https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/95/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/how-the-minnesota-twins-can-avoid-regression/Set to embark on a new season, the Minnesota Twins are once again getting very little respect from national pundits.   Entering last season, most win projections pegged the Twins in the high 60s or low 70s, which Minnesota blew past on their way to 83 wins and nearly a wild card berth. But expert...256Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/41-red-wings-beat-wild-3-2/The Detroit Red Wings, in the hunt for the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, handed the Minnesota Wild their second consecutive loss Friday night.   The Colorado Avalanche lost 4-2 to the Washington Capitals, leaving them five points behind the Wild, who are four points behind the Nashville P...254Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/41-wolves-lose-to-jazz-98-85/The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Friday, 98-85. Six days earlier, at the Target Center back on March 26, Utah defeated the Wolves, 93-84.   Andrew Wiggins was held scoreless as the Wolves tallied merely 34 points throughout the first half of last Satu...253Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-blackhawks-have-raised-over-177k-for-matt-olson/The Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, and their broadcast partners FOX Sports North, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN-TV, FM 100.3 KFAN and WGN Radio AM 720, announced today that their joint fundraising effort to support Matt Olson, the Isanti, Minn., native who sustained a severe spinal cord inju...251Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/331-ottawa-senators-end-wild-win-streak-3-2/The Ottawa Senators beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in regulation Thursday night, ending a six-game winning streak for the Wild. The Senators are 10-1-1 against Minnesota in their last 12 matchups.   Erik Karlsson struck first, scoring 3:44 into the first period. Zach Parise tied it halfway through w...250Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wolves-fall-to-clippers-99-79/The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, 99-79, in what interim coach Sam Mitchell described as the "worst game" of the 2015-16 season. "I didn't even recognize us to start the game," Mitchell said in his postgame press conference, which lasted all o...246Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/329-wild-sweep-chicago-blackhawks-with-4-1/The Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Tuesday night, going 5-for-5 this season against the team that has eliminated them in the playoffs in three consecutive seasons.   The Colorado Avalanche lost to the St. Louis Blues Tuesday night as well, meaning the Wild regained a five-point...242Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-option-duffey-orourke-to-triple-a/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have optioned right-handed pitcher Tyler Duffey and left-handed pitcher Ryan O’Rourke to Triple-A Rochester.   Additionally, they have reassigned left-handed pitcher Logan Darnell and right-handed pitcher Brandon Kintzler to minor league camp.   The...235Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/zach-lowe-gives-the-wolves-starting-5-some-love/The Minnesota Timberwolves are getting noticed. Although they are unlikely to pass the 30-win mark this season and haven't made the playoffs since Kevin Garnett left for Boston, they are making waves nationally.     Chris Mannix (Yahoo!) and Sports Illustrated's Rob Mahoney have been seen a...234Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/328-wolves-beat-phoenix-suns-121-116/The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Phoenix Suns 121-116 on Monday night. Andrew Wiggins led the team with 32 points, Karl-Anthony Towns recorded his 45th double-double (27 points, 10 rebounds) and Ricky Rubio had 17 points and 11 assists, his 14th double-double of the season.   Brandon Knight ca...232Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-ready-for-the-limelight/I think one of the reasons we've played as well as we have on the road is because most of the time we go on the road it's loud, the crowd is into it, and you feed off of that.   -- Sam Mitchell after a win versus Sacramento, following a near win over Golden State (3/23/16)   Asked if his players...229Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/andre-miller-blasts-wolves-on-the-vertical-podcast/Andre Miller joined Chris Mannix of Yahoo! Sports on The Vertical Podcast recently and expressed his displeasure with the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. “They’re so talented and they work so hard, and it’s like they’re getting a bad deal because you throw five 19- to 22-year-olds out there...225Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/326-wild-blank-colorado-avalanche-4-0/The Minnesota Wild shut out the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 in Denver on Saturday afternoon, moving five points ahead of the Avs for the final wild-card spot with six games left to play.   