https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/11/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/instant-reaction-gophers-stage-late-comeback-win-in-ot-over-penn-state/CHICAGO, Ill. -- For 37 minutes the Golden Gophers lacked the energy of a team that should be fighting for its NCAA Tournament life -- or at least some security.   Then a three-minute stretch plus an inspired overtime effort rescued everything. Minnesota As outlined in Thursday morning's pr...6341Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-hire-pierson-as-assistant-coach-promote-hopkins/The Minnesota Lynx have rounded out their assistant coaching staff ahead of the 2019 WNBA campaign.   Minnesota head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve and the organization announced Thursday that it has hired former three-time WNBA champion and former Lynx player Plenette Pierson as an assis...6339Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/big-ten-tourney-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-gophers-first-matchup/CHICAGO, Ill. -- It's Big Ten Tourney Thursday, and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (19-12, 9-11) are set to make their postseason debut at the United Center against the 10th-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions, the final team that escaped playing in Wednesday's play-in round.   And shockingly, there mi...6335Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/developing-anthony-barr-reportedly-spurns-jets-will-return-to-vikings/In a shocking turn of events, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr reportedly backed out of a verbal agreement with the New York Jets and intends to re-sign with the Vikings, as first reported by NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.   With the Vikings already low on salary cap space, the team will n...6330Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-vikings-move-on-from-andrew-sendejo-mike-remmers-to-clear-cap-space/Reports from Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero indicated Monday morning that the Minnesota Vikings are parting ways with two former starters.   Safety Andrew Sendejo will not have his team option picked up, clearing $5.5 million in cap space, while guard/tackle Mike Remmers will be released to open...6327Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/on-memorable-gophers-senior-night-matz-stockman-steals-the-show/Tuesday was a night for Jordan Murphy. The senior might be the Minnesota Golden Gophers' second all-time leading scorer by the end of this season, and his head coach, Richard Pitino, is already lobbying for his jersey to hang in the rafters.   It was a night for Dupree McBrayer. The senior coped...6309Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:04:44 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-searching-for-a-late-season-upset-to-stamp-tourney-ticket/The NCAA's new evaluation tool has not been kind to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Bracketology experts, however, seem to be looking past their low metrics, and are projecting the Gophers to be part of the 68-team NCAA field.   Provided, of course, the Gophers don't get passed down the stretch.  ...6298Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-announce-re-signing-of-larkins-addition-of-griffin/The Minnesota Lynx announced Thursday afternoon that they have made two more additions ahead of the 2019 WNBA season.   The organization announced that it has re-signed veteran post Erlana Larkins, who played in Minnesota a season ago, as well as signed forward Kelsey Griffin.     Larkins,...6291Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-having-your-cake-and-throwing-it-too/Maybe you're a Wild fan upset about Paul Fenton trading away Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter. There's nothing wrong with that.   Maybe you're a Wild fan excited about getting Ryan Donato and Kevin Fiala (or somehow, Victor Rask?). There's nothing wrong with that, eithe...6282Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-on-3-2019-trade-deadline-day/The Minnesota Wild find themselves in an unusual spot on trade deadline day as they appear to be in selling mode as opposed to the buying we have previously seen them in the Zach Parise/Ryan Suter Era. By 2 p.m. Central Time Monday afternoon, general manager Paul Fenton has some big decisions to m...6273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/road-reaction-gophers-fall-at-rutgers-putting-tourney-hopes-on-the-brink/Let's be clear, this was not an upset.   But the nature of Minnesota's 68-64 loss to Rutgers Sunday will frustrate fans as the Gophers' NCAA Tournament hopes continue to fade.   Despite their 5-11 Big Ten mark coming in, Rutgers was deservedly favored to win by 1.5 points. In their last four gam...6270Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/central-division-trade-deadline-outlook-winnipeg-jets-2/The trade deadline series concludes with Minnesota's neighbors to the north, the Winnipeg Jets. Winnipeg Jets Record: 36-20-4, 76 points Current Place: Second in Central Division, one point behind Nashville.   