https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/9/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/collier-shines-in-debut-as-lynx-cruise-in-season-opener/Throughout the course of the preseason, rookie wing Napheesa Collier didn’t necessarily have eye-popping performances for the Minnesota Lynx, finishing with a total of 10 points and six rebounds in two games.   Apparently, the No. 6 overall pick out of Connecticut in this year’s WNBA Draft was sa...6730Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-make-final-roster-moves-ahead-of-season-opener/The Minnesota Lynx announced Wednesday that the organization has finalized its roster ahead of the 2019 WNBA season opener this weekend.   With the deadline to cut down the final regular season roster taking place Thursday, teams around the league were required to narrow down their rosters to no...6723Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-announce-pair-of-trades-cuts/As the start of the regular season approaches this weekend and final roster cuts are required to be made by Thursday, the Minnesota Lynx announced a few last-minute roster moves on Tuesday afternoon.   The organization announced that it made a pair of trades and cut a few players on its training...6718Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-let-the-real-games-begin/One of the most anticipated finales in recent memory took place on Sunday.   Months of work spanning from the previous season leading up to this point, ending up providing fans with an entertaining ending while putting a bow on the portion of the season.   Oh, you thought I was talking about the...6710Mon, 20 May 2019 13:05:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-jared-spurgeon/Jared Spurgeon Age: 29 Position: Defenseman 2018-19 Stats: 14G-29A-43P Contract Status: Signed for one more season through 2020 ($5.187M million AAV) If you are looking for the best Wild defenseman from opening night through the end of the season, look no further than Jared Spurgeon....6709Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/sims-lynx-come-back-to-beat-aces-in-preseason-finale/The Minnesota Lynx made their final preparations for the 2019 WNBA regular season on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas when they faced off against the Las Vegas Aces in the final preseason game of the year.   And if they took anything away from the game on Sunday afternoon, it’s that the trade for Od...6707Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-option-hildenberger-purchase-contract-of-adams-and-designate-reed/The Minnesota Twins made a trio of moves involving one 25-man roster spot and one on the 40-man roster, as Trevor Hildenberger was sent to Triple-A Rochester following Wednesday's series finale with the Los Angeles Angels.   Hildenberger gave up three earned runs in just one-third of an inning on...6703Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-blow-out-chinese-national-team-announce-broadcast-schedule/The Minnesota Lynx resumed preseason action on Wednesday night at Target Center, hosting the Chinese National Team in a scrimmage.   The Lynx ended up blowing out the Chinese National Team 94-53 in a preseason scrimmage in Minneapolis in a scrimmage that was open exclusively for season ticket mem...6701Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-take-down-mystics-in-preseason-opener/The Minnesota Lynx kicked off the 2019 preseason schedule on the right note on Friday night in Minneapolis. A day after the Lynx and the Washington Mystics held a closed practice against each other on Thursday, the two teams faced off in front of 3,200 fans during the preseason opener at Target Ce...6690Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-odorizzi-dominant-as-twins-open-tigers-series-with-6-0-win/Detroit Tigers left fielder Christin Stewart ripped a double off the wall in right field in the first inning of Friday night's game at Target Field.   Then, for the next two hours, not a single Tigers hitter reached base.   Minnesota Twins starter Jake Odorizzi got Nicholas Castellanos to fly ou...6689Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-possible-trade-partners-for-kyle-rudolph-if-hes-dealt-by-the-vikings/A report Friday afternoon from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport strengthened speculation about a potential Kyle Rudolph trade that had already been rumored before and during the NFL Draft.   The longtime Vikings tight end told reporters on April 16 that he would be willing to restructure his contra...6687Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/road-report-twins-dominate-blue-jays-in-every-way-in-three-game-sweep/The Minnesota Twins went to Toronto knowing they'd need a sweep to win the season series. And while things like that aren't of the utmost importance, piling up wins are -- and that's exactly what the Twins did.   There's putting the pedal to the metal and there's stepping on an opponent's throat...6686Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/robinson-sims-look-to-fill-holes-for-lynx-in-2019/Flashing back to just a few seasons ago, many around the WNBA viewed the Minnesota Lynx as a team that was going to eventually experience gradual turnover of their roster with the growing experience and age of Minnesota’s personnel.   