After 81 years, it's time for a new floor

My morsels for today:

CBB: Williams Arena at the University of Minnesota is appropriately and lovingly called, “The Barn.” It’s about as old school as you can get for a basketball arena. But the Barn is getting a facelift. The floor (that’s the original floor, circa 1928) has been dismantled and a new floor is being installed. Just like the old floor, the new floor is made of wood and will be raised from the benches. Cost of the project is $600,000, which is only $50,000 less than what it cost to build the arena. Pieces of the old floor are being sold to memorabilia collectors. While the original Barn floor was certainly historic, probably the most famous floor in a sports arena was the parquet basketball floor at the old Boston Garden. Like Williams Arena, the Garden also was built in 1928. The Garden closed in 1995 and the floor was used at the new FleetCenter until Dec. 22, 1999. Portions of the old floor are in the new parquet floor at the FleetCenter. The Garden was demolished in 1997. The site is now a parking lot.
MLB: Is there a hotter pitcher than the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander? He has a 1.02 ERA in his last five starts with 52 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings. Verlander (4-2) won his fourth straight decision Wednesday night as the Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 5-3.
MLB: FoxSports Detroit had a great trivia question during its telecast of the Tigers-Rangers game Wednesday night. Here it is: Name the three players in major league history who have played shortstop at age 42. Turn away if you want to think about the question for a second. OK, here’s the answer: Luke Appling, Honus Wagner and Omar Visquel, who plays for the Rangers. New York Yankees great Derek Jeter will be 35 on June 26. Do you think he’ll become the fourth player on the list?

That’s all for now. See you later.

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