Colorado has one game in hand, but has to play all seven games against teams occupying a playoff spot. Minnesota...224Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/utah-jazz-defeat-timberwolves-93-84/The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the Utah Jazz on Saturday, 93-84. The loss comes a day after the Wolves escaped Washington win a win over the Wizards in a game that had gone to double-overtime.   Three Timberwolves finished in double-digits, led by Ricky Rubio, who scored a game-high...223Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/glen-taylor-milt-newton-will-run-the-draft-and-free-agency/Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor made what could be interpreted as some pretty telling comments during an interview with Chad and Sid Hartman that aired on 830 AM (WCCO Radio) last Friday, stating that he's asked general manager Milt Newton to "run the draft and free agency" this summer. "...221Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-defeat-wizards-in-2ot-132-129/The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Washington Wizards yesterday, 132-129.   Gorgui Dieng connected on a 3-point shot from the left-corner to bring the game to overtime. In overtime, Zach LaVine hit two 3-pointers in a matter of 12 seconds -- the second of which tied things up 121 with just o...219Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-will-harrison-smiths-contract-extension-be-worth/When the Minnesota Vikings drafted Harrison Smith 29th overall in 2012, they landed an immediate starter out of the University of Notre Dame who took the field as a rookie Week 1 of the 2012 season, looked the part and hasn’t stopped improving in the four years since.   By virtue of the Vikings t...218Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-must-be-wary-of-wide-receivers-late-in-the-first-round/As the 2016 NFL Draft approaches, many fans of the Minnesota Vikings are feeling good about the state of the team. After spending big in free agency and upgrading their offensive line, the consensus throughout the fanbase is that the Vikings need to take a wide receiver with the 23rd overall pick....217Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/324-wild-rout-calgary-flames-6-2/The Minnesota Wild beat the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Thursday night. Zach Parise scored a hat trick in the first period with former Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom, the winningest netminder in team history, between the pipes.   “It’s something special in this league and to do it in one period is pr...214Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/7-round-minnesota-vikings-mock-draft-4-0/[Editor's Note: To see Luke's previous versions, click here] It's draft season. Everyone and their mother has a mock draft out now and so do we, BUT the difference here at Cold Omaha is that we have Luke Inman (@Luke_Spinman) on staff. Luke's seen many of these prospects in the flesh at the Seni...212Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:09:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/323-wolves-beat-sacramento-kings-113-104/The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Sacramento Kings 113-104 on Wednesday night.   Karl-Antony Towns led the team with 26 points and 11 rebounds, his 42nd double-double of the year. Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine had 23 points, with all of LaVine's points coming in the second half. Dieng had 16 p...209Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/322-wild-beat-los-angeles-kings-2-1/The Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Tuesday night, carried by Devan Dubnyk's outstanding play in net. Minnesota was out-shot 39-18 and Dubnyk had to save 13 of 13 in the third period against the NHL's leader in third period comebacks.   Minnesota now is one point of the Colorado Ava...202Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/321-golden-state-warriors-beat-timberwolves-109-104/The Golden State Warriors outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night, winning 109-104 before a sellout crowd -- the first at the Target Center this season.   "We had a chance to win the game, that's all I'm thinking about right now," said interim coach Sam Mitchell. "There are no moral vic...196Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-dh-spot-will-be-the-dominant-narrative-early-in-the-season/For a team that is pretty filled out going into the season, the Minnesota Twins have a few moving parts that are intriguing at the beginning of the year. There is the matter of who is in the rotation and how that is determined. There are players that are out of options. There’s Joe Mauer’s health,...191Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/former-wolves-scout-trey-schwab-passes-away/Former Timberwolves scout Trey Schwab died Sunday from complications with a double-lung replacement surgery that saved his life more than 12 years ago. He was 50.   A former special assistant to then-Marquette coach Tom Crean, now the head coach at Indiana, Schwab met former Wolves coach and pres...190Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000