https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/41/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-film-notes-wednesdays-practice-report/Practice Observations Tight Ends Face Tight Depth Keep your tabs on this tight end group. Wednesday we saw two thirds of the group missing from practice as Kyle Rudolph dealt with ankle soreness and Blake Bell was not suited up with a shoulder issue. Losing Rudolph, who has four touchdown...3627Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/adam-thielen-has-a-little-history-with-the-cincinnati-bengals/While the major story leading up to the Minnesota Vikings' Week 15 tilt with the Cincinnati Bengals might be the history of head coach Mike Zimmer coordinating the Bengals' defense from 2008-13, there is some more recent history that might carry some weight in Minnesota's wide receivers room.   B...3625Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:31:44 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/seehafer-breaking-down-aaron-rodgers-collarbone/Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced through Instagram on Tuesday night that he has been cleared by the Packers medical staff to return to game action after missing the last eight weeks with a fractured right clavicle.   https://www.instagram.com/p/BcoIJo2ljDF/   With the Packer...3624Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-sign-michael-pineda-to-two-year-deal/The Minnesota Twins made their first offseason move at the Winter Meetings in Orlando on Wednesday morning, as the team announced a two-year deal with starting pitcher Michael Pineda.   Pineda will make $2 million in 2018 and $8 million in 2019. His signing puts the Twins at 37 players on the 40-...3621Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:44:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-12-recap-wild-keep-rolling-past-regulation-with-a-shootout-win-dubnyk-injured/Going back to last season and earlier this season, the Minnesota Wild lost five straight post-regulation games.   Four of those were in overtime.   All of the sudden, the Wild thrive when games go beyond regulation.   The latest example was a 2-1 shootout victory over the Calgary Flames (16-12-...3617Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-12-recap-wolves-appear-gassed-late-fall-in-overtime-to-76ers-118-112/In a game that was played down to the wire, that lived up to its billing and featured star power young and less young, the Timberwolves couldn't come out victorious in a 118-112 loss late Tuesday night at Target Center.   Late-game heroics by Jimmy Butler forced overtime with the Philadelphia 76e...3616Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/aaron-rodgers-medically-cleared-to-return/Aaron Rodgers has been medically cleared to play, according to his instagram account.   https://www.instagram.com/p/BcoIJo2ljDF/   If the Green Bay Packers remove him from injured reserve, he can play immediately this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. The Minnesota Vikings are his opponent t...3614Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/devan-dubnyk-leaves-tuesday-nights-game-with-injury/After making 10 saves in the first period Tuesday night against Calgary, Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk did not return for the second period. Per the team, Dubnyk left the game -- and was questionable to return -- with a lower-body injury.     Alex Stalock entered the game for Dubnyk, and Con...3613Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:33:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-12-pregame-calgary-flames-vs-minnesota-wild/The overtime-streaking Minnesota Wild are back home to face another Pacific Division rival, the Calgary Flames.   The Wild (15-11-3) are 8-3-2 at home this season, returning after a three-game road trip. They’ve won four out of their last five games, including the last three in overtime thanks to...3611Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-12-pregame-76ers-visit-timberwolves-with-some-injury-concerns/The Timberwolves-76ers matchup picked up the late slot on the Tuesday ESPN lineup, but might not have its full cast from Philadelphia's side.   The Timberwolves are again likely to be without backup forward Nemanja Bjelica, who is slowly recovering from an ankle injury sustained in December, but...3610Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/iowa-wild-notebook-christoph-bertschy-happy-to-see-winning-times-in-iowa/As one of the longest-tenured players on the Iowa Wild, Christoph Bertschy is happy to see some more wins come in for Minnesota's AHL affiliate.   "Every year there is a lot of changes in the American League (AHL). We had a good group of guys come in [this past summer]," said Bertschy.   In just...3607Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-mvp-of-every-big-ten-team-east-edition/Every team has one player who rose to the occasion on a weekly basis, carrying the bulk of the workload and impacting the game throughout the season. This is a two-part dive into each Big Ten roster, determining each team's MVP.   We'll start with the Big Ten East.   