https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/45/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-22-preview-timberwolves-finally-home-look-for-bounce-back-win-over-magic/Finally, the Timberwolves are home.   After a 17-game start to the season where the Wolves would only play at home on back-to-back occasions once, a badly-needed four-game homestand starts Wednesday night against the 8-9 Orlando Magic.   To put this neverending road trip into context, Timberwolv...3434Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-hockey-fan-holiday-gift-guide/'Tis the season, hockey fans, and perhaps loved ones of hockey fans. To kick off the holiday shopping season right, I've prepared a list of items that the Minnesota Hockey Fan in your life -- or yourself after the holidays when you've been disappointed yet again -- may want. Minnehaha Waves Hat...3432Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-roll-past-alabama-am-stay-unbeaten/3431Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-20-recap-wild-fall-in-overtime-to-new-jersey-coyle-returns-to-lineup/The good news: Mikael Granlund finally scored his second goal of the season. Then he scored his third to tie the game with 1:36 left in regulation.   The bad news: The Wild lost in overtime 4-3 to the New Jersey Devils.   The game included a lot of the rough stuff, the return of a fan favorite,...3426Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/40-random-thoughts-wild-vs-devils/As I do with every Wild game I attend live, I have thoughts and I write them down for you, the lovely reader.   1. Whoa, Nellie! These seats are good. Ninth row at center ice. Tremendous thanks to the Zonefather. Also, a former boss calls me at 4pm and asks if I want to go to the game after I alr...3425Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:36:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-20-recap-late-struggles-once-again-haunt-timberwolves-in-loss-to-hornets/A night after the Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a late-game collapse in a loss to the Detroit Pistons at Target Center, they hit the road to take on a struggling Charlotte Hornets team in hopes of getting things back on track.   Instead, the Wolves ran into much of the same on Monday night in t...3424Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/karl-anthony-towns-wins-western-conference-player-of-the-week/The NBA announced Monday that Karl-Anthony Towns won the Western Conference's Player of the Week for the fifth week of the 2017-18 NBA season.     Towns averaged 20.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and shot .526 from 3-point land. More importantly, the Timberwolves have won 3 of their last 4 games,...3421Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-20-pregame-new-jersey-devils-vs-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild have had good luck against the other conference in St. Paul this season. Now the sliding New Jersey Devils come to town at the end of a three-game road trip, as the Wild look to bounce back from a loss to Washington.   The Wild (9-8-2) have won two consecutive games at home and...3420Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/college-football-weekend-recap-rivalry-weekend-comes-early-in-california/The weekend before rivalry weekend is usually a time for teams schedule an easy matchup to get ready for the difficult game ahead. Despite the weak slate of games, there were still clashes that hold weight for conference races and playoff seeding. Shoutout to the California schools that made this...3419Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-deion-sanders-and-mike-zimmer-made-a-hilarious-trip-to-a-batting-cage/Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer has shared many stories about his former players in Dallas. But NFL Network personality Deion Sanders may have brought up the funniest one yet during his interview with Zimmer after his team beat the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.   Sanders, who played for th...3418Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/top-10-tidbits-in-the-nba-celtics-still-contending-for-no-1/There is plenty to learn from a busy week of basketball and a wealth of storylines to draw from. As for the home team, the Timberwolves seemed to have found a rhythm on offense, while the defense has slowly but surely come along. This is the what, who and why to watch this week in basketball.   T...3416Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-19-recap-timberwolves-collapse-in-fourth-quarter-lose-to-pistons-100-97/The Minnesota Timberwolves had an 11-point lead over the Detroit Pistons entering the fourth quarter, but Detroit outscored the Wolves 27-13 in the final 9:57 and won 100-97.   Jimmy Butler missed a third free throw to tie the game at 98, as well as a buzzer-beater that he had a clear look at but...3415Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-18-recap-tyler-sheehy-scores-in-ot-as-gophers-sweep-harvard/On shot No. 44, Merrick Madsen made his first mistake.   He didn’t make many Saturday night in a game where Minnesota continuously tested the Crimson defense. Unfortunately for Madsen, Rem Pitlick made him pay for it on shot No. 45.   