https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/16/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-saints-score-off-turnovers-beat-vikings-in-miracle-rematch/The Minnesota Vikings did many of the things they needed to do to win Sunday night against the New Orleans Saints. They intercepted Drew Brees. They established a respectable run game. They got Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs involved early and often.   Everything was on schedule for the better par...5732Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-vs-saints/Season prediction record: 4-2-1   In truncated fashion, let's sneak in a pick for Sunday night's tilt.   Facing each other for the third time in about 13 months, the Vikings-Saints should be playing inside a playoff-type atmosphere at U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday night. Minnesota has won three strai...5731Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-relive-the-minneapolis-miracle-from-every-vantage-point/The Minneapolis Miracle last January made grown men and women shout, cry and jump for joy. How do we know? Because dozens of their reactions were caught on video.   Since the Vikings and Saints renew their rivalry on Sunday night, here are some of the best videos of the play and the reactions tha...5730Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gorgui-dieng-has-found-chemistry-early-success-with-timberwolves-second-unit/Much to his dismay, Gorgui Dieng’s name seems to always be in people’s mouths when they’re discussing the Jimmy Butler trade rumors surrounding the Minnesota Timberwolves.   While the four-year, $64 million contract he signed in late October two years ago was standard at the time, it has started...5729Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/below-the-press-box-wild-blogger-extraordinaire-giles-ferrell/Welcome back to my interview series, something I tried last season, interviewing special Wild fans. This time, I have a very interesting Wild fan, none other than Zone Coverage's own Giles Ferrell. We met at an unnamed bar and grill in Roseville to talk shop.   Ben Remington: I’m joined by Giles...5719Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-twins-to-name-rocco-baldelli-manager/Word trickled out late Wednesday night that the Minnesota Twins were drawing closer to selecting a manager, and it appears that choice will be former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder and current coach Rocco Baldelli.   LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune was first on the spot with the ne...5716Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-showing-theyre-the-comeback-team/Playing from behind every single game is going to catch up with a team at some point. It doesn’t matter how soon the comeback starts or the final result. Or if a team ends up with a three-game winning streak.   The Minnesota Wild pulled out another comeback victory Saturday night in St. Paul with...5704Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-men-win-7-1-exhibition-prepare-for-north-dakota/After two consecutive weeks of lopsided exhibition wins, Minnesota is ready to face, in Cullen Munson’s words, “the green team.”   The Gophers returned to 3M Arena at Mariucci for the second time this season, defeating Trinity Western by a 7-1 score. Ryan Norman scored twice and added an assist a...5693Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-thumped-by-winless-nebraska-remain-winless-in-big-ten/Can it get any worse? For the Minnesota Gophers, it did get worse as the team fell by a wide margin to the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road.   Nebraska (1-6 overall) topped Minnesota 53-28 on Saturday and earned its first win of the season. For the Gophers, they dropped a fourth straight game.  ...5692Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-women-fall-for-first-time-of-the-season-in-3-2-loss-to-ohio-state/The only thing more difficult for the Minnesota Golden Gophers to read than Ohio State’s numbers was Buckeyes freshman goaltender Andrea Braendli.   Despite starting Saturday’s game with an instant power play, No. 3 Minnesota could not take advantage, ending with its first loss of the season. Bra...5691Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-jets/As the cliche in the NFL goes, it's not who you play but when you play them.   Two weeks ago, the prospect of the Minnesota Vikings playing a road game against the New York Jets might've seemed like a cakewalk considering they were coming off three straight humiliating losses. A 31-12 defeat agai...5690Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/taylor-williamson-scores-twice-as-no-3-minnesota-women-shut-out-no-4-ohio-state/It took one game against Ohio State for the Gophers to accomplish something the team was unable to able to do in four regular season games last season: defeat the Buckeyes.   Friday's win didn’t come easy. Matching up well in a goalie duel against the OSU’s top-six forwards and top-four defenders...5688Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mike-zimmer-on-his-impaired-vision-it-wont-get-any-better/Nearly two years from the night Mike Zimmer scratched his retina during a game against the Chicago Bears, the coach's vision remains impaired in his right eye and is unlikely to get better.   