sports Headliners last week.
He thinks the Thunder can be one of seven teams in the 11-team USL to make the playoffs. That would be a franchise first since 2004.
The Thunder is averaging less than a goal a game. “We have to get better in the offensive third of the field,” Buchholz said.
St. Thomas junior Katie Theisen and Bethel senior Nikki Umhoefer have been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-America Second Team for women’s cross country and track and field, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.