https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/88/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/68-arcia-in-the-lineup-grossman-continues-to-rake-and-gardy-returns/Greetings from Target Field, where former Minnesota Twins manger Ron Gardenhire is gracing us with his presence.   He was his usual self: cracking one-liners, talking some trash, etc. All with a cigar in hand. There was no formal interview, that should take place later, but after he parted ways w...671Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-names-john-anderson-assistant-coach/Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has named John Anderson an assistant coach.   Anderson joins the Wild after serving as Head Coach of the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League (AHL) the last three seasons. Prior to being na...670Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/64-twins-battle-for-comeback-victory-on-brian-dozier-walk-off-homer-in-11th/For the third time in less than a week, Brian Dozier stepped up to the plate with the game on the line and a chance to be the hero. And for the first time he was able to cash in his chips, as Dozier stroked a full count pitch from Marlins reliever Dustin McGowan (0-2) 362 feet into the left field...665Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/64-terry-ryan-on-injuries-the-mlb-draft-and-tommy-milone/Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan addressed the media like he does before nearly every home game, and the subjects ranged from injury updates on a number of players to a draft update as well as a look at how a couple guys who started the season in the big leagues are performing down at Tr...664Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/doug-farrar-vikings-have-laid-foundation-of-nfls-next-great-defense/In a recent feature for SI.com, Doug Farrar loads praise on Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer and his defense.   "The announcement Monday of a five-year contract extension with safety Harrison Smith underscores the primary reason for the Vikings’ potential sustained success," he writes. "T...662Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:27:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ota-notebook-harrison-smith-motivated-by-deal-still-no-barr/When Harrison Smith was taken 29th overall in the 2012 draft, he acknowledges that, according to pundits, the Minnesota Vikings might have reached by trading up to snag him. Smith didn’t expect to be taken in the first round, nor did many draft experts think the Notre Dame product would go off the...659Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-mail-call-edition-1-o/Every now and then I’ll put out some feelers for a mailbag column from here on out as a way for some people’s voices to be heard here on ColdOmaha.com. With this Twins team currently sputtering, it’s no surprise the questions had a negative tilt to them, or at the very least were about who might b...658Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/can-the-vikings-avoid-another-2013-part-ii/In Part 1 of this two-part series, I queried whether the Minnesota Vikings were susceptible to a repeat of the team’s disastrous 2013 season in which they went 5-10-1 a year after making the playoffs. The conclusion was no; that the 2016 collection was far better positioned for a season of double-...655Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/hell-yea-harrison-smith-the-best-safety-in-the-league-by-the-numbers/With the news that Harrison Smith inked a new deal that makes him the highest-paid safety in the league (as far as average dollar amount per year), Vikings fans can rejoice and relax knowing that they have one of the top playmakers at a position that’s notoriously difficult to find.   Unfortunate...652Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:00:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/at-the-very-least-eduardo-nunez-is-the-minnesota-twins-most-intriguing-player/I think I'm the same player. I just have had more opportunities to play, so you can prove more.   -- Eduardo Nunez before a June 5 game against the Tampa Bay Rays   The race for who will represent the Minnesota Twins at this year’s All-Star Game looks like it’s coming down to two players: Joe Ma...651Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/harrison-smith-signs-5-year-51-25-million-extension-with-minnesota-vikings/According to ESPN, the Star Tribune and other sources, the Minnesota Vikings have signed safety Harrison Smith to a five-year, $51.25 million contract extension.   According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Smith had a $10 million signing bonus and his deal includes $28.578 million guaranteed against inj...649Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:36:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/65-rays-hit-four-home-runs-beat-twins-7-5/Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison hit two home runs apiece as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Minnesota Twins 7-5 to take the final three games in a four-game series.   