https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/26/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-luke-inman-breaks-down-cb-mike-hughes/The Minnesota Vikings selected cornerback Mike Hughes out of Central Florida with their first-round pick on Thursday, adding depth to an already strong secondary.   So far at Zone Coverage we've crunched the analytics, we've analyzed the potential red flags and we've talked to Hughes' junior coll...4779Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-rick-spielman-talks-draft-trades-amassing-picks-whether-the-vikings-will-draft-o-line-at-30/Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman gave his first pre-draft press conference from the team's new facility on Tuesday. He touched on the trade inquiries he's already received, the different scenarios the Vikings may encounter at Pick 30 and his desire to amass around 10 picks each year...4757Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:57:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/towns-and-butler-not-themselves-as-timberwolves-struggle-offensively/Through two playoff games, the Minnesota Timberwolves have failed to look like the Minnesota Timberwolves.   Is it nerves for a pair of prominent young players that have never played in a playoff game?   Is it that Jimmy Butler isn't fully healthy yet?   Or is it because the Rockets are just th...4728Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-linebacker-kentrell-brothers-suspended-four-games-without-pay/According to multiple media reports, Minnesota Vikings linebacker and special teams ace Kentrell Brothers has been suspended for the first four games of the season.     Last year, Brothers took the third-most special teams snaps behind Ben Gedeon and Marcus Sherels. Not only that, he was al...4727Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-5-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-winnipeg-jets/Find all the clichés you want for this one.   It’s a must-win game (technically true, finally).   It’s do-or-die.   All the Minnesota Wild have to do is win one game right now.   No matter how you spin it, the Minnesota Wild are down 3-1 to a Winnipeg Jets team that will get a chance to close...4726Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/concern-surrounding-logan-morrison/After the Twins signed Logan Morrison, I had written an article on his swing to give Twins fans hope that his 2017 season was no fluke and he could have similar results in 2018.   So far the Twins haven’t seen much from Morrison in 2018 and it’s completely fair to wonder if 2017 was a mirage in a...4722Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:28:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/faklis-several-questions-remain-for-timberwolves-heading-into-game-2/In the Youngkin Center Gym on the outer edge of Rice University's campus, Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague and Aaron Brooks were standing near the top of the key after Tuesday afternoon practice.   From my vantage point, it was impossible to hear what they were saying, but it looked like something prett...4716Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-4-preview-parise-out-with-fractured-sternum/The Minnesota Wild announced Tuesday afternoon – just hours before they take the ice for Game 4 against the Winnipeg Jets – forward Zach Parise will miss the game with a fractured sternum suffered in Sunday’s Game 3.   Parise is listed as week-to-week with the injury. He'll be out 6-to-8 weeks, a...4713Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-announce-training-camp-roster/The Minnesota Lynx training camp roster is set.   The defending WNBA champions announced Tuesday morning they have finalized their 18-player roster ahead of training camp later this month.   After a busy offseason, the Lynx will have a decent number of new faces join the team when camp commences...4711Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-3-preview-winnipeg-jets-vs-minnesota-wild/With plenty of hockey weather outside, Game 3 between the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild will go on as planned. Although Wild fans probably hope their home team has a much different game plan if they want to win.   The Wild (0-2) are down two games to none to the Jets (2-0) after a coulda-shoul...4700Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-2-preview-minnesota-wild-vs-winnipeg-jets/Missed opportunities aside from their 3-2 loss in Game 1, the Minnesota Wild (0-1) can turn the momentum right around with a victory in Friday’s Game 2 against the Winnipeg Jets (1-0) north of the border.   The Wild took a 2-1 lead in quick fashion early in the third period after entering the fin...4693Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-make-trade-select-gopher-carlie-wagner-in-2018-wnba-draft/In what started off looking like a calm WNBA Draft night for the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday turned into one with multiple pieces being moved.   The Lynx, which entered the night with two second-round draft pick and one third-round pick, appeared to breeze through the draft while adding three new...4686Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wnba-minnesota-lynx-unveil-new-nike-jerseys/The new-look WNBA jerseys have officially dropped.   