https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/49/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/butler-shines-in-return-as-timberwolves-beat-thunder-119-116/Whether it was the lower scoring totals, the absence from two games or anything else, Jimmy Butler silenced any critics that might still remain.   An upper-respiratory illness forced Butler to miss the previous two games, making his 13 fourth-quarter points all the more gutsy and improbable. Add...3230Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/aaron-rodgers-accuses-anthony-barr-of-taunting-after-causing-broken-collarbone/Sidelined until at least Week 15 with a broken collarbone, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had some interesting remarks about what happened following his injury against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 6.   Appearing on a late night show with Conan O'Brien during the Packers bye week, Ro...3229Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1027-practice-notes-jimmy-butler-set-for-return-against-thunder/Jimmy Butler isn't at 100 percent, but he's going to give Friday night a shot.   "I'm here to play. I'm here to compete. I'm here to win," Butler said at Friday afternoon's shootaround. "If y'all see snot running down my nose, my face, and into my mouth, it might be disgusting, but it might happe...3227Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/with-game-nearing-case-keenum-named-starting-quarterback/The Minnesota Vikings finished their second practice in London, this time at the home of the London Irish, a local Rugby Union team. This facility seems much more well-equipped to handle a full practice.   [caption id=attachment_19837" align="alignnone" width="640] Photo Credit: Arif Hasan[/capti...3226Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/six-players-score-in-wild-win-over-islanders/The Minnesota Wild went from famine to feast. Thursday was a complete reversal after getting shut out earlier in the week, as the Wild pumped in a trio of goals before the halfway mark of the first period.   “I’ve been pretty hard vocally on them every day,” said coach Bruce Boudreau. “That we ha...3225Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-wild-three-stars-for-november/The hockey tradition of naming three stars for a game is a great one, and naming three stars for a week or even a month can be quite a fun exercise. However, anyone can name their three stars for the month of October for the Minnesota Wild, and it'll probably look something like Chris Stewart, Jas...3222Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-day-new-york-islanders-v-minnesota-wild/It’s time for the Minnesota Wild to bounce back from a rough loss at home. They can get right back on the horse as they host the New York Islanders.   The Wild (2-3-2) need a confidence booster after getting shut out 1-0 by Vancouver on Tuesday in a less-than-stellar homecoming after a lengthy ro...3219Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-new-pitching-coach-dozier-buxton-gold-glove-finalists/The Minnesota Twins took the first step to improving their pitching staff on Thursday, as the club announced they've hired Garvin Alston as the new pitching coach on the big-league staff.     Alston is the 16th pitching coach in Twins history, and fourth since 1985 according to a team relea...3217Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:18:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-football-game-day-how-the-gophers-can-find-road-success/It has been a up-and-down season on offense for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The team now heads out on a two-week road trip, and if they are going to have a shot at staying in these games, their offense has to find a way to play consistent football. Game one is against the Iowa Hawkeyes.   The F...3216Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/bradford-missing-from-first-minnesota-vikings-london-walkthrough-bridgewater-diggs-easton-and-reiff-practicing/At the moment, it doesn’t seem as though the Vikings will be featuring Week 1 starter Sam Bradford in their game against the Cleveland Browns this week, as he wasn’t visible at Thursday's walkthrough. Neither were backups Stephen Weatherly or Jeremiah Sirles. Instead, we could see the return of so...3215Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-a-game-of-missed-chances/Tuesday night's game between the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks will long be remembered as more of a snoozefest than a hockey game. In the second half of the contest, it really became apparent that one goal was probably going to win this game, and it did, as Jake Virtanen's goal halfway thro...3214Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:16:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-revert-to-their-ways-of-old-in-21-point-defeat-at-the-hands-of-the-pistons/When the Wolves traded Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn, and the No. 7 overall pick for Jimmy Butler, they did so with the idea that Butler would become the team’s most valuable player. On Wednesday night, Butler proved that merit as he missed his second straight game with an upper respiratory issue as the...3212Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2017-minnesota-twins-report-card-buddy-boshers/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...3210Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-minnesota-wild-oldfriend-update/It has not been a great start to the season for the Minnesota Wild. At 2-3-2, an injury-ravaged team has certainly not gotten off to the start they hoped in the wake of a five-game exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last spring.   