Steve and Dorothy Erban’s Creative Charters based in Stillwater is featuring a first ever river trip with Gopher football coach Tim Brewster and staff. The public is invited on a two-day cruise, July 22 and 23, on the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. More at www.creativecharter.com.
At 5 a.m. today the Big Ten Network began 24 consecutive hours of Gopher sports programming. The day features some of Minnesota’s best performances in 2007-08, including the miracle finish against Indiana in the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals, the men’s ice hockey team’s victory against Wisconsin, the conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the Big Ten Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships and the volleyball team’s win at Ohio State.
The Twins improved to 9-3 versus National League teams this season after winning three straight games against Arizona over the weekend. The Twins are 115-88 all-time in interleague play. Minnesota has now won six straight games and eight of its last nine.
Second baseman Alexi Casilla has either scored a run or driven in a run in 25 of his 35 games with the Twins this season. He has 20 runs scored and 27 RBI.
The Vikings’ Jared Allen, an avid outdoorsman, was featured on the cover of the June 16 issue of Sporting News. The headline: “What we learned when we went bear hunting with the baddest defensive lineman in the NFL.”
The same issue had a feature on former Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett and how he guards his off-court life. The article said his wife recently had a baby but Boston reporters don’t know if it’s a boy or girl.
The Wolves have the third pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft. Dating back to 1998, here are the players who were chosen third during the first round: Raef LaFrentz, Baron Davis, Darius Miles, Pau Gasol, Mike Dunleavy, Carmelo Anthony, Ben Gordon, Deron Williams, Adam Morrison and Al Horford.
In preparation for the draft the Wolves, who also have two second round picks, will be working out Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless, Indiana guard Eric Gordon and Oklahoma center Longar Longar at Target Center today. Longar is the former Rochester John Marshall player originally from the Sudan.