https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/17/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-kick-off-motzko-era-on-duluths-banner-night/On the night the banner went up at Amsoil Arena before a 1-1 tie game, Minnesota came out of locker room early to sit on the bench.   Saturday night was one for Minnesota-Duluth to celebrate. The leaves changed colors, summer came to an end and in its place sat a new hockey season. One year was o...5617Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-womens-hockey-comes-back-to-tie-umd/The Gophers leave Amsoil Arena Saturday with a glass-half-full attitude. So does the home team after a tie game where neither team felt like it lost.   After facing some adversity late for the first time this season, No. 3 Minnesota came back from a 2-0 third-period deficit to tie the No. 4 Bulld...5616Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/iowa-stanley-retain-floyd-hand-gophers-homecoming-loss/Floyd still resides in Iowa City.   For the fourth straight year, the Gophers were unable to win the battle for Floyd of Rosedale, losing to Iowa 48-31 on Saturday.   After the loss to Maryland, the Gophers knew they had to stop the run. Maryland’s running backs torched the Gophers on several bi...5614Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-womens-hockey-minnesota-rebounds-for-top-five-win-over-umd/DULUTH, Minn. -- The Gophers took rebounding to heart on the shores of Lake Superior.   Trailing No. 4 UMD 67 seconds into Friday’s WCHA opener, Minnesota responded by crashing the net early and often against Olympic goaltender Maddie Rooney. By the end of the first period in a 5-2 win, the No. 3...5613Fri, 05 Oct 2018 22:53:15 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/john-defilippo-returns-to-the-place-where-he-made-memories-as-a-coach-and-a-teenager/On Saturday the Minnesota Vikings will fly to Philadelphia, where their memories aren't so fond.   There's January's drubbing in the NFC Championship Game, the blowout the previous year at the hands of rookie Carson Wentz, and the longest-tenured Vikings might even recall the postponed game back...5611Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/nchc-hockey-preview-notebook-st-cloud-state-looks-for-redemption-with-new-coach/When Brett Larson was offered the head coaching job of the St. Cloud State men’s hockey team last spring, he told his nine-year-old son, Lane.   “He looked at me and he (said): ‘Dad, I hate the Huskies. How could you?’” Larson said.   One of the first priorities for the former assistant coach fo...5609Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-player-profiles-anthony-tolliver/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story.   The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luo...5597Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-molitor-out-as-twins-manager/Some wild news coming out of Twitter late Tuesday morning, with Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports -- one of the best national reporters going today -- posting that the Minnesota Twins were planning to call a press conference, with the speculation in the game being that manager Paul Molitor was going to...5596Thu, 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-joe-mauer/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...5591Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-women-shut-out-sweep-mercyhurst/Towards the end of the first period, when the shot counter was a lopsided 20-1 for the home team it became apparent that the Gophers had found a better start against No. 10 Mercyhurst.   That continued throughout Saturday’s game.   No. 3 Minnesota (2-0-0, 0-0-0-0 WCHA) won 5-0 to sweep the Lake...5580Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mauer-exits-to-ovation-as-garver-powers-twins-to-blowout-win-doubleheader-sweep/"If this is it, please let me know If this ain't love you'd better let me know If this is it, I want to know If this ain't love baby, just say so" "If This Is It" - Huey Lewis and the News The mystique around Joe Mauer's will-he-or-won't-he decision regarding retirement at the end...5578Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/familiar-faces-lead-minnesota-women-to-season-opening-win/Opening the season trailing after 20 minutes, the Gophers went to some familiar faces to get on the winning track against No. 10 Mercyhurst.   No. 3 Minnesota scored four unanswered goals after changing lines, defeating the Lakers 4-2 in the season opener for both teams. Kelly Pannek and Sarah Po...5576Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/berrios-picks-up-200th-strikeout-as-twins-top-white-sox-2-1/The weather may have been cold, but the radar guns were popping as Jose Berrios and Reynaldo Lopez tangled in the first game of a split doubleheader at Target Field on Friday afternoon.   