https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/5/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-grab-fourth-straight-win-in-final-regular-season-home-game/As they entered an important four-game homestand at the end of August that would end up rounding out their 17-game regular season home schedule, the Minnesota Lynx knew they had some work to do ahead of the WNBA Playoffs quickly approaching.   As they looked ahead to the upcoming stretch back hom...7123Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/are-the-minnesota-lynx-peaking-at-the-right-time-they-seem-to-think-so/A few weeks ago, the Minnesota Lynx were in the tail end of completing a road stretch to kick off the August schedule, spending the first six out of eight games of the month away from their home crowd at Target Center.   The Lynx, still in pursuit of trying to clinch their ninth straight playoff...7120Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wnba-playoff-picture-the-2019-playoff-field-is-nearly-set/A week and a half left to go before the conclusion of the 2019 WNBA regular-season schedule around the league, the playoff field is starting to take shape with a few games left to be played before postseason action kicks off.   With the regular season wrapping up on Sept. 8 and the opening round...7106Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-clinch-ninth-straight-playoff-berth-with-win-over-sky/After putting together one of their most complete games of the 2019 regular season on Sunday night in a win over the Las Vegas Aces, the Minnesota Lynx continued on in their current four-game homestand by facing yet another tough opponent and playoff team at Target Center on Tuesday.   Looking to...7105Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-playoff-race-heating-up-update-on-moore-and-is-augustus-injured/The end of the 2019 WNBA regular season is quickly approaching, as the Minnesota Lynx enter Monday with just four games left to go before postseason play begins around the league in early September.   As the new week begins, the Lynx hold an even record of 15-15 overall, winners of two straight g...7098Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-in-the-heart-of-important-home-stretch/After opening the month of August with six of their first eight games on the road, the Minnesota Lynx were looking forward to getting back home for a stretch in front of their own crowd to round out the month.   Minnesota, which finished that eight-game span mostly on the road with a record of 3-...7097Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-starters-shine-in-second-straight-win-at-home/The Minnesota Lynx continued on in their current four-game homestand during a critical time in the regular season on Sunday night at Target Center.   After opening the home stretch with a win over the Dallas Wings last Thursday, Minnesota welcomed another tough opponent into Minneapolis with the...7096Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-forward-napheesa-collier-starting-to-separate-herself-in-wnba-rookie-of-the-year-race/Heading into the 2019 WNBA season, the Minnesota Lynx were in search for a new face to step up while dealing with three of its All-Star's and future Hall of Fame players in Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore and Rebekkah Brunson absent from the team.   As it turns out, the new face that has done just tha...7092Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-snap-streak-get-much-needed-win-with-win-over-wings/After losing three straight games entering Thursday night, the Minnesota Lynx were in desperate need for a win to try and make a jump in the league standings prior to the start of the WNBA Playoffs next month.   Minnesota came into the game as the No. 8 seed, sitting a half-game behind the Phoeni...7086Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-hitting-rough-patch-at-critical-point-in-the-season/With the WNBA regular season nearing an end, the Minnesota Lynx and the rest of the league are hitting a critical point in the 2019 season.   With some teams starting to pull away and create some breathing room in the league standings, that hasn't really been the case for the Lynx with a half-doz...7078Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wnba-playoff-picture-lynx-continue-to-slide-in-standings/As the 2019 WNBA regular season continues to wind down, we are officially just a handful of games away from the playoffs kicking off in September.   Following Wednesday's slate of games around the league, three teams have officially clinched a spot in the postseason picture -- the Washington Myst...7077Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:21:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-vikings-react-to-preseason-win-over-seattle-seahawks/Hear Minnesota Vikings players and coaches react in the locker room after their 25-19 win against the Seattle Seahawks. MIKE ZIMMER KYLE SLOTER MIKE BOONE IRV SMITH JR.7068Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/with-playoff-positioning-on-the-line-lynx-drop-to-storm-on-the-road/The Minnesota Lynx came into Sunday evening's game on the road looking to make a jump in the WNBA playoff picture while facing an opponent just ahead of them in the league standings.   