Ohio State Buckeyes   Recor...3606Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-11-recap-murphy-dominates-as-gophers-survive-scare-against-drake/After two demoralizing road losses to the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Arkansas Razorbacks that dropped the Minnesota Golden Gophers from the Top-25 ranks, a home game with the middling mid-major Drake Bulldogs seemed like it would be the perfect tonic.   Far from it.   Minnesota trailed at halftime...3603Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/alan-trammell-st-paul-native-jack-morris-elected-to-mlb-hall-of-fame-by-modern-baseball-era-committee/News broke late Sunday afternoon that former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell and former Tigers, Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jack Morris were being elected to baseball's Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class.   Trammell spent his entire 20-year MLB career with th...3595Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:10:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-10-recap-wild-make-it-2-in-a-row-in-ot-and-2-of-3-in-cali/Nino Niederreiter scored the overtime game-winner to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 victory in San Jose on Sunday night. It was the second game in a row the Wild won in overtime as they finished a California road trip winning two of three games.   That hardly tells the whole story of this contest,...3594Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-10-recap-timberwolves-struggle-to-hold-onto-ball-escape-with-win-over-mavericks/A team that commits 18 turnovers, like the Timberwolves did Sunday, in a game aren't going to win a lot of games.   Or, so you'd think.   This year, the Timberwolves are 11-2 in games where they commit more than 15 turnovers, and 5-9 otherwise. It makes no sense, but it's where the Wolves are at...3593Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/top-10-nba-tidbits-is-beal-the-best-wizard/The Minnesota Timberwolves are 16-11 entering the third month of NBA action, ranking fourth in the Western Conference standings. Along with the Timberwolves, these are the top 10 storylines, players and games to watch this week  around the NBA.   Timberwolves Schedule    Dec. 12 - vs. Philadelph...3592Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-facebook-live-recap-of-vikings-31-24-loss-via-93x/Sam Ekstrom and Arif Hasan recap Minnesota's 31-24 loss on the 93X Facebook page.  3591Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-10-recap-iowa-holds-on-in-third-defeats-grand-rapids-2-1/A night after the Iowa Wild (12-8-5) were leading 2-1 after two periods and eventually lost, they found themselves in the exact situation again Sunday night against Grand Rapids (9-13-3).   This time, however, turned out to be a more favorable result for the home team.   Thanks to a 40-save outi...3590Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-10-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-san-jose-sharks/The Wild will try to make it two of three wins on this California road trip, which wraps with a game against Pacific Division foe San Jose.   The Wild (14-11-3) come off their second overtime win in less than a week thanks to defenseman Matt Dumba. He had quite the game with a career-high 30:04 o...3585Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-10-pregame-timberwolves-begin-homestand-against-improved-mavericks/After one of the more travel-heavy starts to a season the Timberwolves have ever dealt with, the madness will now subside a bit.   The Wolves open a five-game homestand against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, a team they beat 112-99 on Nov. 4, and 111-87 on Nov. 17.   At that point, the Ma...3584Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-9-recap-san-diego-rallies-to-defeat-iowa-in-overtime/The Iowa Wild (11-8-5) tried and tried again, but could not quite hold on to a win Saturday night against the San Diego Gulls (10-11-1).   After holding two separate two-goal leads in the game, Iowa was unable to hold off the Gulls attack in the and lost 4-3 in overtime, thanks to a Ryan White --...3583Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-9-recap-minnesota-ends-first-half-by-blowing-out-umd/After failing to hold onto a two-goal third-period lead Friday, Minnesota wanted to be more mentally tough Saturday to close out the first half at Ridder Arena.   Mission accomplished, as the Gophers blew out Minnesota-Duluth 5-0 on Saturday.   “It definitely pissed us off a little bit. We want...3582Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/tyus-jones-on-little-brother-tre/On Thursday, Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Tyus Jones returned from the team's west coast road trip. Not long after touching down in Minneapolis, Jones was back on the road -- headed back to the 'burbs.   A 2014 Apple Valley High School graduate, Jones -- who was serendipitously drafted by h...3581Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-8-recap-matt-dumba-wins-it-in-ot-again/Just call him Mr. Overtime.   For the second game in less than a week that went to 3-on-3 overtime, Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba scored the game-winning goal.   Dumba scored with 1:17 remaining in overtime Friday to give the Wild (14-11-3) a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks (12-11-7)....3580Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000