https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/12/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-lynx-to-sign-free-agent-karima-christmas-kelly/The Minnesota Lynx will be adding a new face to the organization for the 2019 WNBA season.   The organization announced Friday — which is the first day that free agents are able to officially sign with teams this offseason — that it has signed free agent Karima Christmas-Kelly to a contract.  ...6190Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-left-handedness-is-a-problem-for-the-wild/It's a peculiar thing, the fact that a vast majority of humans are incredibly more proficient at everyday tasks with one side of their body. Being able to do everyday, essential things, but being limited to 50 percent of your body to do those things, in a non-ridiculous manner, makes you wonder ho...6184Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-on-3-wild-players-trending-up-or-down-coming-out-of-the-break/The Minnesota Wild make their return to the ice on Friday after having both the NHL All-Star break and their bye week in wake of their 5-2 win over Colorado last Wednesday. Before the Wild make their return to the ice, let's take a little refresher on players who were trending up or down in this w...6183Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-ways-the-gophers-can-avoid-another-letdown-vs-illinois/Two weeks ago, in a season that had been filled with exhilarating wins and humbling defeats, the Minnesota Golden Gophers hit a different type of low in a loss at Illinois.   Their 95-68 setback on Jan. 16 against the previously winless-in-conference Fighting Illini exposed the Gophers on the def...6180Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-wilds-acquisition-of-anthony-bitetto-raises-some-questions/Last Friday, the Minnesota Wild put in a waiver claim for defenseman Anthony Bitetto from the Nashville Predators. General manager Paul Fenton had familiarity with Bitetto in his days from Nashville as he helped select the defenseman in the sixth round of the 2010 Draft.   The Wild were the only...6175Tue, 29 Jan 2019 17:57:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gabe-kalscheurs-two-way-excellence-noticeable-in-gophers-win-over-no-19-iowa/In today's edition of Stating the Obvious: The Minnesota Golden Gophers are a better basketball team when they get up and down the floor.   That was apparent in Sunday's 92-87 victory against Top 25 Iowa. So was freshman Gabe Kalscheur's impact.   The Gophers had slogged their way through the pr...6171Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/breaking-down-minnesotas-third-period-defensive-clinic-against-colorado/In the third period Wednesday night against Colorado, the Minnesota Wild were clinging onto a 4-2 lead headed into the third period. Minnesota had endured tough times in Denver over the past season and change, losing the previous three games at Pepsi Center by a combined score of 18-4.   A big pr...6170Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-the-minnesota-wild-need-to-win-more-trades-to-win-more-games/I've been writing about the Wild for a few years now. Every season ends, arguably more disappointing than the last, and I'm asked the same question.   "What do they have to do to win in the playoffs?"   It seems like each year it's a different answer. Losing to the Blackhawks four years ago, I p...6168Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-reportedly-sign-former-rangers-lhp-martin-perez/The Minnesota Twins added another arm to a crowded stable of back-end starters on Saturday evening with the signing of former Texas Rangers lefty Martin Perez.   Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was the first to report the agreement:     ...while Jon Heyman of Fancred had the terms first:  ...6149Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/did-the-minnesota-wild-get-the-best-of-the-niederreiter-rask-trade/After being on the job since May and seeing his team for now 46 games this season, Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton made his first major move on Thursday afternoon as he sent winger Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for center Victor Rask.   The move came just one...6146Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:39:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/flashback-friday-twins-vs-mariners-on-getaway-day-in-1994/The first Minnesota Twins teams I watched were in the early 1990s, but ah, not early enough. I started watching in 1993 and by 1994 I was fully hooked on the grand old game.   So not only did I miss the World Series-winning 1991 team, but even the 90-win 1992 team was a faded memory the first tim...6144Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/road-reaction-fighting-illini-blow-out-gophers-earn-first-conference-win/This one was over by halftime.   The Minnesota Golden Gophers dropped their most lopsided game of the year against the previously winless-in-conference Illinois Fighting Illini, 95-68 in Champaign, Ill.   Here's what you need to know: As unflappable as the Gophers looked in Madison when th...6139Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/hansen-what-we-might-expect-out-of-the-lynx-as-wnba-free-agency-begins/After winning the franchise's fourth WNBA championship in 2017, the summer of 2018 wasn't as kind to the Minnesota Lynx.   