The "Shoot, Score and Save" promotion is a purchase incentive offer exclusively between the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Butter Kernel for the 2010/2011 Timberwolves season. Throughout the "Shoot, Score and Save” program, consumers will have the opportunity to get free game tickets simply by purchasing four cans of Butter Kernel Vegetables. The selected Butter Kernel products will be spotlighted in Cub Foods stores, and will include a tear pad redemption coupon that can be turned in for two Timberwolves game tickets.So, you might as well, stock up on those green beans and canned corn since you want to go see Wayne Ellington play, right?
Consumers can select one of the following games: Timberwolves vs. Suns April 6, 2011 OR Timberwolves vs. Rockets April 13, 2011.
As James returns to Quicken Loans Arena Tuesday night for the second time as a member of the Miami Heat, what's left?Ah, that brought back some fond memories to say the least and good luck to Lebron on his second appearance back in Cleveland.
''It can't get no worse than it was December 2,'' James told Miami reporters. ''I know that. I know that for a fact.''
Perhaps it was the way James manhandled the Cavs in that first meeting, the Cavs' miserable season since or the drastic turnover on their roster, but for whatever reason, interest in this game is down. Even Cavs coach Byron Scott senses it from his dealings in the community.
''When I first got here, it was almost everywhere I went, which is understandable,'' he said. ''I can't remember the last time somebody said something about LeBron to me the last three or four months. Even the fans have come to the realization that he's a Miami Heat and that's the way it is.''
Four months ago, James was deluged with ''Quitness'' T-shirts, chants of ''Akron hates you!'' and a sold-out arena that taunted and jeered his every move. It was a bubbling kettle of hate that superseded any other regular-season game in the history of the NBA.
Plenty of guys are proud of their schools, and Grant Hill and Channing Frye are no exception. The two, of course, had a bet on the outcome of the Sweet 16 meeting between Hill's Duke Blue Devils and Frye's Arizona Wildcats. As we now know, Frye and the Wildcats pummeled Duke.
As a result of their bet, Grant Hill has the honor and privilege of wearing Arizona Wildcat Blue and Red for the next two days. In his first opportunity to show off his new colors, Hill tried to slip out the back way of the US Airways Center and avoid the media that was waiting for him after Suns practice.
Several Spurs, including Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, took in Tuesday’s concert at the AT&T Center by pop star Lady Gaga.Seriously if Antonio McDyess doesn't know a Lady GaGa song, everything is right with the world.
Parker and Ginobili tweeted about the show.
“It was great,” Parker said. “She’s a great performer. Yeah, I like her stuff.”
Parker could not verify if Ginobili, who was suffering some laryngitis on Wednesday, was suffering because he had cheered too loudly at the concert.
“I don’t know if he was screaming,” Parker said, “but he was moving his head. Half of the team (was there). It was good.”
One Spur who did not take in the show: McDyess, at 36 the team’s oldest player.
“No, not me,” he said. “I don’t even know one of her songs.”
When the Chicago Bulls moved into the United Center in 1994, star forward Scottie Pippen was also building a new home for himself — a 21-room mansion in Highland Park.Obviously, those were probably his daughters beanie babies but for the Bulls fan that has everything. You might as well, grab that Princess the Bear before somebody else does.
The Bulls have remained on West Madison Street, but Pippen sold his Shady Lane digs on the North Shore two years later — leaving behind artwork, furniture, clothes, dolls, jewelry, and plenty of sports memorabilia.
The esoteric collection goes on sale this weekend, with the public invited to the 10,000 square feet home at 2320 Shady Lane from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, according to Sheryl Rue-Borden, who is handling the estate sale.
In the fully-finished basement, there are stacks of DVDs and black videotapes that were played on a home theater built into the wall in front of four black leather chairs. Nearby, sits a white Yamaha player piano and boxes of kids’ toys, including dozens of stuffed animals and three plastic tubs of Beanie Babies.
Upstairs, off the master bedroom, Barbie dolls still in their boxes and two 3-foot-tall dolls dressed in Victoria garb are among the many collectible dolls that will be sold this weekend.
Pippen’s former belongings are also sprinkled throughout the estate, according to Rue-Borden. They include dozens of pieces of modern art. He also left Bulls T-shirts, some of which are framed and autographed.
Personally, I think the Heat are more NBA Elite 11 than NBA 2k11.
Phil Jackson has another thought on the Miami Heat: He doesn't like how they play.
Speaking Thursday before his Los Angeles Lakers visited Miami, Jackson likened the way the Heat play to an Xbox video game and said they rely too much on 1-on-1 basketball.
"I'm not a big fan of the style that Miami plays," Jackson said. "I like to see everybody involved in the game."
The Heat? Not so much, especially since there are long stretches where most of Miami's offence revolves around two or three players at the most, instead of the get-everyone-involved-when-possible approach Jackson prefers.
"I think that's really important to basketball," Jackson said. "That's what I'm trying to preach as a basketball coach, even though we have a guy that dominates the ball in Kobe (Bryant). Their basketball is very much standing with Xbox games or whatever those games are. Basketball's not a 1-on-1 game. It's a team game."
The promotion includes a free Got Curry? shirt for the first 19,000 fans in attendance, $10 off all tickets, and a variety of Indian-themed entertainment.Well, that's pretty cool to say the least and it's good to see that Anoop Dawg is still getting work.
The pregame performance will be by Aerodance, the national anthem will be performed by Anoop Desai, and the halftime performance by Bhangra Empire. Indian food will be available at concession stands, and Bollywood dances will be performed by the dance team.