Much like the NBA, the WNBA has switched its jersey sponsor from Adidas to Nike prior to this season. On Thursday morning, it unveiled its redesigned threads.   The league gave an early and brief look at the new jerseys on Twitter, showing bot...4683Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-prepare-for-2018-wnba-draft/The WNBA season is nearly underway. Training camps begin in a matter of weeks, and the preseason follows shortly after.    But before that can officially happen, first must come the WNBA Draft.   The draft takes place on Thursday night at the Nike Headquarters in New York. The first round of the...4665Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-offense-freezes-up-in-2-0-loss-to-houston-astros/Like a cold car engine that just won't start, the Minnesota Twins offense sputtered and whined, but couldn't quite turn over against Justin Verlander and the defending champion Houston Astros. Verlander, the former Detroit Tigers ace, struck out nine and only gave up four hits in seven innings, an...4658Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-9-recap-timberwolves-win-with-wednesday-madness-looming/The Timberwolves won, but it didn't really matter.   They beat the Grizzlies 113-94 at the Target Center, just as they were supposed to. At this point in the season, the clichè is real: every game truly counts.   They got it done, and played like it, too.   After Jimmy Butler woke his team out...4657Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/chuck-fletcher-minnesota-wild-and-postseason-expectations/When Chuck Fletcher was hired as General Manager of the Minnesota Wild on May 21, 2009, his boss - Wild Owner Craig Leipold - told the media, "Starting today, we expect more of ourselves."   Flash forward nearly nine years later, and Fletcher has done just that with Leipold's hockey club. The exp...4636Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-7-recap-wild-end-regular-season-on-winning-note-in-san-jose/It was a game where goals came in bunches. Ultimately, the Minnesota Wild got back on the win train with a 6-3 win Saturday night in San Jose in the regular-season finale. The game had a little bit of everything, from tying team records, to players getting their first NHL points and multi-goal gam...4621Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-7-recap-big-innings-cost-twins-in-frigid-loss-to-mariners/For three innings, the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners were locked in a scoreless duel where the offenses mirrored the air temperature. That didn’t last, as the Mariners scored 11 runs over the final six innings off Jose Berrios and a cadre of Twins relievers as the team had its first real cl...4620Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:50:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-7-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-san-jose-sharks/The Minnesota Wild finish up the regular season in San Jose on Saturday night. Though the Wild are set for a first-round playoff series against Winnipeg, they’ve lost their past two games and are 2-2-3 in their past seven games.   Finishing off game 82 on a winning note would be a good feeling fo...4619Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-6-recap-playoff-hopes-strengthen-for-timberwolves-after-road-win-over-lakers/After a deflating loss in Denver, the playoffs still seemed likely, but the possibility of missing seemed more real than ever.   But when it was reported that Jimmy Butler would return the following night against the Los Angeles Lakers the following night, optimism became much easier for everyone...4617Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lenz-evaluating-kyle-gibson-through-two-starts/Feeling conflicted myself, I turned to Twitter to gauge the temperature of where people are at with Kyle Gibson through two starts.   Some people are ready to call him an ace, some people are skeptical and others are still waiting for that “typical Gibson” game line that looks something like fiv...4616Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-jimmy-butler-to-return-to-lineup-friday-versus-lakers/According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Jimmy Butler is set to make his return Friday for the Timberwolves night against the Los Angeles Lakers.   Butler has missed 18 games since he tore his meniscus Feb. 23 against the Houston Rockets. The Wolves went 8-10 in that stretch, and had a wide...4615Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-5-recap-timberwolves-fall-to-denver-and-the-playoffs-are-officially-in-question/It was supposed to be a high scoring affair. A physical embodiment of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets seasons; lacking defense that leads to endless buckets.   It was supposed to be Jimmy Butler's return. Butler was activated before the game but stayed in his warmups all 48 minutes....4557Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/4-5-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-los-angeles-kings/Both the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings come into Thursday’s game in LA having clinched playoff berths. The Kings clinched their spot when St. Louis lost to Chicago on Wednesday night.   The Kings (44-28-8) have won both meetings with the Wild this season, first a 5-2 victory in LA back in...4553Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000