https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/73/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/player-review-minnesota-vikings-defense-ekes-out-win-against-anemic-jacksonville-jaguars/The Minnesota Vikings gutted out an ugly 25-16 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars that for most of the game was and felt closer than the final nine-point margin. Obviously, holding Jacksonville to 16 points is a more impressive (and more important) feat than scoring 25, especially as 12 of those...1477Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:41:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/1211-minnesota-timberwolves-blow-3rd-quarter-lead-lose-to-golden-state-116-108/The Minnesota Timberwolves held an 88-78 lead over Golden State heading into the 4th quarter, having outscored the Warriors 30-18 in the third frame. But that lead quickly dissipated, as Golden State, led by Klay Thompson's 30 points, outscored the Wolves 38-20 in the final 12 minutes to seal a 11...1476Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-ease-past-northern-illinois-win-their-10th-of-the-season/The Minnesota Gophers are in survival mode until the Big 10 season begins on Dec. 27 against the Michigan State Spartans, and they passed another test Sunday evening in front of a small crowd at Williams Arena.   Against a mediocre slate of December opponents at The Barn, the Gophers are looking...1475Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/playoff-rooting-guide-uadefinitedescription-from-reddit-tells-you-the-path-to-a-vikings-playoff-berth/An impressively thorough post on Reddit's Minnesota Vikings subreddit (/r/minnesotavikings) detailed what needs to happen for the Vikings to make the playoffs, including how the next four games for the Vikings, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers need to pla...1474Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/yorman-landa-minnesota-twins-minor-league-pitcher-dies-in-car-accident/Minnesota Twins minor league pitcher Yorman Landa, 22, died in an auto accident early Saturday morning, according to the team.   Landa was signed in 2010 at age 16 and was on the 40-man roster but was dropped after the season. He was signed to a minor league contract last week.   "The Minnesota...1473Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/thibodeau-after-minnesota-timberwolves-lose-117-90-to-detroit-im-gonna-keep-coming/Tom Thibodeau is tired of this. Tired of losing. Tired of losing in the same fashion. Tired of his message not getting through to his young and talented team.   After the Minnesota Timberwolves' 117-90 loss to the Detroit Pistons, you could see it in his face. He wasn't suppressing anger like aft...1472Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/video-akeem-springs-emerging-for-gophers/The only contributing senior on this year's Gophers basketball squad is one of the newest faces.   Transfer Akeem Springs, formerly of UW-Milwaukee, again provided a lift off the bench Friday night as the Gophers cruised to their most convincing win of the season, 86-49 over Georgia Southern. The...1471Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/jaguars-rush-defense-can-be-exploited-if-vikings-keep-improving-on-ground/Both the Minnesota Vikings and the Jacksonville Jaguars took a downward turn after their fifth game.   A 2-3 start for Jacksonville has turned into a 2-10 record with seven consecutive losses which have soured the fan base against quarterback Blake Bortles and head coach Gus Bradley. The Vikings...1469Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/a-new-round-of-sam-bradford-trade-takes-has-hit-the-scene/There's been a proliferation of takes on the Sam Bradford trade, where the Vikings sent their first-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for Bradford, hitting sports news, generally precipitated by a poor performance against his former team on November 23rd.   It's probably telling that most of...1468Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:34:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/inman-minnesota-vikings-notebook-interview-with-anthony-harris/With their backs against the wall, the Minnesota Vikings know deep down in their plums they’re in a do-or-die situation as they travel to Jacksonville. The team that was the last to remain undefeated in the NFL at 5-0 has dropped six of their last seven games, forcing themselves to run the tabl...1467Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-complete-rule-5-draft-with-selection-trade-and-defection/The 2017 Winter Meetings wrapped up on Thursday morning with the annual Rule 5 draft. The draft was created to keep teams from stockpiling young talent while preventing them from playing in the majors.   