https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/132/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/re-signing-greg-joseph-tells-us-something-about-matt-daniels/Greg Joesph’s 61-yard kick to beat the New York Giants in the regular season set a Minnesota Vikings franchise record. His five game-winning field goals broke an NFL record. Joseph nailed five field goals in London, including the game-winner that bailed the Vikings out of a game they almost lost t...15802Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-makes-byron-murphy-a-brian-flores-corner/On Wednesday, the Minnesota Vikings announced that they agreed to terms with free-agent cornerback Byron Murphy, who the Arizona Cardinals drafted in 2019. The news broke Tuesday night and came as relief to Vikings fans who were desperate to hear news about the CB position during the NFL's legal t...15801Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-shift-ban-may-not-be-a-boon-for-max-kepler/Baseball fans are anticipating the start of the 2023 season for several reasons. After COVID and a lockout impacted spring training, everyone is now back to their regular routines. But the main draw of this season is the new rule changes taking effect. Pitch clocks have been the main focus so far...15798Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-offensive-success-starts-with-ball-movement/On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a decisive 136-115 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Anthony Edwards dropped 32 points in his hometown. He also made a huge impact on defense, getting 1 steal, 2 emphatic blocks and 8 defensive rebounds. Mike Conley had a big scoring night, putting up 21 p...15793Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/alex-kirilloffs-injury-is-particularly-cruel/Derek Falvey gave an injury update over the weekend, which was mostly good news. Byron Buxton and Jorge Polanco should be in the lineup for Opening Day. Nick Gordon suffered a high ankle sprain but could avoid the injury list to start the season. And José Miranda is making good progress with his s...15792Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/i-have-to-rip-it-marco-rossi-is-gaining-a-shooters-mindset-in-iowa/DES MOINES, IOWA – Fans in Section 120, Row 10, left Wells Fargo Arena after the Iowa Wild’s win over the Manitoba Moose on Sunday with an exclusive gift: a bottle of hot sauce from Brown Dogs Farm. Those fans received that sizzling Iowa-made hot sauce because the Minnesota Wild’s top center prosp...15790Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jaxon-smith-njigba-is-the-jefferson-sidekick-weve-been-looking-for/It’s hope season, football fans!   Free agency and draft season is the time of year where every fanbase feels like they can get better. Hope springs eternal. Just ask Chicago Bears fans, who think they’re about to go from the worst record in the league to winning the division. Delusional, but adm...15789Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-are-the-wolves-having-so-much-trouble-at-the-free-throw-line/This NBA season has been filled with a plethora of challenges for the Minnesota Timberwolves. However, they have improved steadily throughout the year.   After winning 46 games last year, fans had an exponential rise in expectations for the Timberwolves. However, they may have been surprised by h...15788Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ryan-reaves-gordie-howe-hat-trick-is-exactly-the-energy-the-wild-need/Ryan Reaves had himself a night on Sunday. With a goal, assist, and fight, the fourth-liner completed the prestigious Gordie Howe hat trick. It’s exactly the kind of energy that the Wild need when Kiril Kaprizov, their top player and best goal-scorer, is out for another few weeks.   First came th...15786Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-are-the-vikings-getting-with-marcus-davenport/Following Monday afternoon's free-agent signing of TE2 Josh Oliver, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and the Minnesota Vikings surprised the football world by signing former New Orleans Saints edge rusher Marcus Davenport to a one-year, $13 million deal. General manager Mickey Loomis and the Saints moved up 13...15784Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/middleton-has-become-a-wise-investment-for-the-wild/Jake Middleton was not a household name when he arrived in a trade with the San Jose Sharks before the 2021-22 deadline. However, his impressive play next to Minnesota’s captain Jared Spurgeon down the stretch was enough to convince the Wild to hand the late-bloomer a three-year, $7.5 million deal...15783Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kwesi-adofo-mensah-is-finally-getting-what-he-wants-this-offseason/Last night, as I dozed off on the couch while re-watching the classic 2004 Denzel Washington action movie Man On Fire, I had a strange dream…   After a long day of negotiating at TCO Performance Center, Kirk Cousins was ready to go home. Moments after handing the Minnesota Vikings a fully-guarant...15778Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-exploiting-a-market-inefficiency-by-acquiring-josh-oliver/The Minnesota Vikings surprised everyone on Monday by agreeing to terms with former Baltimore