Tuesday's Page 2 tipsheet

December 15, 2015 at 5:25AM
Winfield Jr. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

KNOW THIS

Antoine Winfield Jr. is a nice recruiting get for the Gophers football program, but it's not going to help me feel any better that an ex-Vikings player who is younger than me is about to have a son playing college football.

WATCH THIS

I'd like to start a petition to make it illegal for the Wild and Timberwolves to play on the same night more than a certain percentage of times in a year. It's happening again Tuesday: Nuggets at Wolves (7 p.m., FSN), Canucks at Wild (7 p.m., FSN-plus).

RANDOM FANDOM

"It'll be interesting to see who Tracy Claeys hires as offensive coordinator. He had to give Seth Green some hints about the direction he plans to go."

JPetersen3 commenting on startribune.com.

Weigh in on what you're thinking about to mrand@startribune.com

TWEETED

"I've tweeted all day that he's a HOF if the plaque is honest. Just recognize there's proof he gambled as a player."

Jayson Stark, ESPN baseball writer, on Pete Rose.

@jaysonst

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Tracy Claeys Gophers defensive coordinator 2011
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