The Rays hit 11 home runs during those four days, a franchise record. Longoria had a homer in each game; Morrison had one in the fi...647Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/64-rally-comes-up-short-in-the-ninth-as-twins-fall-to-homer-happy-rays/The Tampa Bay Rays flexed their muscles in a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on a rain-soaked Saturday. The game was halted for 70 minutes before the bottom of the sixth inning, but in the meantime the Rays pounded four home runs -- including two with two outs and two strikes -- i...644Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/64-terry-ryan-on-alex-meyer-glen-perkins-and-fsl-all-stars/Terry Ryan addressed the media prior to Saturday’s game on a number of topics, including Alex Meyer’s health, the Florida State League All-Star Game and a few others. Here are the highlights of that chat: The Twins placed Alex Meyer on the 7-day disabled list at Rochester on Saturday. Meyer...642Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/64-andriese-vs-santana-game-slowing-down-for-buxton-perkins-throws-a-pen/It’s overcast but not presently raining as we come to you from Target Field today. The Minnesota Twins are preparing for game three of a four-game weekend series with the Tampa Bay Rays, and have split the first two in a couple of tight games. The tarp is on the field, so it’s looking like on-fiel...641Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/63-ricky-nolasco-goes-seven-but-rays-top-twins-4-2/Ricky Nolasco went 7.2 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays, but the Minnesota Twins left 10 men on base and dropped to 16-38 on the season.     Everyone, including Sports Illustrated writer, and Minnesota native, Steve Rushin, poked some fun (or worse) at this team:     "It was a good...640Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/63-terry-ryan-on-sanos-injury-hughes-struggles-and-more/It looks like it will be more than 15 days on the disabled list for Miguel Sano, according to Minnesota Twins GM Terry Ryan. Danny Santana's hamstring isn't as bad, and Kyle Gibson will throw around 90 pitches for Triple-A Rochester on Sunday in Louisville.   Sano's 'moderate' hamstring strain  ...639Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/63-kyle-gibson-takes-flight-miguel-sano-mri-update-and-nolasco-vs-odorizzi/Greetings from a drizzly press box at Target Field as the Twins are preparing to take on the Rays in game two of a four-game series. It sounded as though the club was optimistic of getting the game in, and manager Paul Molitor suggested the teams might wait it out to get it in if at all possible....638Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/can-the-vikings-avoid-another-2013-part-i/Part I of a two-part series.   Some of the most satisfying seasons in sports occur when a team overachieves ahead of schedule. The Minnesota Vikings, who won the NFC North, were a prime example of this a year ago, as were their local counterpart, the Minnesota Twins, who were in postseason conten...636Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:43:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/62-twins-bang-out-15-hits-dump-the-rays-in-series-opener/The Minnesota Twins battled back from a pair of deficits to eventually take down the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 in front of a crowd of 20,193 fans at Target Field on Thursday night. The club banged out a season-high 15 hits, and the win improved the Twins to 5-2 against the Rays since the start o...632Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/62-terry-ryan-on-mlb-draft-injury-updates-and-larry-corrigans-health/Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan touched on a number of subjects in his media availability before Thursday’s game, including the health of a long-time scout in the organization, draft strategy and a few injury updates -- including one on Kyle Gibson, who was scratched from his start with...631Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-forward-maya-moore-named-western-conference-player-of-the-month/The WNBA today named Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore its Western Conference Player of the Month presented by Samsung for the month of May after leading the Lynx to a league-best 6-0 record. This is the first Western Conference Player of the Month presented by Samsung award for Moore this season...630Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/62-gibson-starting-for-hughes-buxtons-new-approach-more/Hello from sunny Target Field. Brandon is covering the game today, I'm just doing pregame. Follow him @Brandon_Warne. I'll be back tomorrow.   It was supposed to be Kyle Gibson's return today, but he is out with a sore back and Phil Hughes (1-7, 5.74 ERA) will start in his place. He will face lef...629Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/61-as-defeat-twins-5-1-complete-sweep/Immediately after sweeping Seattle Mariners, the Minnesota Twins have been swept by the Oakland Athletics. On one road trip, they knocked the Mariners out of first and the A's out of last.   It is the eighth time they were swept of the season, and they are now 7-22 on the road this year, 15-37 on...627Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/chad-ford-the-wolves-have-arguably-the-best-young-roster-in-the-nba/Die-hard Minnesota Timberwolves fans are itching for the team's first playoff berth since 2004, and ESPN Insider Chad Ford confirms (Insider required) that the Wolves have a good future ahead of them.   "Fill out their squad with young players like Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine, Shabazz Muhammad, Nema...623Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000