https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/52/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/purple-postgame-arif-hasan-and-sam-ekstrom-break-down-the-vikings-win/Sam Ekstrom and Arif Hasan broke down the Vikings 20-17 win over the Chicago Bears on a 93X Facebook Live postgame show. See the video below.  3078Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/live-blog-vikings-take-on-bears-at-soldier-field/The Minnesota Vikings have lost eight of nine and 14 of 16 road games against the Chicago Bears. They head into Monday night's contest with a lot at stake. A win, and they'll be poised to tie the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North lead with a win on Sunday. A loss, and they'll plunge to last in t...3076Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gopher-football-preview-closing-out-against-michigan-state-will-be-a-problem/The Michigan State Spartans are coming to town Oct. 14, and it could be the worst matchup of the season for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.   The Spartans are 4-1, fresh off wins against Iowa and Michigan in one-score games. Putting together an impressive resume, with two Big Ten wins and a road vi...3072Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-3-on-3-the-first-two-games/Nothing quite beats two games in three nights to open the season, only to have that followed by four nights off. For Wild fans, this is becoming a yearly tradition to sit on their hands in October while the team gets a ridiculous amount of time off.   Since they are only two games in, it's hard t...3071Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/cronin-zimmer-anticipates-sam-bradford-starting-against-chicago-bears/Courtney Cronin, Minnesota Vikings reporter for ESPN, reported Sunday that head coach Mike Zimmer "anticipates" that Sam Bradford will start on Monday Night Football against the Chicago Bears.     Sam Bradford has only started one game for the Vikings this season, though it was an incredibl...3066Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-young-gophers-struggling-to-close-out/After starting the season 3-0, the Minnesota Golden Gophers have people worried after going on a two-game skid. The Gophers have fallen to both the Maryland Terrapins and Purdue Boilermakers, faring poorly in Big Ten play thus far and are now faced with playing host to Michigan State fresh off the...3064Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/this-week-in-hockey-108-edition/Hockey's back, folks! It was not a good start to the season for the Minnesota Wild, as they have fallen out of the gate with a 0-1-1 week thanks to losses at Detroit and Carolina.   Other things were happening around the NHL, too. The Vegas Golden Knights officially dropped the puck as the 31st t...3062Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-lose-season-opener-to-red-wings-after-disallowed-goals/For fans who like finger-pointing at officials, Thursday’s opening-night Wild game was a perfect example to scratch that itch.   The Minnesota Wild lost 4-2 to the Red Wings as the Detroit club christened its brand-new Little Caesars Arena with a victory. The Red Wings scored two unanswered goals...3057Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-wild-instant-overreactions/Far be it from most Wild fans to claim the sky is falling, but lots of doubt and bad memories of a short playoff series from last year can creep into a fan's mind when a team loses the opening contest. It's easy to want to draw conclusions from one game. It's easy to over-analyze one night, becaus...3056Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/notebook-sam-bradford-speaks-faith-in-forbath-keeping-cohen-in-check/Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford is back on the practice field after missing all of last week with a knee injury.   Bradford was limited in practice leading up to the team's Weeks 2 and 3 games but dialed back his workload in Week 4 when the knee didn't respond as he'd hoped. After gett...3053Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-vikings-sign-stevan-ridley-place-dalvin-cook-on-injured-reserve/The Minnesota Vikings have announced that they've signed former New England Patriots and New York Jets running back Stevan Ridley, and have placed rookie running back Dalvin Cook on injured reserve.   Cook was placed on injured reserve after going down against the Detroit Lions because of a torn...3051Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/photo-gallery-vikings-vs-lions/[gallery td_gallery_title_input=PHOTO GALLERY: VIKINGS vs. LIONS " ids="18362,18363,18364,18365,18366,18367,18368,18369,18370,18371,18372,18373,18374,18375,18376,18377,18378,18379,18380,18381,18382,18383,18384,18385,18386,18387,18388,18389,18390,18391,18392,18393,18394,18395,18396,18397,18398,1839...3044Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-sign-daniel-winnik-to-one-year-deal/The Minnesota Wild announced that they have signed forward Daniel Winnik to a one-year deal worth $660,000.     