https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/36/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-16-recap-timberwolves-drop-disappointing-game-to-magic-snapping-winning-streak/The Minnesota Timberwolves entered Tuesday night's game in Orlando as one of the hottest teams in the NBA, riding a five-game winning streak while performing as many envisioned they would before the season began.   That was until they met the Orlando Magic, who entered the game having lost seven...3901Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-looking-to-make-first-state-tournament-holy-family-coming-together-as-a-family/In both 2016 and 2017, the Holy Family boys hockey team has put up 20-plus win seasons. It's not an overly common feat, especially from one that is not a big name in Minnesota hockey.   While seasons like that should be praised, both have ended in disappointment for the Fire as they suffered defe...3899Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-16-pregame-timberwolves-go-for-six-straight-in-orlando/Few NBA matchups exemplify polar opposite situations quite like this.   The Timberwolves just went 5-0 on their five-game homestand, have won 12 of their last 15 games and are first in net rating over that 15-game stretch.   In that time, they've moved up to third in the Western Conference, and...3894Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-timberwolves-sign-amile-jefferson-to-two-way-contract/The deadline to sign free agents to two-way contracts was Jan. 15. The Minnesota Timberwolves, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, did just that by signing Amile Jefferson on the last possible day.     Jefferson, who played on the Minnesota Summer League team after going undrafted...3890Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-14-recap-timberwolves-use-balanced-offense-to-trounce-trail-blazers-120-103-finish-homestand-5-0/The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-103, finishing undefeated in their five-game homestand with a convincing win. It was only the third 5-0 homestand in team history, and it came against four teams that are currently in the playoff picture (Pelicans, Cavaliers, Thunder,...3886Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-14-recap-wild-fall-to-canucks-in-ot-3-2/In hands-down the most exciting game of the day in Minnesota, the Wild couldn’t quite come away with a victory over the Vancouver Canucks. They failed to hold a late lead, losing 3-2 in overtime.   Brandon Sutter walked around Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin and beat netminder Devan Dubnyk for the g...3885Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-14-pregame-vancouver-canucks-vs-minnesota-wild/Minnesotans are buzzing with excitement on this Sunday for the big game: The Minnesota Wild host the Vancouver Canucks.   This second game of a home-home, back-to-back for the Wild (24-17-4) comes after a dominant 4-1 win over Winnipeg on Saturday night. Vancouver (17-21-6) got into town late Sat...3880Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/hansen-timberwolves-youth-is-finally-growing-up/A season ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves experienced a season with many ups and, even more often, many downs.   Minnesota was one of the youngest teams in the NBA. And while it's not a great excuse, you anticipate some of those bumps in the road occurring when the roster is filled with guys in th...3879Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-14-pregame-timberwolves-look-to-sweep-homestand-in-game-against-blazers/When this homestand started, questions surrounding whether the Timberwolves would even grab three of five wins was a serious concern.   With games against exclusively playoff-contending competition, the Wolves are now 4-0 with every win of this homestand being by double digits.   As good on pape...3878Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-13-recap-gophers-hold-players-only-meeting-after-being-swept/Minnesota needed two goals to come back against Michigan in the third period.   Instead, the Gophers finished with two shots.   Defeated, distraught and looking for answers, frustration boiled over Saturday. The mood inside the Minnesota locker room was quite different than six days earlier whe...3877Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-13-recap-behind-dumbas-pair-of-goals-wild-finally-break-through-against-jets/The last time they faced each other, the Wild were crushed 7-2 in Winnipeg after giving up six goals in the prior game to St. Louis.   Saturday night, it was the Wild who were in control from pretty much the first puck drop.   The result was a confidence-boosting 4-1 Wild victory, netting two po...3876Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-13-pregame-winnipeg-jets-vs-minnesota-wild/It’s always an interesting affair when the neighbors to the north – the Winnipeg Jets – come to town to face the Minnesota Wild. First of all, it can be hard to tell who the home team is at Xcel Energy Center since Winnipeg fans travel so well.   This time though, the home-ice-happy Wild (23-17-4...3874Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-13-recap-gophers-blown-out-by-no-5-purdue/With a full week on the road coming up, the undermanned Golden Gophers were looking for a pick-me-up with the No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers coming to town.   