The change and transition into a new era were a few things the...6685Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-start-of-a-different-era-lynx-working-in-new-additions-in-2019/For nearly the past decade, roster consistency has been a common theme surrounding the Minnesota Lynx and their success.   This season, that isn’t the case for Minnesota. As the 2019 WNBA campaign gets underway, we are officially entering the start of a different era in Lynx basketball.   Minnes...6679Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-begin-new-season-without-three-key-pieces/At the start of every new season, the common story entering the beginning of training camp is the arrival of multiple new players to try and fight their way onto a WNBA roster by the time the regular season kicks off.   Sometimes those players are brought in to fill out a camp roster to serve as...6675Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/how-the-minnesota-twins-are-minimizing-the-impact-of-bad-losses/The Minnesota Twins started the 2016 season with nine straight losses, a harbinger for what was to come in Paul Molitor’s second season as a manager. Minnesota finished 59-103 following a surprising 83-win season the year before.   Molitor survived that season, oversaw an 85-win season in 2017, a...6665Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-ryan-suter/Ryan Suter Age: 34 Position: Defenseman 2018-19 Stats: 7G-40A-47P Contract Status: Signed for six more seasons through 2025 ($7.53 million AAV) It was a season that started with extreme uncertainty for Ryan Suter as he was coming off a severe ankle injury that he suffered last March in D...6656Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/quick-facts-about-the-vikings-10-udfas/The Minnesota Vikings rounded out the majority of their open roster spots Monday by signing 10 undrafted free agents to compete for jobs throughout the spring and summer.   These have been valuable acquisitions for Minnesota over the years with starters Adam Thielen and Anthony Harris coming from...6652Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-twins-complete-sweep-with-4-1-win-over-orioles/The Minnesota Twins wasted no time asserting their continued dominance over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon, as right fielder Max Kepler homered on the first pitch he saw from Dylan Bundy.   Then, Byron Buxton did the same thing two innings later to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. Marwin Gon...6651Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/pick-tracker-follow-along-with-the-vikings-busy-sixth-and-seventh-rounds/ROUND 6, PICK 190: DT Armon Watts, Arkansas   The Vikings took their second straight defensive player after four straight on offense to start the draft. At Pick 190, the Vikings grabbed Watts, a big defensive tackle at 6-foot-5, 300 pounds who put together a strong senior season with seven sacks...6646Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-sign-six-players-to-finalize-training-camp-roster/The Minnesota Lynx officially have their roster for the start of the 2019 training camp season later this month.   The organization announced Wednesday afternoon that it has signed six players, including their four picks from the WNBA Draft earlier this month, to come to a current roster of 19 pl...6623Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-acquire-odyssey-sims-in-trade-with-rival-sparks/The Minnesota Lynx and the Los Angeles Sparks added another storyline to their always entertaining rivalry on Monday afternoon.   The Lynx announced on Monday that the organization has acquired guard Odyssey Sims from Los Angeles in exchange for guard Alexis Jones.   Sims, who is 27 years old, i...6613Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-bullpen-woes-bag-twins-in-second-straight-loss/The mark of a good team is winning the games it's supposed to win.   But another hallmark of a good team is winning some games it has no business doing -- like the Minnesota Twins nearly did on Tuesday night in a 6-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Target Field.   The Twins led 1-0, then fell b...6595Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:45:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-are-trying-mitch-garver-at-leadoff-hitter/The last time Mitch Garver was a leadoff hitter was in college, so when he received a text message from Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli on Sunday saying he would be No. 1 in the lineup Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, he was caught by surprise.   “This is something we tried in S...6565Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/warne-out-buxton-and-berrios-bop-tigers-complete-sweep/Prior to Sunday's game, Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was asked about his feelings towards ace Jose Berrios.   Or perhaps more specifically, what his level of confidence was when he hands the righty the ball every fifth day.   BOX   "I'm confident in him, that's for sure," Baldelli sai...6496Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:41:45 +0000