https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/35/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-24-recap-lillard-the-stronger-all-star-as-wolves-fall-in-portland/The first game after the announcement of the complete NBA All-Star Game rosters can be a pivotal statement game for star players across the league, whether to remind questioners just how great they are or to shout their anger at not being selected.   Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard ha...3967Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/below-the-press-box-the-cruncher-of-wild-numbers/In another installment interviewing unique Minnesota Wild fans, I sat down with Luke Solberg, better known as @EvolvingWild on twitter, one of the foremost names in advanced stats when it comes to Minnesota's hockey team. I joined Luke in his laboratory, a sterile room with many servers and beepin...3966Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-23-recap-gophers-fall-to-northwestern-lose-third-straight/In a game between two Big Ten teams desperate for a win, the Northwestern Wildcats wanted it more.   Down by six at halftime, the Wildcats stormed back with stifling second-half defense to knock off the reeling Minnesota Golden Gophers 77-69 at Williams Arena Tuesday night, sending Minnesota to i...3960Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-twins-reliever-glen-perkins-has-retired/According to Granite City Sports out of St. Cloud, Twins general manager Thad Levine announced on a recent stop that former Twins closer Glen Perkins has decided to retire. According to the team's official website, the Week 2 - Route 1 crew was in St. Cloud on Monday evening at River's Edge Conven...3956Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-22-recap-wiggins-and-teague-shine-in-second-straight-butler-less-win/For a Wolves team that was without Jimmy Butler and Jamal Crawford, without typical production from the healthy Karl-Anthony Towns, a Monday loss to the surging Los Angeles Clippers wouldn't have been all that surprising.   And when considering the Clippers kept up the surge going on the offensiv...3952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-22-recap-snowy-night-doesnt-stop-wild-from-3-1-win-over-ottawa/A blizzard did its best, but it couldn’t stop the Minnesota Wild from showing up and getting a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. The snow-caked roads and windy conditions made for late-arriving Wild players and definitely bunches of late-arriving fans.   Some of the Wild players had quite the...3950Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/pat-shurmur-officially-named-giants-coach-three-vikings-added-to-pro-bowl/It's official: The Minnesota Vikings are searching for a new offensive coordinator, and the New York Giants have their new head coach.   Pat Shurmur was officially named Ben McAdoo's successor in New York on Monday, one day after the Vikings were eliminated from the playoffs.   Shurmur, who spen...3949Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-22-pregame-ottawa-senators-vs-minnesota-wild/It’s Monday, there’s a blizzard outside and there’s hockey to be played. What a great time to be alive in the state of Minnesota.   The Minnesota Wild (25-17-5) are two days removed from a stellar 5-2 performance against one of the NHL’s best teams, the Tampa Bay Lightning. Now they’ll take on a...3948Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-jimmy-butler-and-karl-anthony-towns-selected-as-reserves-in-2018-nba-all-star-game/For the first time since 2014, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a participant in the NBA All-Star Game.   More impressively, they'll send two to the event for the first time since 2004.   As reported by the reliable Chris Haynes of ESPN, and confirmed to Zone Coverage by a source, Jimmy Butler an...3943Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-karl-anthony-towns-can-learn-from-blake-griffin/It's clear that Karl-Anthony Towns is a star player, and on Tuesday, it'll be up to the coaches to decide whether that stardom will get him to Los Angeles to compete in his first All-Star game.   The odds are good that Blake Griffin, a prolific five-time All-Star and former slam dunk champion, wi...3941Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/halftime-eagles-dominate-first-half-lead-24-7/After an encouraging start in the NFC Championship Game, the Minnesota Vikings put together one of their worst stretches of football this season to fall behind by three possessions at halftime.   The Eagles deferred the coin toss, giving Minnesota the opening crack on offense. They followed with...3934Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/name-calling-and-spilled-beer-vikings-prepare-for-hostile-philly-crowd/The Minnesota Vikings had hoped to stay at home for the entire postseason.   With a bye week to start, a home game in the Divisional Round and the prospect of the Super Bowl being played at U.S. Bank Stadium, all the 13-3 Vikings needed was a Philadelphia Eagles loss to the Atlanta Falcons last S...3933Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-20-recap-wild-put-the-minnesota-in-hockey-day-minnesota-with-dominant-victory/The Minnesota-born Wild players took Hockey Day Minnesota to heart, apparently.   