Both guys touched the mid- to upper-90s, and for the most part kept the other team's offense in check as the...5574Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:42:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-use-crooked-numbers-homers-and-replay-reviews-to-dump-tigers-11-4/If there was ever a metaphor for the things baseball fans miss least while the game is on hiatus during the winter, the early innings of Wednesday night's game at Target Field between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers laid claim to a number of them.   The first four innings took nearly two h...5567Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-rams/The numbers aren't in Minnesota's favor, that's for sure.   The Los Angeles Rams (3-0) are good enough to begin with before one takes into account that: A) Teams are 1-7 when traveling to the West Coast on Thursday Night Football since 2006, B) Mike Zimmer is 1-4 on Thursdays with the Vikings, an...5566Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-hoopsters-show-off-new-facility-pitino-evaluates-leadership/The Golden Gophers are starting fresh this year after a dismal 2017-18 season plagued by injuries and suspensions.   They kicked off fall practice on Tuesday and provided a "Cribs"-like look at their new practice facility, led by "tour guides" Dupree McBrayer and Eric Curry.     Richard Pitin...5562Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/inmans-film-review-defensive-blunders-stood-out-in-bills-blowout/The Minnesota Vikings never had a chance against the Buffalo Bills. Kirk Cousins summed it up well in the locker room Tuesday: "We were down 17-0 after we had ran six plays. This is not a normal football game."   Thanks to Cousins' two fumbles, the Bills had some short fields, but it didn't absol...5560Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/tigers-four-run-eighth-spoils-milestone-day-for-mauer-six-scoreless-for-stewart/The Minnesota Twins seemed destined for a storybook win on a cold and dreary late September night.   Joe Mauer roped a single into left field with his signature inside-out swing, reaching base for the 3,073rd time his career, passing Harmon Killebrew for most in Twins history.   "Moli had a nice...5559Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-wrap-up-disappointing-season-turbulent-september-with-final-homestand/Miguel Sano is day-to-day with a leg bruise. Byron Buxton didn’t get called up. Joe Mauer might retire at the end of the year. Eddie Rosario is out with a quadriceps injury. Mitch Garver suffered a concussion. September has been trying for a Minnesota Twins team looking to build hope for 2019.  ...5558Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-190-million-bet-that-karl-anthony-towns-can-be-more-than-jimmy-butler/There is an old allegory of a scorpion who needs to cross a river and a turtle that presents a means of transportation across the water that the poor swimming scorpion cannot cross on his own. The story begins at the edge of the shore with the scorpion hailing the turtle, requesting a trip.   "Ar...5546Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/locker-room-video-vikings-try-to-turn-page-after-loss-to-bills/After last week's tie against the Green Bay Packers, emotionally-conflicted members of the Minnesota Vikings weren't sure how to feel.   There was no doubt about the mood Sunday following a 27-6 thrashing at the hands of the underdog Buffalo Bills.   Here's what Mike Zimmer and his players had t...5543Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/prediction-vikings-vs-bills/With a point spread hovering around -17 in favor of the Minnesota Vikings, the biggest threat in Sunday's tilt with the Buffalo Bills may be overconfidence. Minnesota has a gargantuan matchup with the Los Angeles Rams looming on Thursday, giving Sunday the feeling of a classic trap.   Nonetheless...5541Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/marylands-big-play-ability-too-much-for-gophers-in-first-conference-game/Outgained and outplayed, the Minnesota Gophers fell in their first conference game in a lopsided 42-13 loss to the Maryland Terrapins.   Through the first three weeks, the Gophers limited the big play defensively. Against the Terrapins, they couldn’t stop the big play. Maryland scored five touchd...5538Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/down-the-stretch-they-come-twins-sweep-tigers-at-comerica/There may not be much optimism for the rest of this season, but the Minnesota Twins still went into Detroit and swept a three-game series from the Tigers. Game 1 BOX (Twins win, 6-1) Game 2 BOX (Twins win, 5-3) Game 3 BOX (Twins win, 8-2) In the process, the Twins held the punchless...5533Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-player-profiles-luol-deng/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story.   The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Ant...5525Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000