Minnesota outshot the 13th-ranked Crimson 50-16 at 3M Arena a...3410Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-18-recap-gopher-women-jump-for-joy-in-sweeping-st-cloud-state/She jumped for joy. Sixteen games into her freshman season, Minnesota defender Emily Brown had her first collegiate goal.   Coming 6:04 into the third period, Brown’s goal opened the offensive floodgates Saturday at Ridder Arena. Teammate Nicole Schammel scored twice and the Gophers defeated St....3409Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-18-recap-gophers-shut-out-by-wildcats-in-39-0-disaster/It was an embarrassing game on the road at Ryan Field, as the Minnesota Golden Gophers were downed by the Northwestern Wildcats in a 39-0 rout.   Minnesota did everything wrong in the shutout loss on Northwestern's senior day. The Gophers looked lost on both sides of the ball, getting steamrolled...3408Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/notebook-nate-masons-leadership-amir-coffeys-offense-michael-hurts-cutting/Entering his senior year, all-conference point guard Nate Mason had a lot of responsibility.   He'd be required to be a linchpin in the Minnesota Gophers' pursuit of a return trip to the NCAA Tournament, but he would also be expected to mentor his eventual replacement, prized recruit Isaiah Washi...3407Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-18-preview-wild-in-dc-to-take-on-ovechkin-and-the-capitals/On Saturday night, the Wild visit Washington for their only visit to take on the Capitals. Minnesota enters the game on a four-game winning streak, while Washington enters as losers of two straight.   Details:   Minnesota Wild (9-7-2) at Washington Capitals (10-9-1) Where: Capital One Arena, Wa...3406Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-17-recap-casey-mittelstadt-minnesota-get-highlight-reel-win-over-no-13-harvard/Casey Mittelstadt bounced right back from a rough weekend.   So did the Gophers.   Minnesota scored four times in the first two periods on Friday, and held on for a 4-2 victory over No. 13 Harvard to get back in the win column. Mittelstadt, held off the scoresheet last weekend versus Michigan,...3405Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-17-recap-timberwolves-come-back-versus-mavericks-win-third-straight/In Dallas, top-of-the-key 3-pointers by 6-foot-10 foreign-born power forwards are a common occurrence. It's rare that foreigner is not Dirk Nowitzki.   On Friday, it was Nemanja Bjelica.   With 7:37 left in the fourth quarter of Friday's game that pinned the home Dallas Mavericks against the vis...3403Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/11-17-preview-timberwolves-dont-have-luxury-of-taking-it-easy-against-mavericks/The last time the Timberwolves faced the Mavericks, the Wolves looked like they were on top of the world. The 13-point win brought them to 6-3 on the season, and following a next-day double-digit win against the Hornets, it felt like the Timberwolves had figured out how to win.   Even after a som...3400Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/former-viking-john-sullivan-thriving-in-new-home-fridays-injury-report/Case Keenum's grudge match against the Los Angeles Rams is not the only reunion fans will see on Sunday.   Former Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan, who spent last season with the Washington Redskins, is now snapping the ball to Jared Goff for the 7-2 Rams. The 2008 sixth-round pick spent se...3399Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1116-recap-wild-storm-back-defeat-predators-6-4/If you are a big fan of Jekyll and Hyde, then you were no doubt a huge fan of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. After an absolutely abysmal first 33 minutes from the home team, Minnesota stormed back to defeat the defending conference champion Nashville Predators 6-4 in St. Paul.   Nashville'...3397Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1116-pregame-nashville-predators-vs-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild have played a bunch of games on the road and a bunch of games against the Eastern Conference so far this season. Thursday, they’ll welcome a division rival and reigning Western Conference champion Nashville Predators in hopes of extending their season-high winning streak to four...3393Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1115-recap-timberwolves-close-out-in-fourth-end-losing-streak-against-spurs/Even against a team they have only beaten once dating back to 2013, the Timberwolves played Wednesday's game like a losing streak never existed.   Sound defense and a strong bench showing gave the Timberwolves a 98-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, a team they had previously only defeated on...3390Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1115-recap-gophers-survive-late-run-cruise-past-niagara-107-81/The No. 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers thought they had already demoralized the pesky Niagara Purple Eagles, but a second-half spurt by the 20-point underdog made Minnesota's third straight win a little more challenging.   After trailing by 10 points in the first half, the Gophers ended the opening...3389Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000