Entering the day in the No. 7 seed in the standings while sitting 6.5 games back of the top-seeded Washington My...7066Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-blow-lead-late-in-home-loss-to-mystics/Entering Friday night, the WNBA-leading Washington Mystics came into the game with a winless record of 0-5 on the season when trailing an opponent after three quarters.   For a majority of the game and through three quarters, the Minnesota Lynx controlled the game on their home floor against the...7060Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mailing-it-in-the-search-continues/It's another Friday mailbag! The Wild are still in the midst of a general manager search as we get under a month from training camp. Let's take a look at what's on your mind this week.     Correct. I wrote about Waddell's history last week with more of a focus on his Atlanta days. From draf...7058Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/sam-dyson-bounces-back-with-1-2-3-8th-inning-in-twins-7-5-win-over-brewers/MILWAUKEE -- The scoreboard at Miller Park presents each player’s OPS, rather than their batting average, next to their name. In an era where advanced metrics, even ones as simple as on-base plus slugging, better represent a player’s true value, most teams still opt to use a player’s batting avera...7048Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rocco-baldelli-on-managing-national-league-games-i-find-it-challenging/MILWAUKEE -- Rocco Baldelli grew up on American League baseball. His favorite team growing up in Woonsocket, R.I. was the Boston Red Sox. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and spent six of seven years in the majors with them. The other team he played for was… Boston.   After a rare medic...7047Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wnba-playoff-picture-lynx-have-ability-to-continue-to-move-up/The 2019 WNBA regular season is officially in its home stretch, with less than a dozen games remaining for teams around the league.   With the WNBA Playoffs set to tip off in the middle of September, that means the race to the postseason is starting to heat up for all 12 WNBA squads.   Such is t...7046Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-bounce-back-with-road-win-over-liberty/Coming off one of their more disappointing losses of the season over the weekend to the Washington Mystics, the Minnesota Lynx continued their two-game road trip on Tuesday night needing a bounce back performance to try and hold onto a playoff spot in the heart of the home stretch of the regular s...7045Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-hanging-onto-a-playoff-spot-brunson-and-season-tickets/As the Minnesota Lynx enter a fresh week in the 2019 campaign, now 24 games into the WNBA season, we are officially hitting the final stretch of the regular season.   With Minnesota currently at 12-12 overall while having won two of its last three games, the Lynx trail the first-place Washington...7037Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/with-nelson-cruz-out-the-minnesota-twins-have-to-figure-out-how-to-best-use-at-dh/Rocco Baldelli liked being the designated hitter during his playing days. Contrary to the popular belief that players feel more engaged in the game when they are out in the field every half inning, Baldelli enjoyed being around his teammates in the dugout and the ability to get off his feet and ju...7035Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-drop-road-game-to-streaking-mystics/After putting together an impressive performance against one of the top teams in the WNBA in a blowout victory over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night at Target Center, the Minnesota Lynx faced yet another tough test on the road Sunday afternoon.   Entering the game on a two-game winning streak,...7032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/injuries-to-buxton-cruz-and-others-are-affecting-minnesota-twins-during-losing-streak/The flexor mass is a collection of muscles and tendons that come together in the forearm near the elbow. A flexor mass strain, the injury that Trevor Hildenberger is dealing with, is common among pitchers because of the stress placed on that area when a pitcher grips the baseball before throwing i...7029Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-cleveland-indians-beat-the-minnesota-twins-6-2-now-are-tied-for-the-al-central-lead/On April 18, the Minnesota Twins were one game behind in the AL Central, the last time this year that they were not leading their division. On June 2, they were 11.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. On August 9, the Tribe pulled even with them after a 6-2 victory.   On Friday night the Twins...7028Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-blow-out-league-leading-sun-at-target-center/After ending their losing streak on Tuesday night in Atlanta, the Minnesota Lynx returned home to welcome the top team in the WNBA to Target Center on Friday.   While hitting a bit of a slump heading into the All-Star Break and with about a dozen games remaining in the regular season, the Lynx pu...7027Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000