Winnik had been with the team this preseason under a PTO (professional tryout), but was released from that and was free to sign with any team. It became clear over the last week t...3042Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-football-preview-boilermaker-week/The Minnesota Golden Gophers hit the road to take on the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. After last year's defensive struggle, this game was painted as a fairly easy matchup for the Gophers. But after four very impressive games from the Boilermakers, this has shaped...3040Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/103-game-notes-twins-fail-to-exorcise-bronx-demons-fall-to-yankees-to-end-cinderella-season/For a half inning Tuesday night, the Minnesota Twins showed the New York Yankees the equivalent of a pair of middle fingers as they raced out to a 3-0 lead.   However, the rest of the night was all too familiar, as the Bronx Bombers outscored the Twins 8-1 the rest of the way for an 8-4 win at Ya...3039Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/watch-vikings-uncharacteristically-missed-tackles-against-lions/Editor's note: This article originally referred to Abdullah coming out of Nebraska in 2016 and injury prone. These errors have since been fixed.   Coming into Sunday, the Vikings possessed one of the most disciplined defenses in the league with the fewest miss tackles.   Versus the Lions, howeve...3034Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:59:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-wild-announce-opening-night-roster/With the regular season two days away, the Minnesota Wild announced their opening night roster for the 2017-18 season.   There are no real surprises to the roster, as everyone on there (for now at least) was expected to be on it.   Here is the full roster:   Forwards Charlie Coyle, Matt Cullen...3032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-announce-wild-card-roster-without-miguel-sano/For the first time in seven years, Minnesota Twins fans have something else to get angsty about -- and it’s something that actually matters.   The team announced its postseason roster for Tuesday night’s Wild Card game -- 25 men, one game, win-or-go-home -- and to the surprise of a lot of fans, i...3030Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-2017-18-eastern-conference-predictions/It's that time of year when hockey writers come together and make predictions that look horribly stupid in three months. This writer will be no different, as he offers up his predictions for the Eastern Conference in 2017-18.   Here are the picks:   Atlantic Division   8. Detroit Red Wings – Th...3029Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/seehafer-dalvin-cooks-knee-injury-is-common-devastating/Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are an ever-increasing injury, especially in the game of football, and, man, are they the worst.   Minnesota Vikings standout rookie running back Dalvin Cook is one of the latest NFL players to suffer an ACL tear this past Sunday, abruptly ending what app...3025Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:25:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/schreier-a-twins-yankees-wild-card-game-is-the-perfect-ending-to-this-season/It all comes down to one game in the Bronx. After 162 regular season games, the Minnesota Twins are the first team in MLB history to lose 100 games and then make the playoffs next season. Their reward? A single-elimination game against an old nemesis. A team that has stood in their way dating back...3023Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-by-position-wings/This is the second edition in a three-part series that breaks down the Timberwolves position by position. However, this is not a conventional breakdown, as we'll hit three major categories: Ball handlers, wings and big men.   The wings are lumped together for a simple reason: In today's NBA, the...3022Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/101-game-notes-twins-win-tigers-series-cap-season-with-85th-win/If you were a catcher for the Minnesota Twins, there was a fairly good chance you homered on Sunday. Jason Castro took reliever Blaine Hardy deep in the sixth inning, and Chris Gimenez homered in the eighth against Drew VerHagen as the Twins wrapped up an 85-win regular season with a 5-1 win at Ta...3019Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/dominant-rebounding-vital-as-lynx-push-wnba-finals-to-game-5/The Minnesota Lynx needed more all across the board.   In Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, the Los Angeles Sparks appeared to have them figured out on both offense and defense. Three starters went scoreless in the first half, and a good effort from the bench wasn't enough. They came out rejuvenated Sun...3018Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:59:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/930-game-notes-romine-plays-all-9-positions-perkins-bids-farewell-in-3-2-twins-loss/The game itself didn't matter, but there were still moments to remember in a 3-2 Detroit Tigers win over the Minnesota Twins. Andrew Romine became the fifth player in baseball history to play all nine positions and Glen Perkins likely threw his last pitch.   Minnesota manager Paul Molitor used th...3015Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000