https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/82/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/day-3-training-camp-offensive-notebook-struggles-dont-presage-mediocre-production/The pads came on and the defense came alive. While it was probably to be expected that the defense would improve as soon as contact was allowed, it was still reassuring to see the other side of the ball reassert itself.   While that's not necessarily great news for the offense, it's also not a re...939Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:42:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-to-make-changes-in-two-minute-defense/When the Minnesota Vikings gathered for offseason workouts this past April, three key members of the defense – Captain Munnerlyn, Harrison Smith and Brian Robison – brought up a desire for the team to improve in its two-minute defense.   The first reaction one might have is: Really?   This might...937Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/as-pads-come-on-emphasis-is-on-fixing-pass-protection/With the first padded practices in the offing, head coach Mike Zimmer today after walkthroughs emphasized some of the changes he mentioned earlier in training camp about Matt Kalil and the offensive line as a whole.     The offensive line has been a key focus for the Vikings this past offse...935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/731-twins-beat-white-sox-6-4-to-take-series-buxton-injured-berrios-recalled/It was a sloppy game, but the Minnesota Twins were able to take the rubber match in a three-game series against the White Sox despite committing four errors. Chicago did not commit any.   "It's a little bit painful when you have that much difficulty," said manager Paul Molitor.   "We all know ho...934Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/berrios-headed-back-to-minnesota/EDIT: Team source has confirmed this with Cold Omaha. Berrios is heading back to the Twins.   Respected local scoops slinger Darren Wolfson of KSTP and 1500 ESPN reports that he's hearing right-hander Jose Berrios has been summoned back to the big leagues by the Minnesota Twins.     The re...933Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/day-two-training-camp-notebook-offensive-success-might-prove-importance-of-padded-practices/In what could be an essential repeat of the prior day, the offense found itself winning the day much more often than not. Once again, the Vikings seemed to emphasize deep throwing and we could be at a point where Bridgewater and the quarterbacks have started to develop a reasonable resume with whi...932Sun, 31 Jul 2016 02:28:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/kennys-vargas-credits-chad-allen-mechanical-consistency-and-patience-in-resurgence/Notice anything different about Kennys Vargas? Well for one, he’s more productive than he’s ever been at any point in his big league career. Through 16 games coming into Friday night, Vargas was hitting .315/.415/.648, with 12 of his 17 hits having gone for extra bases (nine doubles, three homers)...929Sat, 30 Jul 2016 01:45:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/day-one-training-camp-notebook-receivers-impress-defensive-backs-need-to-catch-up/The first day of training camp doesn’t ever give you the kind of information that ends up being useful throughout the season. The reps there are just bits and scraps that need to be thrown on top of a pile of other bits and scraps from other practices and preseason games to give us a better pictur...928Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:18:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/729-quintana-vs-nolasco-polanco-arrives-and-dozier-leads-off/The Minnesota Twins welcome their third team to Target Field in as many days, as they open a three-game weekend set with the Chicago White Sox. The Twins are just 1-8 against the White Sox this season, including 0-3 at Target Field. It’s right-hander Ricky Nolasco (4-8, 5.40) going for the Twins a...927Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2016-minnesota-vikings-training-camp-first-unofficial-depth-chart/Training camp walkthroughs provide very little insight into player performance, but they do give us a few quick clues as the how the depth chart is developing. While there's a lot of change ahead of us, right now we can figure out who the leaders in the clubhouse are at certain positions.   Expec...925Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/728-twins-beat-orioles-6-2-nunez-traded-to-giants/Kyle Gibson gave up a first-inning home run, but settled in for 6.0 innings and the Minnesota Twins beat up on the Baltimore Orioles bullpen on a night when Eduardo Nunez, the team's lone All-Star, was dealt to the San Francisco Giants.   "It looked like he was trying to go to his off-speed stuff...922Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/colin-cowherd-interviews-a-young-brandon-kintzler/Righty Brandon Kintzler, who spent his first six seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, joined the Minnesota Twins in the offseason and has taken over the closer role in the absence of Glen Perkins and Kevin Jepsen, who was recently let go.   