On a June Weekend

Image via WikipediaNews and notes from the past weekend:

• As Tiger Woods sits out another of golf's majors because of injuries he should have taken care of sooner, his heir apparent dominated the U.S. Open.  Rory McIlroy led every round of the tournament near Washington, mostly by several strokes over his nearest competitors.  He has forever erased the final round meltdown that occurred months earlier at the Masters with a performance that was beyond impressive.  Woods will be back soon, but it's clear his best days are behind him.
• The Minnesota Twins are playing better baseball after a lousy start these days, having won their last seven games.  They're still in last place in the American League's Central division, eight games behind the Detroit Tigers.  But Joe Mauer has returned from his mystery injury to a standing ovation at Target Field, in a show of Minnesota Nice willing to overlook how his news was handled by the team.  The Twins are still this close to falling out of the race completely, so enjoy it while you can.
• The NHL Wild named Mike Yeo as their new head coach.  Yeo was promoted after one season from the AHL's Houston Aeros, who went as far as the Calder Cup finals before losing to Binghamton.  Now Yeo must convince an increasingly skeptical State of Hockey that he's the right guy to coach the Wild when Todd Richards wasn't.
• So Ricky Rubio has decided to play for the Timberwolves after all?  That's wonderful.  Now please do something about coach Kurt Rambis.  Is he staying or going?  General manager David Kahn still hasn't decided.
• As the end of the NFL lockout is apparently being negotiated, the Vikings are still working on their Arden Hills stadium deal with Ramsey County.  They, like just about everyone else in Minnesota, are waiting for a legislative special session that would keep state government afloat.  And what if it doesn't happen?