https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/8/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-getting-back-on-track-potential-and-finding-an-identity/After kicking off the 2019 WNBA season winning four of their first five games and jumping to the top of the league standings, the Minnesota Lynx have hit a snag as of late.   Following a late-game collapse resulting in a loss at home to the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday night in Minneapolis, the Lynx...6812Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-fold-against-aces-for-fourth-straight-loss/After putting together an underwhelming performance against the Connecticut Sun on Friday night at Target Center, the Minnesota Lynx followed it up with yet another disappointing game and finish on Sunday evening in Minneapolis.   The Lynx jumped out to an early lead over the Las Vegas Aces and w...6811Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-does-it-mean-when-we-say-the-minnesota-twins-need-to-beat-up-on-losing-teams/When the Minnesota Twins played the Seattle Mariners in Washington earlier this season, they outscored them 40-18. They won the first three games 11-6, 7-1 and 18-4, and lost the fourth one 7-4. They never trailed in the three games that they won, and it wasn’t the first time they had put put ridi...6810Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-need-pitchers-like-fernando-romero-to-fill-out-the-bullpen/In his first five starts last year, Fernando Romero owned a 1.88 ERA.   The Minnesota Twins appeared to have found a gem in the international draft, a 23-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic with a 100 mph fastball who struck out 29 hitters and only given up six earned runs in 28.2 innings...6806Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-jordan-greenway/Jordan Greenway Age: 22 Position: Left Wing 2018-19 Stats: 12G-12A-24P Contract Status: Signed for one more season through 2020 ($916,666 AAV) Jordan Greenway got his first taste of full-time NHL hockey 2018-19, and the results for Minnesota's 2015 second-round draft pick left some to be des...6805Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/early-offensive-struggles-result-in-second-straight-loss-for-lynx/The struggles on the offensive side of the floor early on in the season were too much for the Minnesota Lynx to overcome on Wednesday night in New York.   After struggling from the field and falling behind early, while finishing shooting 40.6 percent from the field, the Lynx lost 75-69 to the New...6801Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-6-12-power-ranking-the-current-25-man-roster-of-the-minnesota-twins/Power ranking things can be a fun exercise.   It can be exhausting.   But few things get people talking as much as seeing their favorite things -- be it baseball teams, foods or pop culture phenomena -- ranked in an orderly list.   We've done this in this space before, but here's how we'd power...6799Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-wild-number-retirement-candidates/Last Saturday the Lynx retired Lindsay Whalen’s No. 13. Next Saturday, the Twins are retiring Joe Mauer’s No. 7. Two Minnesota legends. Two icons of their respective franchises getting their rightful recognition from their hometown clubs.   As Minnesota sports fans celebrate the respective career...6786Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-announce-jessica-shepard-has-torn-acl-will-miss-rest-of-2019-season/The Minnesota Lynx officially confirmed what many feared when rookie forward Jessica Shepard went down with a non-contact knee injury on Saturday afternoon at Target Center.   In a statement released by the organization Sunday afternoon, the Lynx announced that Shepard has a torn ACL in her right...6783Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lindsay-whalen-reflects-on-great-ride-with-minnesota-lynx/The past year-plus has been a whirlwind for Lindsay Whalen, but she wouldn’t trade it for anything.   It all started back in April of 2018, when she was announced as the head coach of the University of Minnesota women’s basketball program while still competing in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx....6782Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-mayor-of-minnesota-lynx-praise-lindsay-whalen-ahead-of-big-night/Ever since she started to catch people’s attention with her level of play and joking personality in Hutchinson at a young age, Lindsay Whalen has given her all to the game of basketball in her home state of Minnesota.   Whether it was her lifting her high school team to multiple conference champi...6779Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-hope-offense-soon-follows-early-defensive-success/Through the first handful of games in the 2019 WNBA season, the Minnesota Lynx have been one of the top defensive teams in the league en route to a 4-1 record.   