Ravens tight end Josh Oliver on a three-year, $21 million deal with $10.75 million guaranteed. It was an interesting signing, because the Vikings didn't seem to be in the market for a tight end. According...15777Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-knew-they-were-skating-on-thin-ice-last-year/The Inuvik-Aklavik Ice Road is a 73-mile seasonal highway in Canada’s Northwest Territories that connects Inuvik, the region’s administrative center, to the remote Aklavik community. These cities are 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It would cost about $1,500 to take a connecting flight there...15776Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-towns-have-time-to-build-chemistry-with-gobert-if-he-returns/The mystery of Karl-Anthony Towns’ calf injury continues. Towns has missed 47 games and the public hasn’t been privy to his recovery progress. There has been speculation about his health and a possible abundance of caution returning from this injury. Still, the Minnesota Timberwolves have yet to g...15772Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jorge-lopez-has-been-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/Jorge López was stuck in his house when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017. His five-year-old son Mikael was running a fever, and the power was out. Maria was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 1998, a Category 5 storm that killed 3,059 people, including an estimated 2,957 in Puerto Ri...15771Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bud-grant-created-a-lofty-standard-for-the-coaches-who-proceeded-him/Bud Grant attended Kevin O'Connell’s introductory press conference last February. Grant heard the former quarterback discuss the illusion of complexity, collaborative leadership, and developing a championship standard. He watched as O’Connell answered questions about communication and culture.  ...15769Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-silver-lining-of-kaprizovs-absence/Minnesota fans are always waiting for the other shoe to drop and last week, it dropped hard. Logan Stanley's mid-ice check went wrong and injured Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov. If that wasn’t bad enough, after they evaluated Kaprizov, the team estimates that it would take three to four...15766Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-it-time-to-start-platooning-jorge-polanco/When the Minnesota Twins needed someone to fill in at shortstop midway through the 2014 season, they called on a spry 20-year-old shortstop with raw skills and minimal track record. Jorge Polanco hadn’t even reached the Double-A when they thrust him onto their major league roster. That cup of coff...15765Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/zay-flowers-could-be-minnesotas-wr2-solution/After a 13-4 season, the Minnesota Vikings head into the draft with only four picks and a litany of positions that need bolstering. While they could fix the defensive side of the ball early and select someone who could be an immediate contributor for new defensive coordinator Brian Flores, they al...15764Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/adam-thielen-was-never-going-to-take-no-for-an-answer/On August 10, 2016, the Minnesota Vikings traveled to the Queen City for joint practices with the Cincinnati Bengals. A year before Adam Thielen’s breakout season, he lined up for one-on-one drills with Cincinnati’s defensive backs. Onlookers reportedly overheard Dre Kirkpatrick and Adam “Pacman”...15763Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-kirill-kaprizov-injury-iowa-call-up-marco-rossi-snubbed-sammy-walker-sam-steel-lineup-roster-moves-changes/Yesterday the Minnesota Wild announced that Kirill Kaprizov's injury will keep him out for three-to-four weeks. To say it's a major blow is an understatement. Kaprizov is as close as it gets to a one-man offensive attack in the NHL, at least this side of Connor McDavid.   His 39 goals make up 21....15762Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kevin-durants-2019-calf-injury-is-why-the-wolves-shouldnt-rush-kat-back/When Karl-Anthony Towns originally went down with a right calf strain in late November, many outlets reported that Towns avoided serious injury. His timeline for a potential return was just about four to six weeks – placing him back in the lineup “sometime during January,” and signaling his calf s...15758Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-adam-thielen-problem-was-avoidable/A few years down the road, Adam Thielen will be standing on a podium inside U.S. Bank Stadium. Tremendously wealthy after Disney bought his life story and turned it into the No. 1 movie in the world, Thielen will wipe tears away from his eyes as his name is unveiled in the Minnesota Vikings’ Ring...15757Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-depth-is-already-being-tested/There’s no grace period on the injury front for the Minnesota Twins organization. We’re only three weeks into Spring Training, and players are already going down with injuries.   José Miranda isn’t out completely, but a shoulder injury is keeping him from getting reps at third base. They shut dow...15755Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000