https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/42/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-8-recap-minnesota-falls-to-ohio-state-in-ot/The road has not been friendly to Minnesota in Big Ten play.   Ohio State’s Christian Lampasso scored in front of the net 3:44 into overtime to hand the Gophers a 2-1 loss in Columbus.   At 0-4-1 away from 3M Arena at Mariucci in conference, Minnesota (10-8-1, 4-6-1-1 Big Ten) is winless through...3579Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-8-recap-gophers-blow-3-1-lead-settle-for-tie/There are ties where a team feels good about themselves.   Then there are ties where the team treats it closer to a loss.   Minnesota, as a team, can be put in the latter category Friday night.   “Tonight we don’t feel real good about that tie being up two goals twice in the third. You have to...3578Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-justin-patton-impresses-in-nba-g-league-debut/The Iowa Wolves beat the Salt Lake City Stars 104-98 on Friday, but that wasn't the big story.   Timberwolves rookie Justin Patton, who had been out since July with a broken bone in his left foot, put up impressive numbers in his NBA G League debut Friday night.   After shooting just 1 of 5 in t...3577Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/this-week-in-hockey-a-32nd-team-is-right-around-the-corner/It was three years ago this past Friday that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman stood in front of the media at the December Board of Governors meetings and said the league was allowing William Foley to conduct a ticket drive in Las Vegas to see if the market could support an NHL franchise.   As we all...3576Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-8-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-anaheim-ducks/The Minnesota Wild continue the California swing Friday with another late game against Bruce Boudreau’s former team, the Anaheim Ducks.   The Wild (13-11-3) once again surrendered more than four goals in their 5-2 loss in Los Angeles earlier this week, thanks in part to some own-goals and former...3575Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-panthers-preview-breaking-down-the-film/The Minnesota Vikings are 2-0 against the Carolina Panthers under Mike Zimmer after taking down Cam Newton for a season-high eight sacks in Week 3 last year as the team came away with a 22-10 victory.   I took a look back at what made the Vikings so successful then, and what they need to do to be...3570Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-mailing-it-in/I'm back with my monthly mailbag article because last month's went so well. In the meantime, it has been aptly renamed and I got a fresh batch of questions from friends, family and people who hate me on Twitter.   Is Chuck Fletcher a bad GM or the baddest?   -@evolvingwild   This is funny beca...3569Fri, 08 Dec 2017 07:00:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/kyle-rudolph-is-the-minnesota-vikings-man-of-the-year/Thanks to his generous work in the community, Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was awarded the team's 2017 Man of the Year award at Winter Park earlier on Thursday and was presented a check for $50,000 that will go toward "Kyle Rudolph's End Zone," an interactive family area at Masonic Chi...3564Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-6-recap-wolves-take-care-of-business-with-win-over-clippers/The Minnesota Timberwolves finally get a break this week.   After Wednesday night's game in Los Angeles, the team has a three-day break before beginning a five-game homestand back at Target Center. They will fly home after one of their better performances of the season, even though both the final...3561Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-acquire-two-prospects-for-2-million-in-international-pool-money/The Minnesota Twins got a jump on the Winter Meetings which will start over the weekend in Orlando by dealing for two prospects. With rights to Dominican shortstop Jelfry Marte revoked and the team out of the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, the Twins were left with more International Free Agent money t...3560Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/heisman-trophy-preview-who-wont-win-it/The trophy that has gone to quarterbacks 34 out of 81 times, and 14 times since 2000, is likely again going to go to a quarterback: Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield, the heavy favorite to win this weekend. It is clearly a structural thing that is causing all this, QB's are not intrinsically trophy specia...3557Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-recall-joel-eriksson-ek-from-iowa/The Minnesota Wild announced Wednesday morning that they have recalled forward Joel Eriksson Ek from their AHL affiliate, Iowa.     Eriksson Ek -- Minnesota's 2015 first-round draft pick -- had been sent down, along with Luke Kunin -- Minnesota's 2016 first round pick -- on Nov. 21 after a...3555Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-mailbag-inagural-edition/Hey, a new thing!   