SID's JOTTINGS
• The Gophers football team should have two key contributors back in full health for the New Year's Day Citrus Bowl game against Missouri. Wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky, who last played in October at Illinois, will be available. And Antonio Johnson, who saw some action in the Wisconsin game last week on special teams, will be ready to return to the safety position and play the whole game.
• This Thursday night the NFL Network broadcasters included the Vikings' 6-7 record in the running for the NFC wild card when they listed their playoff chart of possible teams that could make it.
• Duron Carter, the son of former Vikings receiver Cris Carter, finished this season with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL and had 75 receptions for 1,030 yards and seven touchdowns, all team highs. Carter played at Ohio State but was kicked out of school and then attended junior college and entered the NFL draft after he couldn't make another Division I program. He eventually landed with the Alouettes. "I can't say the NFL's certain, but that's my dream," Carter told the Montreal Gazette.
• Timberwolves star rookie Andrew Wiggins was on the cover of Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine this month for its annual "Best of the Year" issue. Wiggins has been on a tear and is averaging 20.7 points on 45.3 percent shooting over his last three games. ... Corey Brewer made four steals Friday, his third straight game with four-plus steals and league-leading 10th game with three-plus steals. It is the longest such streak in the NBA this season, and Brewer leads the NBA in steals per game at 2.32. ... Flip Saunders played only eight players until the final seconds Friday, when he substituted for three Wolves, and still the Wolves outscored the Thunder 43-41 in the second half.