Helping conclude the series on Winnipeg today is Murat Ates who covers the Jets f...6265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-sign-jillian-alleyne-to-training-camp-roster/The Minnesota Lynx announced Thursday afternoon that they have begun adding to their training camp roster ahead of the 2019 WNBA season with the signing of forward Jillian Alleyne.   Alleyne, who is a 6-foot-3 forward, appeared in a Lynx uniform during training camp in 2018, playing in one game wit...6261Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/central-division-trade-deadline-outlook-st-louis-blues-2/The Central Division series carries on today with the NHL's hottest team -- the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis Blues Record: 32-22-5, 69 points Current Position: Third in Central Division, six points behind Nashville.   Taking a look at the Blues trade deadline approach with us is Brad Lee, who...6260Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/central-division-trade-deadline-outlook-nashville-predators-2/In the second post of the day, we take a look at the Nashville Predators trade deadline needs. Will they pull the trigger on a large deal before the deadline again? Nashville Predators Record: 35-22-5, 75 points Place: Second in Central Division, one point behind Winnipeg.   Helping us go o...6252Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/central-division-trade-deadline-outlook-dallas-stars/In today's continuation of the Central Division preview, we take a look at the Dallas Stars -- a team that has been "securely" in a playoff spot for sometime now thanks to the free-falling West. Dallas Stars Record: 29-25-5, 63 points Current Position: Holder of first Wild Card spot in Western...6250Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-dont-make-trades-just-to-make-trades/With less than a week before next Monday's NHL Trade Deadline, the Minnesota Wild have veered hard into sellers territory as they have won just one game in nine since the All-Star break.   Minnesota's most recent loss -- a 4-0 embarrassing home defeat to St. Louis -- perhaps cemented general mana...6246Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/central-division-trade-deadline-outlook-chicago-blackhawks-2/As the Feb. 25 NHL Trade Deadline inches closer, Zone Coverage will take a look at each team in the Central Division and evaluate what their plans could be heading into the deadline. A special guest -- who covers each team -- will join in as well to provide some more in-depth analysis on team need...6234Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/approaching-desperation-mode-gophers-look-for-road-win-against-struggling-nebraska/A battle between two win-starved teams is set for Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb. For the Gophers, it represents their first test in a pivotal five-game stretch that could make or break their season as they face a team in the Nebraska Cornhuskers that hasn't won in nearly a month.   The Huskers...6223Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/askbw-2-13-nintendo-games-lineups-the-no-5-starter/I wish I could blame the weather for how long it's been since I've done one of these -- but the desktop is just in the other room. But absence makes the heart grow fonder, so let's put that to the test here. Twitter https://twitter.com/enge0280/status/1089735037438869509   I would say I was a...6222Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mailling-it-in-feeling-like-groundhogs-day-for-the-wild/Hello friends, I'm back with my monthly mailbag, and thanks to some (somewhat snarky) friends of mine on the internet, I have answers for their questions.   https://twitter.com/stateofstats/status/1093731149870964736   It's tough to tell if my friend Derek from The Athletic was hastily pumping o...6216Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-officially-sign-former-post-damiris-dantas/The Minnesota Lynx have continued their already busy offseason — both on and off the court — by officially signing a familiar face from the WNBA free agent market.   The organization announced on Friday that it has added former post Damiris Dantas for the 2019 season.     Dantas, who was a...6215Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/players-who-need-to-step-up-in-mikko-koivus-absence/Minnesota's worst fears came to fruition on Wednesday when it was announced that center Mikko Koivu will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL and meniscus in his right knee Tuesday night against Buffalo.     There's no doubt this is a major blow to a team fighting to hold...6212Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/maya-moore-announces-she-will-sit-out-2019-season/Maya Moore will not be suiting up for the Minnesota Lynx during the 2019 season. After the All-Star player and Lynx wing received a franchise tag by Minnesota this offseason — which sparked rumors of her contemplating whether or not she will play this summer — Moore took to the Players’ Tribune...6203Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-re-sign-seimone-augustus/It’s perhaps no surprise, but Seimone Augustus will officially be returning to the Minnesota Lynx in 2019.   Minnesota announced Saturday that it has re-signed the veteran guard and longest current tenured Lynx player on the roster. Augustus, who was an unrestricted free agent, will be coming bac...6196Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000