Zimmer updated reporters Thursday on the status of his eye, which underwent at least eight surgeries from...5685Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/cousins-remains-unbeaten-after-pre-game-speeches/Kirk Cousins' pre-game speech at Lincoln Financial Field a week ago went viral. His message to the team in an empassioned huddle before kickoff: Finish the game. And they did just that en route to a 23-21 win.   So why mess with a good result?   Pre-game speech organizer Linval Joseph looked at...5663Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/locker-room-video-reactions-to-minnesotas-win-over-arizona/In their most balanced offensive performance of the season, the Minnesota Vikings won their second straight game -- and their 10th straight against the Cardinals on their home field.   The 27-17 win moved the Vikings back above .500 and pulled them within percentage points of the Chicago Bears fo...5661Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-vikings-pull-away-from-cardinals-in-second-half-win-27-17/The Minnesota Vikings were in a vulnerable position at halftime, but they took care of that quickly with a decisive start to the third quarter and a late defensive stand to win 27-17 at home.   Adam Thielen? He's still good.   Arguably the league's top wideout through six weeks broke the game op...5659Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-vs-cardinals/The last time the Minnesota Vikings played at home, they were blown out by the 17-point underdog Buffalo Bills. Two weeks later -- after a somewhat satisfying split in tough road games -- the Vikings are trying to get their record above .500 and their season officially back on track with a win ove...5657Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-hockey-emily-oden-gets-first-two-goals-as-minnesota-sweeps-st-cloud-state/Once the first goal went in for Emily Oden, the second came much easier.   The freshman forward scored her first two collegiate goals against St. Cloud State to help lead the Gophers to a weekend sweep. No. 3 Minnesota finished the home half of a home-and-home series with a 4-1 victory over the H...5656Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-snaps-umd-winless-skid-defeats-no-1-team/Opening a new season with a new coach against the defending national champions, No. 13 Minnesota looked to survive the weekend before having two weeks off to get on the same page.   The Gophers will still have the two weeks off to practice and play exhibition games. The team will come off a win a...5629Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/five-things-to-know-from-the-wolves-preseason-loss-to-milwaukee-in-iowa/The Minnesota Timberwolves lost their third straight preseason outing to the Milwaukee Bucks, 125-107. The game was not aired on TV anywhere, but provided some new points of data for a Timberwolves squad that continues to develop on its own, even with the spectre of Jimmy Butler trade rumors hangi...5628Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/locker-room-video-mike-zimmer-players-react-to-minnesotas-win-over-the-eagles/It was a victorious Minnesota Vikings locker room Sunday night in Philadelphia -- a sharp contrast from nine months ago when players glowered at their lockers after an NFC Championship Game defeat.   Take a look through the postgame sights and sounds, including Mike Zimmer's thoughts, Adam Thiele...5626Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rapid-reaction-vikings-bounce-back-with-23-21-thriller-in-philly/The Minnesota Vikings survived a late charge by the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to snap a three-game winless streak with a 23-21 win. The Vikings let a 20-3 lead slip to 20-14 and gifted the Eagles the ball at their own 30-yard line but came up with a defensive hold, followed...5624Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/looking-ahead-to-2019-starting-pitchers/There was a lot of positivity surrounding this team entering the 2018 season and there are reasons to be excited for the 2019 version of the Minnesota Twins.   Here's a look at the in-house names one can expect to see in the starting rotation when the Twins open the season against the back-to-bac...5621Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ask-a-twin-if-you-didnt-play-pro-ball-what-would-you-do-chris-gimenez/Since the winter can be an especially tough time to drum up #hot #relatable #content, I decided to try something different. I asked every Twins player I could find in the dugout over the season’s final weekend the following question:   “What would you be doing for work if you weren’t a profession...5620Sun, 07 Oct 2018 10:35:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-eagles/The quarterbacks are different, one team's offensive coordinator is the other's old quarterbacks coach, neither team is above .500, and it's about 40 degrees warmer.   Yes, things have already changed from last January's NFC Championship Game, but Sunday's Vikings-Eagles matchup is still being bi...5619Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000