Before he was a pitcher, however, Kintzler, who went to P...921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-agrees-to-terms-with-defenseman-matt-dumba/Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has agreed to terms with restricted free-agent defenseman Matt Dumba (pronounced DUHM-ba) on a two-year, $5.1 million contract worth $2.35 million in 2016-17 and $2.75 million in 2017-18. Dumba, 2...920Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-extend-head-coach-mike-zimmer/Minnesota Vikings GM Rick Spielman announced on Thursday afternoon that Mike Zimmer had been extended as the team's head coach. Terms of the extension were not disclosed.   Per a press release, "Zimmer led the Vikings to an 11-5 record and the club’s first NFC North Championship since 2009 last s...919Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/now-retired-kevin-williams-left-a-mark-on-the-vikings-franchise/As a new starter with the San Francisco 49ers at the age of 25, Alex Boone wanted to make a big impression against then-32-year-old Kevin Williams, already playing in his 10th NFL season.   It was Week 3 of the 2012 season. The 49ers were 2-0 and a primed NFC contender. The Vikings were 1-1 and n...918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/breaking-down-the-new-signings-sean-hickey-and-jason-whittingham/The Vikings have signed two new players to get closer to meeting the maximum roster size (90 players) before training camp. With OL Sean Hickey and LB Jason Whittingham, they now have 89 players on the roster and could be adding punter Taylor Symmank to compete with Jeff Locke in the coming days....917Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/727-duffey-gives-up-5-er-in-1-1-innings-braves-beat-twins-9-7/Minnesota Twins starter Tyler Duffey gave up eight hits and five earned runs in 1.1 innings in his 17th start of the season, the shortest outing of his career. Michael Tonkin, the next reliever, gave up two earned runs, allowing the Atlanta Braves to take a 7-0 lead by the 4th inning.   "Yeah, yo...916Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/727-nunez-steals-trade-deadline-deals-sano-strikes-out-and-more/Greetings from Target Field, where the rain was coming down pretty hard earlier, but things appear to have cleared off and there is a long line for 1991 World Series steins.   Tyler Duffey (5-7, 5.71 ERA) will take the mound for the Minnesota Twins, facing off against righty Mike Foltynewicz (3-4...915Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/back-to-the-future-2016-vikings-53-man-roster/Heading into training camp, it's tough to find an area where the Minnesota Vikings don't have superb depth. Naturally, that makes some positions particularly difficult to project.   For my money, though, it’s hard to ignore the cornerback group that has a deep blend of youth, a dash of budding st...912Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/726-twins-lose-in-spite-of-complete-game-by-santana-are-stymied-in-shutout-loss-to-braves/Minnesota Twins right-hander Ervin Santana (3-8) threw his second complete game in the span of four outings Tuesday night, but came up on the short end as his offense was held to just five hits and no runs by Atlanta Braves right-hander Lucas Harrell (2-2) in a 2-0 loss at Target Field.   Santana...911Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/phil-loadholts-retirement-offensive-line-insurance-and-53-man-opportunities/The retirement of Phil Loadholt was surprising to more than a few of those in Vikings media, me included. While he indicated he was well on his way to recovery and had taken regular snaps with the first team in offseason training activities, his seemingly sudden decision makes that effort seem hol...910Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:56:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/726-santana-vs-harrell-korn-ferry-and-trevor-plouffe-update/With such a massive amount of pregame legwork required on the Rob Antony quotes from before today's game -- check those out here -- this'll be an abbreviated version our our pregame blog.   Not only did Antony meet with the media for about 20 minutes, but the club also announced shortly thereafte...909Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-interim-gm-rob-antony-addresses-media-at-target-field-for-first-time-in-new-role/Winds of change swept through Target Field over the last homestand, as long-standing GM Terry Ryan tendered his resignation effective immediately with long-time assistant Rob Antony taking over the role for the time being.   And while the move took Antony by surprise, it's not exactly a new exper...908Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/si-profiles-mario-lucia-minnesota-wild-draft-pick/Dustin Luke Nelson has a short feature on SI.com showcasing the path that Mario Lucia, son of University of Minnesota hockey coach Don Lucia and second-round pick of the Minnesota Wild in 2011, has taken to the pros.   Lucia, who played his high school hockey at Wayzata and starred for the Notre...903Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/phil-loadholt-to-retire/The Minnesota Vikings have placed T Phil Loadholt on the Reserve/Retired List after being informed of his decision to retire from the NFL.   Loadholt played 7 seasons for the Vikings after being selected in the 2nd round (54th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Loadholt started 15 regul...902Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000