Minnesota finished the regular season around the .500 mark with a record of 18-16 heading into postseason play, where it was eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs f...6129Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-why-things-went-sideways-for-the-wild-in-philadelphia/After taking a 2-0 lead in Philadelphia on Monday night, the Minnesota Wild saw things go from good to horrendous as they blew the lead and the game -- losing 7-4 to the bottom-feeding Flyers.   Head coach Bruce Boudreau called out some defensive woes in the postgame presser as the reason for why...6126Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-minor-league-coaching-staffs-parker-signing-curtiss-dfa/On Monday the Minnesota Twins announced their full slate of minor-league coaching staffs, some of which had already been released.   Here are the staffs: Triple-A Rochester Manager - Joel Skinner (second season coaching in organization) Pitching Coach - Stu Cliburn (28th season in org....6122Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-ryan-saunders-taj-gibson-and-andrew-wiggins-on-facing-jimmy-butler-76ers/In case you haven't heard, the Minnesota Timberwolves are off to the City of Brotherly Love to face old friend Jimmy Butler and the Philadelphia 76ers. It's another test for Ryan Saunders, who in his first three games as head coach beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road, lost to the Dallas Mav...6121Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-stood-out-in-gophers-victory-over-rutgers/With an 11:30 a.m. Saturday start against a lower-tier Big Ten opponent, the Golden Gophers needed to generate early energy against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Hitting three 3-point shots to start the game did the trick as Minnesota never trailed en route to a 88-70 win.   Here were the main tak...6113Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-reach-agreements-with-all-arbitration-eligible-players-slegers-claimed/Friday is the deadline for teams to submit numbers and finalize contracts with arbitration-eligible players before going to a trial.   Trials can be especially contentious, but the Minnesota Twins haven't had many in recent years. Kyle Lohse and the Twins went to arbitration following the 2004 an...6109Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-mike-priefer-will-not-return-as-special-teams-coordinator/Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer will not be returning to the team in 2019, per a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.   Priefer had held the position since 2011 and survived the coaching change from Leslie Frazier to Mike Zimmer. He also maintained his job after alle...6108Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:35:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/flashback-friday-twins-take-on-blue-jays-in-first-mlb-game-on-tsn-in-1984/If you've read these before, you know that I love watching old games on YouTube. It doesn't necessarily have to be old Minnesota Twins games -- but it certainly doesn't hurt.   In fact, I'd willingly pay for a channel or subscription service that allowed me to watch old Twins games on demand. Any...6107Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-ryan-saunders-andrew-wiggins-tyus-jones-react-to-saunders-debut-win-wiggins-40-point-game/The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-117 in Ryan Saunders' debut as a head coach on Tuesday. "It was a heck of a night, and it was a great night for our team," he said. "I told the guys today, I obviously like to speak from the heart and I told them I appreciated how they...6103Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-spring-training-broadcast-telecast-schedule/On Thursday morning the Minnesota Twins announced plans for broadcasting 20 Spring Training games from the upcoming Grapefruit League schedule.   The broadcast schedule includes 11 games on television (Fox Sports North or FSN+), 15 games on 830 WCCO and 20 total on the Treasure Island Baseball Ne...6102Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:57:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/throwback-thursday-wild-get-sold-then-top-high-powered-red-wings/Minnesota entered its game on Jan. 10, 2008 against the mighty Detroit Red Wings as losers of two in a row and three of their past four games. The Wild were taking on a Red Wings squad that had won 33 of 44 games to begin the season, and they were without a doubt the best team in hockey.   After...6101Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:18:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-vikings-to-retain-kevin-stefanski-as-offensive-coordinator/Per a tweet from ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Minnesota Vikings will retain Kevin Stefanski as their permanent offensive coordinator after Stefanski interviewed twice for the Cleveland Browns head coaching job.   Cleveland reportedly hired Freddie Kitchens as their new head coach, which brought Stef...6092Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-wild-begin-make-or-break-stretch/If you watched Tuesday night's Boston Bruins rout of the Minnesota Wild and thought to yourself, 'This team is no way making the playoffs,' you probably are not alone in thinking so.   But for as torrid as their stretch has been since the middle of November, the Wild were still holders of the fin...6091Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000