A few times a year, I'll throw your questions into a post, and try to answer them to the best of my abilities. I'm willing and able to answer any question, but decided to limit it to 10 per post. If you didn't make it on this mailbag, we'll answer them on the next episode of W...3554Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-5-recap-former-wild-star-gaborik-scores-400th-goal-as-kings-beat-wild/Marian Gaborik is one of the best players in Minnesota Wild history. He’s still the all-time franchise leader in goals, power-play goals and game-winning goals. He played 502 games in a Wild sweater after getting picked by the team third overall in 2000.   Now he’s a career 400-goal scorer – and...3553Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-5-pregame-minnesota-wild-vs-los-angeles-kings/The Minnesota Wild certainly know how to time their California road trips. They’re in the land of fun and sun for the week as the Minnesota fans drive through the ice and snow.   Remember all that downtime for the Wild early in October when the season started? Now they’ll kick off a run of 10 gam...3551Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-4-recap-timberwolves-fall-to-struggling-grizzlies-in-second-game-of-back-to-back/A quarter of the way through the NBA season, the Memphis Grizzlies have struggled. In the midst of an 11-game losing streak, being short-handed due to injuries and seeing a shift in coaching personnel following the firing of David Fizdale, the Grizzlies hadn't won a game in nearly a month, dating...3546Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lindsay-whalen-joins-fs-north-timberwolves-broadcast-team/The Lynx might be in their offseason, but Lindsay Whalen still wants her hoops fix.   Fox Sports North announced Tuesday that the All-Star and four-time WNBA champion is joining the Timberwolves broadcast crew.   She'll join Dave Benz and Jim Petersen on the sideline for eight games this season,...3543Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/moorhead-hockey-arena-to-be-renovated-renamed-after-cullen-family/The Moorhead Youth Hockey Association approved plans to renovate and then expand their hockey facility, and then will rename the facility in honor of the Cullen family. Via WDAY in the Fargo-Moorhead area, the Cullen family -- led by Wild forward Matt Cullen -- are the lead donors for the project,...3539Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/usa-womens-hockey-still-searching-for-that-second-olympic-gold-medal/It's hard to believe, but when the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang take place, it will mark the 20th anniversary of the first women's ice hockey tournament. 2018 will also mark the 20th anniversary of the United States' last gold medal in this tournament.     "Well...3538Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/college-football-weekend-recap-locking-in-the-playoffs/The conferences have had their title bouts and the champions have taken their place at the top of college football. The playoff field has also been decided, narrowing down all of college football to four teams: The Clemson Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide. So how...3535Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-3-recap-canada-beats-usa-womens-hockey-in-ot/The other contests in "The Time Is Now Tour" between USA women’s hockey and Canada were pretty lopsided and not very close. The previous winner always had a comfortable margin of at least a couple goals. Then the script flipped, and they needed overtime to decide things.   “I think no matter what...3532Sun, 03 Dec 2017 19:37:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/12-3-recap-butler-unsatisfied-after-timberwolves-edge-clippers-112-106/It was anything but pretty, but they'll take it. Most of them.   "You can't take no team lightly," Karl-Anthony Towns said after his Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-106. "We came in with a great game plan, we came in with a fresh mind. We were ready to play."     T...3531Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/recap-gophers-overpower-rutgers-in-big-ten-opener/After a deflating loss in Wednesday's top-15 battle versus the Miami Hurricanes, the Minnesota Golden Gophers had no time to feel sorry for themselves.   A much-improved Rutgers Scarlet Knights team coming to Williams Arena for the beginning of conference play demanded that No. 12 Minnesota redis...3530Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-purple-postgame-facebook-live-via-93x/Sam Ekstrom, Luke Inman and Arif Hasan broke down Minnesota's 14-9 win over the Atlanta Falcons on the 93X Facebook page.   \3529Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-vikings-ride-conservative-game-plan-for-close-victory-over-atlanta-falcons/A conservative game plan from both teams allowed the Minnesota Vikings to control a 14-9 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. In a close game filled with tension, the Vikings were able to hold on after a rocky start for the offense.   This win extends the Vikings winning streak to eight games and mo...3528Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:12:32 +0000