https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/96/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/320-wild-defeat-blackhawks-3-2-in-shootout/For the second time in as many games, the Minnesota Wild have won in a shootout, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night.   “Our history the last couple years against them, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth,” Charlie Coyle told the Star Tribune. “It’s not hard to get up for these gam...189Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/319-wild-defeat-carolina-hurricanes-3-2-in-shootout/The Minnesota Wild defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout Saturday afternoon. Zach Parise and Charlie Coyle netted goals in the shootout to put the team one point behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild-card spot.   “Going into a shootout right now, getting one point is not...185Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/woj-on-sam-mitchells-future/In a feature published over at The Vertical yesterday, NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, commonly known as Woj, responds to a few questions that were posed to him by way of social media. Embedded below is the first question Wojnarowski answers in the video, titled, The Woj Report. Here's the vide...184Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-lose-to-houston-rockets-116-111/The starting lineup of Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine, Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns and Gorgui Dieng combined to score 95 of the Wolves' points in a 116-111 loss to the Houston Rockets on Friday night.   James Harden scored 29 points and 14 assists, Patrick Beverley added a season-high 18 points...183Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/who-will-start-on-the-vikings-crowded-offensive-line/As expected, the Vikings have addressed their offensive line early and often in this offseason by signing OG Alex Boone from the San Francisco 49ers and OT Andre Smith from the Cincinnati Bengals. They also re-signed last year’s starting right guard Mike Harris and restructured veteran right tackl...181Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-solidifying-their-core/This is the nucleus team of our team, years from now -- we hope -- and these guys gotta prove it. We hope Tyus is gonna be one of those guys, Shabazz, Gorgui, Zach, Andrew, Karl: we hope those six, seven guys ... because you gotta have a core group of guys.   -- Sam Mitchell before Minnesota’s fi...167Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/espn-report-adds-new-wrinkle-to-timberwolves-ownership-saga/For years, Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has been searching for an investor willing to purchase a minority share of the team and eventually take over as the majority stakeholder -- one or two or however many years down the road, as Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press reported back i...158Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:47:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/310-wild-lose-to-edmonton-oilers-2-1/The Minnesota Wild lost to the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Thursday night, failing to draw even in the standings with the Colorado Avalanche, which currently holds the No. 8 seed.   The Wild has played one fewer game than the Avs, and embark on a three-game road trip Saturday in Montreal. Colorado ope...152Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-vikings-have-filled-each-of-their-needs-in-free-agency-except-one/With the Vikings now set up to be an annual playoff contender – and perhaps a Super Bowl contender in the near future – they have had the luxury of being more focused in their offseason approach. Instead of just trying to amass a random pool of talent,  they’ve honed in on specific areas of need....151Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/a-new-look-offensive-line-could-be-a-boone-for-matt-kalil/This article was originally published on March 10.   When a certain pudgy sportswriter was attending college, the Kansas City Chiefs were about to host a scrimmage against the Minnesota Vikings during training camp. As I got to the field, I met a gentleman who -- shocker -- was a lifelong Vikings...146Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/how-the-gophers-could-make-a-tourney-run-in-two-seasons/That’s it. That’s a wrap. The ugliest Gophers basketball season is recent memory is complete, and while it might not have gone as poorly record-wise as Boston College’s 0-19 ACC campaign, certainly the peripheral storylines with the Maroon and Gold this year made for an equally off-putting bottom...141Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/sam-mitchell-strikes-back/Where are all the people that was criticizing us early about not playing Karl-Anthony Towns enough minutes?   -- Sam Mitchell before the Washington Wizards game on March 2   It’s easy to second-guess Minnesota Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell. His rotations are sometimes befuddling....137Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:17:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/39-spurs-machine-spurs-timberwolves-116-91/The San Antonio Spurs ventured into Minneapolis to take on the Timberwolves on Tuesday without Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan, and even head coach, Gregg Popovich -- and it didn't matter. Parker, Ginobili and Duncan sat for rest-reasons and assistant coach, Ettore Messina, coached his s...136Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/using-analytics-to-find-nfl-counterparts-for-draft-eligible-receivers/With the NFL combine over and the NFL draft set to hit soon after the free agency uproar dies down, Vikings fans and the team itself will have some time on their hands to think about the upcoming draft prospects at wide receiver. With a class that’s deep and top-heavy, it will be more important th...126Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:20:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/36-st-louis-blues-defeat-wild-4-2/Devan Dubnyk was pulled 30 minutes and 17 seconds into Sunday's game against the St. Louis Blues after giving up three soft goals on 16 shots.   “I’ve got to play better than that,” he said after the game. Since the All-Star Break, Dubnyk has given up three or more goals on nine of 14 starts.  ...124Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/miguel-sano-suffered-loss-of-daughter-angelica-in-2014/Everyone knew 2014 was a tumultuous season for Miguel Sano, and one he wanted to put in the rearview mirror as quickly as possible. But it’s not only because the hulking uber prospect missed the entire season -- perhaps delaying his big league debut by at least that long -- after having Tommy John...122Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/35-timberwolves-beat-brooklyn-nets-132-118/The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Brooklyn Nets 132-118 Saturday night. Karl-Anthony Towns led the team with 28 points. Andrew Wiggins finished with 26, Zach LaVine with 21 and Ricky Rubio had a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists.   "Ricky and Zach and Andrew and Karl and G, those guys...121Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/34-timberwolves-lose-116-101-at-milwaukee-bucks/The Minnesota Timberwolves were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, 116-101.   Interim Coach, Sam Mitchell, left three starters -- Ricky Rubio, Andrew Wiggins, and Karl-Anthony Towns -- on the bench during a solid chunk of the second half, even after the Wolves went on a 25-5 run th...119Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-sued-over-electronic-ticket-sales-flash-seats/Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press reported yesterday that the Minnesota Timberwolves are being sued over the way they sell their tickets. His report -- published over at TwinCities.com, which you can read here -- details the class-action suit filed on behalf of ticket buyers in Hennepin County Dist...117Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/32-postgame-news-and-notes/The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Washington Wizards 104-98 Wednesday night. Ricky Rubio led the team with 22 points on 6-14 shooting and 2-3 from three.   "Ricky had to shoot the ball -- they were going under [screens]," said interim head coach Sam Mitchell after the game. "He's gotta make...114Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-suspensions-an-attempt-to-mend-culture/On Tuesday evening in the Williams Arena Media Room, head coach Richard Pitino faced his largest media throng of the season. At this stage of the season, he might have hoped to be facing sizable media scrums to discuss the team’s NCAA tournament bubble hopes. Rather, he found himself facing a delu...108Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:05:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/7-round-minnesota-vikings-mock-draft/[Editor's Note: To see Luke's latest version, 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 Senior...104Wed, 16 Mar 2016 06:25:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/plenty-of-reasons-for-optimism-in-minnesota-twins-bullpen/A big point of contention for Twins fans over the past calendar year has been the bullpen. And while expectations were low heading into 2015, the team exceeded them. The bullpen, however, did not.   Absent context, the bullpen’s numbers don’t look that bad, right? The team cobbled together a 3.95...101Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/coldomaha-com-makes-its-debut/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Ed. Note: Originally published on March 1, 2016) ColdOmaha.com Debuts Today   Cold Omaha, the primary sports content provider of KQ92, 93X and 105 The Vibe, is launching its own website today. ColdOmaha.com will feature writing from some of...98Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-case-for-minnesota-wild-gm-chuck-fletcher/I take full ownership. I’ve hired the coaches. I’ve brought the players in. Until January 9, we were achieving. We were a good hockey team, and we have the ability to be a good hockey team again. — Fletcher on Mike Yeo’s firing, 2/14/16   As soon as former Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo was...81Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000