https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/39/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/zach-parise-to-play-conditioning-game-in-iowa/On Wednesday, the Minnesota Wild announced that forward Zach Parise will be sent down to Iowa for Thursday night's game in Des Moines against Rockford as part of a conditioning stint.     Parise, 33, has not played at all for Minnesota this season after undergoing back surgery on Oct. 24 to...3731Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/one-year-later-the-week-17-stakes-are-higher-for-the-vikings/What a difference a year makes for the Minnesota Vikings.   Starting in Week 15 a season ago, the Vikings played a middling AFC team at home, the Green Bay Packers on the road and the Chicago Bears at home to finish the season.   This year's schedule was nearly identical, but the outcomes have b...3730Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-27-pregame-timberwolves-go-for-five-in-a-row-against-denver-nuggets/As the Minnesota Timberwolves go for their fifth straight win, the Denver Nuggets aren't looking too bad either.   The Wolves started their winning streak against the Nuggets on Dec. 20 -- a game where they seemed to turn the corner in the fourth quarter.   In fact, since Dec. 1, the Timberwolve...3729Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/a-look-into-the-2018-gopher-football-recruiting-class/Every offseason has the opportunity to breathe new life into a college football roster.   For years, the Minnesota Golden Gophers have had classes that simply offered depth, needed time to develop and could not be expected to jumpstart a season. But this season is different, with the best class M...3728Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-sign-lefty-reliever-duke-to-one-year-deal/The Minnesota Twins found a left-handed reliever in their stockings on Christmas, as the team announced on Tuesday that Zach Duke had passed his physical and signed a one-year deal with the club.   According to Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the deal is worth roughly $2 million wit...3723Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/examining-jason-zuckers-drought/It was just one month ago that we were discussing Jason Zucker as one of the hottest goal-scoring forwards in the league and that he would perhaps get a chance to represent the Minnesota Wild in January's NHL All-Star Game.   Zucker, 25, was just coming off a recent streak where he scored six con...3720Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-25-recap-timberwolves-pour-it-on-late-in-blowout-defeat-over-lakers/The Timberwolves won by a lot on Christmas night, but it wasn't 48 minutes of holiday cheer for their fans.   After three quarters of bad transition defense, iffy half-court defense and inefficient scoring from the starters – reminiscent of the first couple weeks of the season – the Wolves droppe...3718Tue, 26 Dec 2017 00:50:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-23-recap-timberwolves-avoid-collapse-beat-suns-115-106/It almost looked familiar.   The Timberwolves led by as many as 22 points in the first half, and took a 21-point lead into halftime looking determined to put it away early.   But a 37-point third quarter got the Wolves' lead down to two at one point, and the Suns suddenly looked like they were g...3714Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-23-recap-wild-zapped-by-lightning-in-3-0-shutout-loss/On the bright side, the Minnesota Wild had oodles of chances and hung with the NHL’s best team for nearly 60 minutes.   Unfortunately, they lost the game 3-0 when the Tampa Bay Lightning scored all three goals in the span of about two minutes near the end of regulation, breaking a scoreless tie....3713Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-23-recap-nate-mason-injured-as-gophers-take-down-florida-atlantic/Looking as sharp as they have in weeks, the Minnesota Golden Gophers were prepared to enter their Christmas break with some momentum.   Then a setback.   After tying a career high with five 3-pointers in the first half, senior point guard Nate Mason went down with a lower left leg injury, was te...3712Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-23-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-tampa-bay-lightning/The Minnesota Wild (18-14-3) will have a tough test before they can be rewarded with three days off for the holiday. They’ll face the best team in the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning (25-7-2), just one night after blowing a 2-1 lead against Florida.   The Wild haven’t fared too well in their back-to...3710Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-22-recap-wild-surrender-third-period-lead-fall-to-panthers-4-2/The Minnesota Wild couldn’t hold their 2-1 lead for the final 20 minutes and allowed the Florida Panthers to score three times. The 4-2 loss was the third in the past three games for the Wild.   So, how does a team with a lead give up a trio of goals in the final period?   “Well, we made a coupl...3709Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-25-pregame-timberwolves-lakers-close-out-christmas-day-showcase/The Timberwolves have a chance for four wins in a row, and will go for it under the big lights.   