The Minnesota Twins agreed to trade Class A prospect shortstop Tyler Ladendorf to the Oakland A’s for shortstop Orlando Cabrera. The Twins also got cash in the deal that would pay for a lot of Cabrera’s remaining salary this year. Cabrera is not expected to make it in time to be available for tonights’ game [...]
The Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms with second-round pick tackle Phil Loadholt. The terms of the contract were not yet announced. The signing was announced on Vikings.com. Loadholt is expected to battle with tackles Ryan Cook and Artis Hicks for the starting right tackle job. The rookie appears to be the favorite heading into training [...]
Second baseman Freddy Sanchez will not be wearing a Minnesota Twins’ uniform this year. The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants for highly-touted pitching prospect, Tim Alderson. The Giants paid a very steep price, because Alderson is the no. 4 prospect in the Giants’ organization (according to Baseball America). There was no [...]
Gregg Rosenthal (Pro Football Talk) reports (via Judd Zulgad’s Twitter) that Minnesota Vikings’ coach Brad Childress would not resume talks with free-agent quarterback Brett Favre. “There is not a chance from my standpoint,” Childress told Judd Zulgad, who first had the news of Favre staying retired Tuesday. So it’s Tarvaris Jackson vs. Sage Rosenfels (vs. [...]
Gregg Rosenthal (Pro Football Talk) reports Minnesota Vikings’ defensive end Kenechi Udeze has decided to retire from the National Football League. Udeze missed all of 2008, while battling and recovering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Udeze, 26, was drafted out of USC by the Vikings with their first pick (20th overall) in the 2004 NFL draft. [...]
Jay Glazer reports that Favre is staying retired. Via msn.foxsports.com: “I just got off the phone with Brad, and Brett said he’s staying retired,” Vikings defensive end Jared Allen told FOXSports.com Tuesday. “He said he couldn’t deal with the daily grind. He said he felt like he let us down before it got started. “You [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves traded recently acquired center Etan Thomas and a couple of their 2010 second-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder for veteran guards Chucky Atkins and Damien Wilkins. The Timberwolves still have two remaining second-round picks for 2010. Thomas, 31, was originally acquired in the pre-draft trade that sent guards Randy Foye and [...]
Former Minnesota Timberwolf (now LA Clipper) power forward Mark Madsen said on his Twitter that LA Lakers’ assistant Kurt Rambis is a serious candidate for the Timberwolves’ head coaching position. A message sent to Madsen asking for more clarification has not been replied yet. On Madsen’s Twitter (madsen_mark), he said: “Kurt Rambis (played for him [...]
Mike Florio (Pro Football Talk) reports the Minnesota Vikings announced the release of cornerback Charles Gordon. The release coincidentally opens a roster spot, meaning the Vikings can sign available player (even a 39-year-old quarterback). The move has been confirmed by Vikings.com. As Florio pointed out, Gordon is the cornerback who had the devastating injury during [...]
Minnesota Twins’ General Manager Bill Smith is working hard to find some help before the trade deadline. Throughout the LA Angels series, many of the core Twins’ players expressed their opinions about trading for some players, to make a playoff run. The most notable players who spoke about this topic were pitcher Joe Nathan, first [...]
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