So while you sit and ponder how this team can get better, let's put...3208Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-football-preview-the-hated-hawkeyes/The Minnesota Golden Gophers hit the road to tackle one of their most heated rivalries in the Big Ten: The Iowa Hawkeyes.   Both teams enter the game with 4-3 records on the season, recording great wins and gut-wrenching losses alike. While the Hawkeyes come into the game with an established quar...3207Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/breaking-jimmy-butler-will-miss-second-straight-game/The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Jimmy Butler will his second straight game on Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons with an upper respiratory illness.   Tom Thibodeau told the media after Tuesday's loss to Indiana that he wasn't sure his newly-acquired star would play. Thibodeau said h...3205Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:20:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-get-shut-out-in-return-to-x/The Minnesota Wild were the only team in the NHL to come into Tuesday night having played just once at home. They responded by getting shut out Tuesday night in their second home game of the season.   It was a 1-0 loss for the Wild (2-3-2) to the Vancouver Canucks (5-3-1) in a listless hockey gam...3200Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/without-butler-timberwolves-embarrassed-in-130-107-loss-to-pacers/It was a home game the Timberwolves were expected to win, with or without Jimmy Butler.   With Butler – the team's defensive play caller and vocal leader – missing the game with an upper respiratory illness, the Timberwolves looked lost on the defensive end against the Indiana Pacers, one of the...3199Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-announce-2017-diamond-awards-recipients/On Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins announced the recipients of the 2017 Diamond Awards in advance of the 13th annual banquet that’ll be held on Jan. 18, 2018 at The Depot in Minneapolis. The awards are voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the BBWAA, and will be given out as part of the kick-off to...3198Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:49:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1024-practice-notes-wiggins-remains-the-center-of-attention-as-indiana-comes-to-town/Andrew Wiggins remained the center of attention on Tuesday afternoon following the Wolves shootaround at Target Center prior to their matchup against the Indiana Pacers. His Sunday evening heroics carried much of the conversation, as his teammates were eager to laud the twenty-two-year-old for wha...3197Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-prepare-for-new-browns-left-tackle-with-ironman-joe-thomas-injured/The last time somebody other than Joe Thomas started at left tackle for the Cleveland Browns, it was Kevin Shaffer on Dec. 31, 2006. That day, the Browns lost to the Houston Texans to finish a 4-12 season, earning them the third pick in the 2007 draft.   With it, they selected Thomas out of the U...3196Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/game-day-vancouver-canucks-vs-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild are back home again at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild open up their longest homestand of the season with a game against the Vancouver Canucks tonight.   It’s just the second home game of the season for the Wild, after an overtime loss to Columbus in the season opener. The Wild (2...3194Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-2017-world-series-preview/The World Series kicks off Tuesday night in Los Angeles, and despite what ad executives might say about ratings, it’s hard to be disappointed by the matchup. After all, it’s only the eighth time that two 100-win teams have met in the Fall Classic, and the first since 1970.   For most of the seaso...3193Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:58:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/zach-parise-undergoes-successful-back-surgery/Wild forward Zach Parise underwent successful back surgery -- a microdiscectomy -- Tuesday morning, the team announced. News of the surgery was first delivered by Michael Russo at the Athletic, Monday night.   Parise, 33, has not played for the Wild in this year's preseason or regular season, as...3190Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/andrew-sendejo-suspended-one-game-for-hit-on-mike-wallace/Minnesota Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo has been suspended one game for his hit that concussed Baltimore Ravens wide receiver -- and Sendejo's former teammate -- Mike Wallace.   In a letter to Sendejo, the league stated: "The violation was flagrant and warrants a suspension because it could have...3187Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000