Instead, any hope of an upset was dashed early as an 81-47 blowout loss became Minnesota's worst Big Ten home defeat in program history.   The...3872Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/saints-vs-vikings-zone-coverage-staff-predictions/The Vikings host the Saints at US Bank Stadium Sunday afternoon in the NFC Divisional round. The Zone Coverage staff got together to offer up their predictions of the game.   Sam Ekstrom: The first matchup between the Vikings and Saints was a comfortable 10-point win in which the Saints scored...3871Sun, 14 Jan 2018 08:00:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rumor-clippers-proposed-trade-involving-blake-griffin-and-karl-anthony-towns/Most rumors will never leave the "rumor stage."   This will almost certainly be one of them.   According to Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders, the Los Angeles Clippers proposed a trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves surrounding Blake Griffin and Karl-Anthony Towns.     Here are some re...3870Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-12-recap-minnesota-hockey-falls-to-michigan/Fourteen seconds into Friday’s game, the Gophers trailed Michigan.   Playing catch-up at home from the opening shot to the final minute, No. 9 Minnesota fell to the Wolverines 5-3 and extended a four-game conference losing streak. The Gophers are 1-7-1 in their last nine Big Ten conference games...3869Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-12-recap-towns-dominates-in-big-wolves-win-over-knicks/Eventually, the streak of astoundingly good defense had to come to an end.   Thankfully -- for the Timberwolves -- the winning streak did not.   The Timberwolves won their most competitive game of the five-game homestand so far on Friday, beating the New York Knicks 118-108, extending the winnin...3868Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-pitino-isnt-happy-about-losing-a-home-game/With the Gophers coming off an 83-60 loss at Northwestern that dropped them to 2-3 in conference play, the road doesn't get any easier for Minnesota.   The Gophers host No. 5 Purdue on Saturday before embarking on a three-game road trip of sorts with games at Penn State, at Maryland and against O...3866Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-12-pregame-the-new-york-knicks-bring-unicorn-battle-and-the-return-of-michael-beasley/When the New York Knicks take the floor tonight at Target Center, many fans will be looking at the matchup between the league's two premier, big, tall, weird looking, funky basketball playing Unicorns -- Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis.   Or perhaps fans will be looking to get a first-h...3865Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-wild-to-host-2018-nwhl-all-star-weekend/On Friday, the Minnesota Wild -- in conjunction with the National Women's Hockey League -- announced that the new Tria Rink in downtown St. Paul will be hosting the 2018 NWHL All-Star Weekend.   From the release:   The National Women's Hockey League today announced a partnership with the NHL's M...3864Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2017-minnesota-twins-report-card-dietrich-enns/This is a series of evaluations that will be done this offseason on every player that closed the season on the 40-man roster for the Minnesota Twins throughout the winter until each player has been evaluated. The plan is to start with Mr. Belisle and move all the way through the pitchers, then to...3861Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-10-recap-timberwolves-break-away-in-second-half-bury-thunder-104-88/The Minnesota Timberwolves won a hard-fought game with the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-88 by enduring their physicality in the first half, then breaking away with offensive firepower in the second.   Minnesota was 18 of 46 (39.1 percent) from the field in the first half, but shot 21 of 34 (61.8 per...3855Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1-10-recap-wild-d-men-score-in-2-1-win-over-chicago-to-end-teams-road-skid/The road woes are over – at least for the moment.   The Minnesota Wild snapped their four-game losing skid with a 2-1, come-from-behind victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on the road Wednesday night.   The victory put the Wild (23-17-4) two points ahead of the Blackhawks (21-16-6) in the Cen...3854Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wilds-eric-staal-selected-to-nhl-all-star-game/On Wednesday, the NHL unveiled their rosters for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, and Eric Staal was chosen to be Minnesota's representative at the event.   Staal, 33, is in his second season with the Wild and has tallied 19 goals and 37 points -- both lead Minnesota -- on the season. The All-Star sel...3852Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2017-minnesota-twins-report-card-tyler-duffey/This is a series of evaluations that will be done this offseason on every player that closed the season on the 40-man roster for the Minnesota Twins throughout the winter until each player has been evaluated. The plan is to start with Mr. Belisle and move all the way through the pitchers, then to...3851Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000