ProFootballTalk has reported all this past week that Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings are set to announce their top secret marriage sometime around July 4th. Apparently, the kicker is that the Vikings will begin selling single-game tickets on July 9th — which to Florio, means they will announce the signing beforehand. Mark Rosen (WCCO) [...]
Todd Shansey (Go Upstate) is reporting the Twins may have considered calling up Steve Tolleson over the past week. Tolleson was recently promoted from the AA club to AAA Rochester and can play second, short and third base. “Minnesota Twins utility player Nick Punto, battling a rib injury, had missed several days in a row. [...]
Twins 32nd round pick Aaron Senne is likely to turn down the Twins’ current contract offer, and return to Missouri for his senior year. Apparently, the Twins offer is lower than he expected. The door is not completely shut, and his final decision can obviously change if the Twins can up the ante on their [...]
Charley Walters (Pioneer Press) reported Ricky Rubio’s DKV Joventut team in Spain is holding off negotiations with Rubio and his agents, until a lawsuit is withdrawn from Rubio’s attorneys. Walters says the lawsuit is “apparently to alleviate a $6.6 million buyout.”. We have a different understanding. As we posted earlier, DKV Joventut, used Ricky Rubio’s [...]
Timberwolves point guard Bobby Brown will exercise his player option, which will guarantee a contract for the 2009-10 season. Brown will likely get some playing time, with veteran guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller being traded away before the draft. The status of Ricky Rubio is also in question, and may not play this upcoming [...]
The Vikings agreed to terms with fifth-round draft pick, linebacker Jasper Brinkley. The Vikings did not immediately release the terms of the contract, but Adam Caplan of Scout.com reports the deal is likely a four-year deal and should be worth about $1.93 million with a signing bonus around $184,000. Brinkley joins seventh-round safety Jamarca Sanford, [...]
Judd Zulgad (Star Tribune) reported that since Percy Harvin was sent home from the Symposium this year for illness, he will be required to attend next year’s Symposium with the 2010 rookie class. Harvin did attend the symposium with the other 255 draft picks, and wanted to remain, but was sent home by medical officials. [...]
Percy Harvin was “officially excused” and sent home when he got flu-like symptoms after reporting to the symposium in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Sunday along with the other 255 rookie draft picks. The rookie receiver could return to the symposium later this week if he feels better. Harvin had also missed the beginning of mandatory rookie camp, because of “extreme [...]
Ricky Rubio’s facebook page has his latest status update as, “Estoy en Minnesota discutiendo con mi familia y mi carrera de adquisición. | I’m in Minnesota with my family discussing my buyout and career.” I don’t know if this facebook page is really his, but it seems legit. As of the time I saw the page, it had [...]
Aaron Kuriloff (Bloomberg) reports the Minnesota Twins transferred $4 million to a debt-service fund for Target Field after high interest drained an account devoted to paying off bonds. The account originally had enough to pay for debt service all the way until the stadium was scheduled to open in April 2010. Because of the credit market in [...]
Recent Comments