At the U, volleyball ran a roughly $2.26 million deficit in 2019-20, according to the university’s annual NCAA Financial Report. That’s despite an average of 4,782 fans per game … fourth best in the nation.
A full six weeks into the season, the Wolves are a game below .500 with a won-lost record of 10-11. They have played the fourth-easiest schedule in the 30-team NBA.
Despite playing the third-easiest schedule thus far, the Wolves find themselves with a won-lost record of 6-8, which is 10th in the Western Conference.
The Wolves have dropped five of their past six contests and never held a lead beyond the first quarter in any of those defeats.
The assumption was that the Wolves would struggle a bit to align skill sets, coordinate rhythms and essentially crystallize teamwork, but inevitably show signs of figuring it out.
It is not time to be good nor great. It is time to be honorable, to the game and to the people who pay to watch it.
Over the past 15 years or so, the smartest way to prognosticate a Minnesota Timberwolves season was to survey the roster, coaching staff, front office and ownership, make an honest assessment and then deduct four or five wins for the inevitable incompetence. Last year was a remarkable outlier that rebutted the strategy.
Correa said he hasn’t thought about whether to opt out of the final two years of his contract to re-enter the free agent market, which he must declare five days after the World Series ends.
A club record 89 players wore the Saints uniform this season, 49 of them pitchers.
At Media Day, Ant was a celebrated public figure whose character was under critical scrutiny less than two months after his 21st birthday.
If you’re wondering who thought of pairing the world’s favorite sport and the world’s most popular beverage, meet Derek Swanson and Pete Corniea, a pair of Bethel University grads who teamed up on the concept shortly before the pandemic hit.
Final part in a four-part interview with Minnesota Timberwolves head coach, Chris Finch.
Part III of a four part interview with Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch.
Part II of a four part interview with Wolves head coach Chris Finch.
Part I of a four part one-on-one interview with Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch.
Through 63 dates the Twins have drawn 1,400,625 spectators. That’s down almost 370,000, or 20.9%, from the same point in 2019 (1,770,455).
It’s all winding down this weekend as the Lynx, struggling through their worst season since 2010, try to squeeze out a 12th consecutive playoff berth to extend their league record and to send Sylvia Fowles back to the post season for a final time.
Aurora topped the USL W League in attendance at 5,626 per game; better than seven of the 12 NWSL clubs.
Sports betting needs bipartisan support to pass the Minnesota Legislature. It also needs support from the tribes, which want control over new gambling in the state, and horse tracks.
With the blockbuster trade for Rudy Gobert, the Timberwolves have stabilized their core talent to a remarkable degree, but the future of point guard D’Angelo Russell is a fascinating enigma with broad spectrum of potential outcomes.