Not only will they go for a victory in the final slot of the coveted Christmas Day lineup on TNT – which will be broadcast on TNT by the Inside the NBA crew – in Los Angeles against the Lakers.   Th...3708Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-22-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-florida-panthers/As Minnesotans prepare for temperatures to plummet and the coldest Christmas in 20 years, the Minnesota Wild are in sunny Florida ready to take on the Panthers.   The Wild (18-13-3) bounced back after a pair of losses and have won five of their last seven games. Their current four-game road trip...3707Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-notebook-town-hall-milb-staff-international-fa-training-staff-announcements/The Minnesota Twins held their second annual Town Hall at Target Field on Thursday evening, with front office members Thad Levine and Derek Falvey in attendance as well as manager Paul Molitor and first baseman Joe Mauer.   The video can be viewed in full at the top of the page (skip ahead to 21:...3705Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-23-pregame-timberwolves-close-out-season-series-with-suns/Somehow, the Timberwolves will conclude a season series with a team before Christmas Day.   And it isn't going the way they expected.   Onto their fourth and final game against the Phoenix Suns, the Timberwolves are currently down 2-1 in the season series, despite both losses being completely av...3704Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reidell-zone-coverage-mailbag-3/PRE-BAG PRIMER Thank you all for your submissions. We have another excellent crop of thoughts and questions to get through this week. Subjects this week include the Minnesota Vikings' potential, scariest teams in the NFL and the origin of my nickname.   To submit questions for the Zone Coverage...3700Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/breaking-cheryl-reeve-minnesota-lynx-agree-to-contract-extension/For the past seven WNBA seasons, Cheryl Reeve has served as the highly successful head coach of the four-time champion Minnesota Lynx.   And after Thursday's proceedings, she will continue to hold that title in Minnesota.   On Thursday, Reeve and the Lynx agreed to a multi-year contract extensio...3697Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-21-recap-gophers-edge-oral-roberts-without-dupree-mcbrayer/Coming off a 10-day break for final exams -- and two days away from a week-long Christmas break -- the Minnesota Golden Gophers were expectedly rusty. They were also missing starting guard Dupree McBrayer, who was scratched with a lower leg injury.   But the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles were no mat...3696Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-20-recap-timberwolves-storm-back-in-fourth-to-beat-nuggets/On Wednesday evening, in the altitude of Denver, Karl-Anthony Towns got things going for the Minnesota Timberwolves and, per usual, Jimmy Butler brought them home.   The Denver Nuggets fell 112-104 to the Wolves in what could be a potential playoff matchup come season's end. Minnesota and Denver...3690Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/eric-staal-continuing-to-produce-for-the-minnesota-wild/At age 33, NHL players are typically on the downswing of their careers in terms of production.   Eric Staal, however, is not one of those players.   This season, the Minnesota center is having one of his best years in terms of production. He enjoyed a renaissance season last year -- his first wi...3689Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-gophers-discuss-how-to-improve-their-3-point-defense/Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach Richard Pitino addressed reporters about what the team has been working on since its last game on Dec. 11. Their primary focus? Defending the 3.     Sophomore Michael Hurt and junior Davonte Fitzgerald also spoke about the team's struggles defending the 3-po...3688Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reidell-zone-coverage-mailbag-2/PRE-BAG PRIMER Thank you all for your submissions. We have another excellent crop of thoughts and questions to get through this week. Subjects include the Minnesota Vikings running back situation, cornerback Xavier Rhodes' coverage ability, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and, my fav...3687Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:24:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-taking-notice-of-catch-rule-controversy/Fans and pundits alike continue to contest the NFL's catch rule, which took center stage again last Sunday when Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jesse James had a potential game-winning touchdown overturned because he did not "survive the ground," per official Tony Corrente.   Ben Roethlisberger wen...3685Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-19-recap-wild-find-their-scoring-power-in-6-4-victory-over-ottawa/It was a 3-1 game early in the second period. The Minnesota Wild were down and had already taken a couple penalties, a trend they’ve set recently.   Things weren’t going well for a team that had just lost two games in a row when their forwards scored zero goals.   Then somebody hit the scoring-j...3680Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000