https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/13/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/free-throws-doom-gophers-in-home-loss-to-maryland/After capitalizing on poor free throw shooting by the Wisconsin Badgers in their road win last Thursday, the Minnesota Golden Gophers gave away a winnable game against Maryland thanks to their own dismal effort at the line.   Minnesota made just 9 of 23 free throws Tuesday night (39 percent), by...6088Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-joe-mauer-jersey-retirement-set-for-june-15/On Tuesday morning, the Minnesota Twins formalized plans to retire Joe Mauer's No. 7 jersey. It'll take place on Saturday, June 15 -- and not July 7, as many had hoped -- against the Kansas City Royals.   First pitch is scheduled for 6:10 p.m., though that is often pushed back for these sorts of...6083Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-ryan-saunders-derrick-rose-and-karl-anthony-towns-react-to-the-tom-thibodeau-news/Everyone outside of a small circle of decision makers in the Minnesota Timberwolves organization were caught off-guard by the team's decision to relieve Tom Thibodeau of his duties as president and head coach.   For Ryan Saunders, 32, it's an opportunity to coach the team that his father, Flip, w...6079Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-twins-believed-to-be-close-to-signing-reliever-blake-parker/Pitching continues to be an obvious avenue the Minnesota Twins can improve on heading into 2019, and according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, it appears the club is close to bringing in another relief arm.     Parker, who turns 34 in June, was non-tendered by the Los Angeles Angels after...6077Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:53:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-target-field-enhancements-to-batters-eye-in-center-field/When Target Field opened in 2010, if featured a large green batter's eye in dead center field with pine trees dotting the landscape on the grassy berm.   Those trees removed from the area after hitters groused that it affected their ability to track the ball from the mound out of the pitcher's ha...6076Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-on-3-its-easy-to-vote-parise/Happy Monday Wild fans! The Wild finish up a four-game road trip tonight and tomorrow between Montreal and Boston. While they do that, let's kick off the first full week of 2019 with some 3-on-3! Good Parise posting ridiculous numbers   It has been said many times on this site, but Zach Parise...6075Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/flashback-friday-a-rods-mlb-debut-is-on-youtube/Last winter I dabbled with a feature called "Flashback Friday" and it largely focused on bringing readers Minnesota Twins historical news, tidbits and whimsy.   We'll run it again this winter -- and who knows, maybe into the season if it's popular enough -- but this time around, we'll do some Twi...6063Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/postgame-video-gophers-thrilled-after-win-vs-badgers/Hear from head coach Richard Pitino, junior Amir Coffey and senior Dupree McBrayer after the Gophers beat the Wisconsin Badgers at Kohl Center for the first time in 10 years. Coffey scored 21 points, including 15 in the first half, and McBrayer scored 13 of his 14 in the second half.   RICHARD PI...6060Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-mailing-it-in-for-the-new-year/Hello dear reader,   This month I did another mailbag, as I do every month during the Wild season. I asked my twitter friends for questions relevant or not to Wild hockey, and here's what they asked.   https://twitter.com/ZbytheZ/status/1080961970961108992   I would say not very. Devan Dubnyk i...6058Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/throwback-thursday-stu-bickel-makes-his-mark-on-the-wild-record-book/In this day in age for the National Hockey League, high volumes of penalty minutes are becoming a rarity. Players not often get up into the double digits of penalty minutes during a single game, as that would involve either a game misconduct or a pair of fights.   But only four years ago, the Wil...6047Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-dont-hold-your-breath-for-a-winter-classic-in-minnesota/Over the weekend it was first reported and then ultimately announced on Tuesday in South Bend that the Dallas Stars will be hosting the 2020 NHL Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas next season.   This announcement -- as it does every year -- ruffled some feathers in Minnesota as the Wild...6044Wed, 02 Jan 2019 08:09:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/new-years-resolutions-for-the-minnesota-wild/Last week, it was time to see what was on a Minnesota Wild fan’s Christmas list. With the 2018 year wrapped up, now we’ll see what should be on the list of New Year’s resolutions for the Wild (18-17-3), a team that has lost six of its last seven games and sits on the outside looking in of the play...6042Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-no-need-to-rush-on-re-signing-alex-stalock/As the 2018-19 season nears the halfway mark, it is getting close to the time when general managers start to really assess if they want to try to re-sign some of their pending unrestricted free agents or perhaps dangle them on the trade market as rentals prior to the trade deadline.   