While carrying a WNBA-best defensive rating of 89.2 and allowing a league-low 67.8 points per game entering the weekend, the Lynx have...6777Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-outlast-mercury-in-58-56-win/After putting together by far their worst defensive performance of the season earlier this week against the Seattle Storm, resulting in their first loss of the season, the Minnesota Lynx defense bounced back on Thursday night at Target Center.   Minnesota’s defense suffocated the Phoenix Mercury...6775Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-eric-staal/Eric Staal Age: 34 Position: Center 2018-19 Stats: 22G-30A-52P Contract Status: Signed for two more seasons through 2021 ($3.25 million AAV) It was a season in which no one expected Staal to replicate what he did in 2017-18, where he scored 42 goals and 76 points. It was also a season in...6772Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-comeback-falls-short-in-first-loss/After an undefeated start to the opening week of the 2019 WNBA regular season, the Minnesota Lynx suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday night.   Despite a late-game comeback attempt, the Lynx fell to the defending champion Seattle Storm 84-77 on Tuesday at Angel of the Winds Arena.  ...6768Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-jason-zucker/Jason Zucker Age: 27 Position: Left Wing 2018-19 Stats: 21G-21A-42P Contract Status: Signed for four more seasons through 2023 ($5.5 million AAV) With Jason Zucker coming off a 33-goal season, the Wild were right in signing him to a five-year, $27.5 million contract extension last summer...6764Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-undefeated-start-fitting-in-and-roster-updates/The Minnesota Lynx enter the second week of the 2019 WNBA regular season as the last remaining undefeated team in the league.   Minnesota completed the opening week of its schedule going 3-0 after taking down the Chicago Sky and Seattle Storm at home in Minneapolis, before beating the Dallas Wing...6759Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-remain-unbeaten-with-win-over-wings/It still is the first week of the 2019 WNBA season, but the Minnesota Lynx are officially the last remaining team in the league to carry an undefeated record.   The Lynx took down the Dallas Wings 70-67 in their first road game of the season on Saturday night at College Park Center in Arlington,...6757Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:18:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-anthony-bitetto-brad-hunt-nate-prosser/Anthony Bitetto   A late-January waiver claim, Bitetto became a regular in the Wild lineup as general manager Paul Fenton had familiarity with Bitetto from their days in Nashville. While Bitetto got a decent amount of time on the Wild's third pair, he became a blemish on the defense's stellar rep...6754Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/augustus-added-to-list-of-missing-lynx-to-start-2019-season/As if the Minnesota Lynx weren’t already without a handful of key players from a season ago, you can add another name to the list of players they will be without for the immediate future.   After reports broke following Wednesday night’s 72-61 win over the Seattle Storm at Target Center, the Lynx...6751Thu, 30 May 2019 15:48:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-calm-storm-to-win-second-straight/After putting on an impressive performance in the season-opening win over a young Chicago Sky team on Saturday at Target Center, the Minnesota Lynx had a bit of a tougher test on Wednesday night in downtown Minneapolis.   With the defending champions Seattle Storm coming to town in the second gam...6748Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-jonas-brodin/Jonas Brodin Age: 25 Position: Defenseman 2018-19 Stats: 4G-14A-18P Contract Status: Signed for two more seasons through 2021 ($4.166 million AAV) It still remains hard to believe, but Jonas Brodin is just 25 years old following his seventh season with the Wild. The 2011 first-round d...6742Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-storm-matchup-will-have-different-look-wednesday/What a difference a year can make.   When the Minnesota Lynx and the Seattle Storm faced off against each other for their first regular season matchup of the 2018 season on June 26, 2018 in Minnesota, the Lynx came away with a 91-79 victory over the Storm.   Leading the way to victory for Minnes...6739Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-rookies-step-up-and-stand-out-in-season-opener/With a decent amount of turnover throughout the offseason, the Minnesota Lynx were heading into a new season on Saturday looking for some new faces to step up into big roles.   As Minnesota kicked off the 2019 WNBA season against the Chicago Sky at Target Center, it took the floor without notable...6734Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-5-26-power-ranking-the-current-25-man-roster-of-the-minnesota-twins/Power ranking things can be a fun exercise.   It can be exhausting.   But few things get people talking as much as seeing their favorite things -- be it baseball teams, foods or pop culture phenomena -- ranked in an orderly list.   We've done this in this space before, but here's how we'd power...6731Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000