They all seemed to find their way onto the scoresheet in a 5-2 victory over one of the NHL’s best teams, the Tampa Bay Lightning (31-12-3), Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. It was also the 12th annual Hockey Da...3932Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-20-recap-timberwolves-clip-raptors-115-109-without-butler/Tom Thibodeau wasn't specific about when he knew Jimmy Butler would miss Saturday night's game against the Toronto Raptors. But Andrew Wiggins stepped up in the first half, Karl-Anthony Towns carried them in the second half and the rest of the team pitched in to beat the Toronto Raptors, 115-109....3931Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/brent-gates-jr-makes-it-in-new-york-leading-gophers-to-madison-square-garden-win/Start spreading the news.   Minnesota is leaving New York, New York Saturday with a season sweep over Michigan State.   The Gophers went to Madison Square Garden as part of the third annual Big Ten “Super Saturday” hockey-hoops doubleheader. While the men’s basketball team fell 67-49 to Ohio St...3930Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-20-pregame-wild-host-lightning-on-hockey-day-minnesota/The bye week has ended for the Minnesota Wild, as they have their work cut out for them as they host the NHL's best team -- the Tampa Bay Lightning -- on Hockey Day Minnesota.   Tampa Bay Lightning (31-11-3) projected lines and defensive pairings (via dailyfaceoff) 90 Vlad Namestinkov - 91 Stev...3928Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-vs-eagles-zone-coverage-staff-predictions/It's the Vikings at Eagles for the NFC Championship Sunday afternoon. Let's see how the Zone Coverage staff sees this one playing out.   Sam Ekstrom   The Vikings were the far superior team for three quarters against the New Orleans Saints until Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees got into despe...3927Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/with-the-bullpen-set-the-minnesota-twins-are-focused-on-supplementing-the-rotation/Derek Falvey and Thad Levine broke Minnesota Twins organizational norms this offseason by committing two years and $16.75 million to Addison Reed after signing 40-year-old Fernando Rodney to a one-year, $4.5 million deal to be their closer this offseason.   Multi-year deals for relief pitchers,...3926Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/highlights-amir-coffey-returns-but-gophers-lose-at-madison-square-garden/With a quick turnaround from Thursday night's loss to Maryland, the Golden Gophers were looking to bounce back against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Madison Square Garden, part of the Big Ten's Super Saturday event.   The good news? Gophers sophomore Amir Coffey returned from a shoulder injury that...3925Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rule-it-looks-like-the-letdown-could-win-out-for-wild/In my season preview column taking a look at this 2017-18 Minnesota Wild campaign, I pointed to the Wild either repeating their best regular season ever or having a big letdown. As the Wild come out of the bye week, I’m heavily leaning toward letdown.   Please alert the hot-take police on that on...3924Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/are-the-timberwolves-the-new-raptors/Close your eyes, turn on your imagination -- and while you're turning -- turn the other cheek so as to allow yourself to be punched in the face by Aaron Afflalo's haymaker.     With that type of velocity, a knuckle-sandwich to the temple should do the trick of erasing the memory of Minnesota's ...3921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/highlights-gophers-fall-to-maryland-drop-to-3-5-in-big-ten/After an exciting overtime win against Penn State that snapped a three-game losing streak, the Minnesota Golden Gophers dropped a road game to the Maryland Terrapins Thursday night which they led in the second half.   Jordan Murphy, Nate Mason, Jamir Harris and Davonte Fitzgerald all scored in do...3919Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-18-recap-timberwolves-play-into-rockets-style-of-play-lose-convincingly/Imagine a seven-game series against them.   While the Timberwolves have only played against the Golden State Warriors – and now the Houston Rockets, after their 116-98 loss on Thursday – once this season, it's quite clear that the Wolves are not yet on that level.   Yes, the Timberwolves have pl...3918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-the-iowa-wild-need-to-re-brand/There, I said it.   While it's hardly a scalding hot take, to call out a minor-league team for doing something minor league-y, I think its time has come.   The Iowa AHL hockey team was branded as the Wild upon their arrival in Des Moines in 2013, and has elicited yawns from onlookers ever since....3917Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reidell-from-zeros-to-heroes/Case Keenum and Stefon Diggs are heroes in Minnesota, but it wasn't always that way.   There was a time when both players were widely considered afterthoughts in the Vikings organization. This past summer many suggested that Keenum shouldn't even be on the 53-man roster in the first place — and t...3907Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000