To put it as simply as possible, players in the team’s minor league system that have at leas...1465Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-well-roundedness-could-make-them-a-worthy-big-ten-challenger/It took the Minnesota Golden Gophers just nine games in this 2016-17 season to equal the win total they amassed through 31 attempts last year. At 8-1, they are one of four one-loss teams remaining in the Big Ten, and anything but a 12-1 start would be disappointing, considering that the remaining...1463Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/spurs-keep-spursing-defeat-wolves-105-91/The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, 105-91. For the Wolves, it was yet another lost opportunity to capture back-to-back victories for the first time all season.   Having rested veteran mainstays Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, San Antonio tasked Kawh...1459Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/getting-caught-up-on-the-vikings-playoff-scenarios/The Minnesota Vikings’ hopes of winning back-to-back division championships took a hit on Sunday as the Detroit Lions won convincingly in New Orleans by a 28-13 score. Now with a two-game division lead – plus the tiebreaker – over Minnesota, Detroit could eliminate the Vikings from NFC North conte...1457Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/alan-horton-nominated-for-minnesota-sportscaster-of-the-year/Minnesota Timberwolves Radio Play-by-Play Announcer Alan Horton has been nominated for Minnesota State Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA). The nomination is Horton’s first in his 10-year career as the radio voice of the Wolves.   Other nominees for the award...1456Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-devising-the-perfect-brian-dozier-trade/Executives, agents and media have converged on National Harbor for the yearly offseason MLB Winter Meetings. From there, a lot of teams will map out the path their offseasons will take. For some teams, that path has already started. For some, it’ll take a sharp turn with a big move or the groundwo...1452Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:21:24 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-promote-two-in-scouting-department/The Minnesota Twins announced today that Deron Johnson has been promoted to Senior Advisor of the Scouting department, and Sean Johnson has been promoted to Director of Scouting.   “These promotions reflect the evolution of our scouting department and shape our scouting philosophies moving forwar...1450Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-hire-hitting-coach-announce-passing-of-former-official-scorerpr-staffer/On Friday the Minnesota Twins formalized a move that was reported Thursday night as the club hired former Yankees minor-league hitting instructor James Rowson as their big-league hitting coach.   READ: Brandon Warne’s background story on new Twins hire Rowson   Rowson had spent the previous thre...1449Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:08:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/self-inflicting-wounds-damage-vikings-playoff-hopes-in-17-15-gut-punch/The last five games the Minnesota Vikings have played have been there for the taking. In four of them, they’ve led in the fourth quarter. In the other, they were tied.   Yet out of five straight coin flips, the Vikings have dropped four – the latest as a result of ill-timed penalties, special tea...1445Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-twins-hire-hitting-coach-two-key-front-office-personnel-members-depart/Word broke late Thursday from George A. King III of the New York Post that the Minnesota Twins were hiring Yankees minor league hitting instructor James Rowson as their hitting coach at the MLB level, replacing Tom Brunansky, whom the team let go following four seasons with the team in that role....1444Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mike-zimmer-to-have-emergency-eye-surgery-uncertain-for-game/Sam Ekstrom contributed to this report.   The Minnesota Vikings released a statement Wednesday night that head coach Mike Zimmer would be undergoing an emergency eye surgery. Mike Zimmer is having emergency eye surgery tonight. His status for coaching tomorrow’s game is uncertain. I have met wi...1443Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-introduce-new-catcher-jason-castro/1441Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-pros-and-cons-of-adrian-petersons-potential-return/The Minnesota Vikings star running back is doing just that – running.   Assembled media at Winter Park Tuesday saw Adrian Peterson testing his surgically repaired meniscus by running approximately 25-yard sprints on the practice field. The defending rushing champion, who tore his meniscus in Week...1439Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/highlights-from-jason-castros-askjason-twitter-introduction/The Minnesota Twins announced on Wednesday morning that they'd agreed to terms with catcher Jason Castro on a three-year deal worth $24.5 million. The deal had been in the works for just over a week, with the contract becoming a formality as Castro passed a physical and put the pen to paper to joi...1438Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/xs-os-what-makes-the-wildcat-work/1434Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000