The press release said "four to six weeks"... but that's probably overly optimistic.

Whalen said at her press conference yesterday: "Anything before [six weeks] will be a bonus, at this point. I guess, usually with a fracture of any kind, it's about six weeks -- four weeks for the bone to be healed, and another two weeks to be as strong as it possibly can be."

The doctors will decide early next week whether surgery is needed.

Columnist Pat Reusse describes how everyone in Minnesota is feeling right now.

We spent last night mourning. Bought a bottle of rum, made dark & stormies, closed the shades, listened to some John Lee Hooker...

Voepel says the rest of the team has to find a way to keep from getting crushed. But how?