The Minneso...6040Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:07:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-ugly-showing-against-bears-eliminates-vikings-from-playoff-hunt/Given a Week 17 home game with a chance to punch their playoff ticket, the Minnesota Vikings started flat, finished flat and watched their postseason dreams evaporate with a  24-10 loss to the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia's 24-0 win against Washington.   Minnesota gained just 164 offensive yard...6032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-vs-bears/It's time to make a pick on for the Minnesota Vikings' Week 17 win-and-in tilt with the Chicago Bears. But first, a look at all of Zone Coverage's Vikings content from the week.   How Brian O'Neill and Eric Wilson have taken advantage of their opportunities.   The similarities between Sunday's g...6031Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/throwback-thursday-jared-spurgeon-overtime-winner/If you look into the Wild history books for Dec. 27, or even around that date, you don't find a whole lot.   What one usually finds when the Wild come out of their holiday break is some sloppy hockey -- from both teams -- as drinking egg nog for five days typically means players come back a bit o...6019Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-on-3-christmas-eve-edition/If you are headed for some family time in the next two days and could use some Minnesota Wild topics, well you are in luck. Here are some good and bad pointers for the Wild as they enjoy the holiday break. Good Jordan Greenway shows off his shot If you have noticed here in the past week and c...6011Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-lions/The Minnesota Vikings have a chance to stamp their playoff spot Sunday as they visit the last-place Detroit Lions. Before making a prediction, here's your pre-kickoff Vikings reading material:   How the Vikings efficiently used play-action against the Miami Dolphins.   The Vikings scenarios for...6007Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/looking-ahead-to-2019-position-players/In the final installment of the “Looking Ahead” series, it’s time to look at the position players who are currently on the roster and what their role may be in the 2019 season. You can see what the Twins pitchers look like by looking at the article about the bullpen and the starting rotation. Ca...6006Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-stand-up-goalie-the-swoon-who-stole-christmas/The Stand Up Goalie Everyone down in Whyville liked hockey and the holidays, a lot. But there was a Swoon flying into town, who gave a care not! Unfortunately, the Swoon was a tradition, for quite a long while, It came almost every season, to steal everyone's Why-smile. But this Swoon wa...5998Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/weekend-update-christmas-time/Christmas time. No better place to gather with relatives and commiserate over that awful Wild power play.   Kidding. This year it will just be about how awful the Wild are headed into the holiday break.   It has been quite a roller coaster first three months for the Wild, as they struggle to kee...5989Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/throwback-thursday-martin-skoula-rains-on-marian-gaboriks-parade/Dec. 20, 2007 is a date Minnesota Wild fans will never forget.   But we are not here to reflect on Marian Gaborik's five goals. That's already been done.   We are here to discuss the truly greatest play from that evening -- Martin Skoula falling down and handing the New York Rangers a goal.  ...5982Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wnba-lynx-announce-2019-regular-season-schedule/On Tuesday afternoon, the WNBA and the Minnesota Lynx officially announced the schedule for the 2019 regular season.   The WNBA season will kick off on May 24 when the Indiana Fever visit the New York Liberty and the Dallas Wings play at the Atlanta Dream, both games will tip off at 6:30 p.m.  ...5977Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/biggest-wild-injury-concern-thus-far-this-season-dumba-is-out/Among the storylines this season for the Minnesota Wild, injuries haven’t been a key factor. It’s certainly nothing like last year when Zach Parise missed half the season and three players were injured in the third game of the year.   As the holidays approach though, the injury bug may wreak some...5970Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-on-3-the-holiday-break-is-nigh/Three games this week separate the Minnesota Wild from the holiday break. The NHL's roster freeze will begin on Dec. 19 and will carry through Dec. 28. Let's take a look at the good and bad with the Wild as they near the break. Good Parise/Coyle/Niederreiter line In the absence of Mikko Koivu...5969Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000