https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/167/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/has-ed-ingram-unofficially-won-a-starting-job/After two exceptional performances during the preseason where he meaningfully outplayed his peers, rookie Ed Ingram deserves to be named a starter.   There was plenty of controversy when the Minnesota Vikings selected Ingram with the 59th pick. There was, however, no doubt about the quality of pl...14104Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-should-experiment-with-line-combinations-for-next-season/The Minnesota Wild's first preseason game is a little more than a month away. Training camp is the first chance the coaching staff will have to tinker with the roster since the Game 6 loss to the St. Louis Blues in April. In fact, it wasn't until Game 6 that the Wild even tried tinkering with the...14100Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/5-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-the-vikings-49ers-preseason-game/After a week of joint practices, the Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers took the field on Saturday night at US Bank Stadium for the second week of the preseason.   Excitement was high because it was new head coach Kevin O'Connell's first game coaching at home. However, that quickly fad...14099Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/veteran-mcgill-dominates-on-a-day-dedicated-to-youth/If T.Y. McGill looked like a man among boys in the Minnesota Vikings' second preseason game, it's because he kinda was. McGill, 29, broke into the league as an undrafted free agent with the Indianapolis Colts in 2015. He's a depth defensive tackle who played two games with the Vikings last year an...14097Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ron-gardenhire-breaks-down-rocco-baldellis-infamous-rant/Rocco Baldelli had a sneaking suspicion that Ron Gardenhire was still a Minnesota Twins fan at heart. Although he spent 2018 to 2020 with the Detroit Tigers, Gardy managed the Twins for over a decade. He was in the dugout when Minnesota beat the Oakland A's in 2002, and he sat by former GM Terry R...14096Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/5-things-to-look-for-in-the-vikings-second-preseason-game/The Minnesota Vikings are set to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the second week of preseason. Minnesota’s new front office and coaching staff will hopefully better understand where the roster stands. While I still don't expect to see any big-name players get any playing time, it should be inte...14091Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wolves-fans-should-be-excited-about-michael-grady/The Wolves finally found their new play-by-play announcer. Yesterday, they announced Michael Grady will join Jim Peterson on the Bally Sports North broadcast, replacing Dave Benz.   Grady built his reputation with WRTV-TV in his home state of Indiana. He worked as a sports anchor for the ABC affi...14087Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/well-find-out-who-fueled-the-fiala-boldy-duos-success-soon/Who fueled who? Matt Boldy or Kevin Fiala? That was a question Minnesota Wild fans pondered for the latter half of the season. On the one hand, Fiala reached new heights once Boldy made the lineup. On the other, Fiala was a proven scorer and playmaker, which means Boldy could've feasted on a game...14086Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-we-see-kj-osborns-boom-revealed-against-san-francisco/We learned two things about Kevin O'Connell's offense last week in Las Vegas. The Minnesota Vikings will basically live in 11-personnel (one running back, one tight end, and three wide receivers) O'Connell isn't too paranoid to dial up some of his best concepts in the preseason Another...14083Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-teams-will-give-the-timberwolves-the-most-trouble-next-year/The schedule release is always an exciting time of the year. Finding out who plays on Christmas always drums up a lot of controversy. Players returning to their former teams are always circled on the schedule. Most importantly, it allows teams to figure out their most important matchups in the sea...14082Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-the-wolves-handle-the-pressure-of-their-national-tv-slate/Pat yourselves on the back, Minnesota Timberwolves fans. We finally did it! After 33 long-suffering years watching basketball in the cold wasteland of the Upper Midwest, our team finally matters again, and it's all thanks to you. Okay, perhaps the thanks belong to the guys putting our butts in the...14081Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-first-half-of-the-schedule-will-tell-us-everything-about-the-wolves/The NBA released its full 2022-23 regular season schedule Wednesday afternoon. With the blockbuster move to bring in Rudy Gobert, one of the biggest off-seasons in Minnesota Timberwolves history, many are excited to see how this regular season pans out. With that, many questions about the team's m...14080Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sammy-walker-injects-more-young-talent-into-the-iowa-wild/Former Minnesota Golden Gopher center Sammy Walker signed with his hometown Minnesota Wild on Thursday. The Edina native and former Mr. Hockey award winner became a free agent this month after choosing not to sign with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team that drafted him in the 7th round in 2017. Wh...14079Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-time-to-go-full-heel-manager-mode-on-the-minnesota-vikings/There are several signs that football season is around the corner. The first is headlines that include "Best Shape of His Life" or "Got That Dawg In 'Em." Then, it's the start of training camp. Preseason kicks in, and Week 1 is here faster than Garrett Bradbury winds up on the turf during a practi...14078Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/could-trishton-jackson-sneak-onto-the-active-roster/The Minnesota Vikings hosted the San Francisco 49ers for two joint practices at TCO Performance Center this week. These events allow a team to practice against another squad for the only time all year and create a more controlled, competitive environment for the coaches.   These practices add ano...14077Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/catching-up-with-st-pauls-own-louie-varland/I guess St. Paul kids are just cut from a different cloth.   The same can be said for anyone named Louie. Trust me.   So when the Minnesota Twins drafted Louie Varland out of Concordia University in St. Paul with their 15th-round pick in 2019, many didn't know what to expect. Sure, he had incred...14076Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/quietly-rediscovered-the-history-of-the-minnesota-vikings-part-iv/In 1981, the Minnesota Vikings played their last season in the old Met. Gone were the days of watching the Purple in the bitter cold, but something was lost when they moved inside. The Metrodome amplified the crowd noise, but they were no longer the hard-nosed team built in Bud Grant's image.   L...14073Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-secondary-may-end-up-being-their-achilles-heel/It may seem odd, given the Minnesota Vikings' struggles on the offensive line, but it may be the secondary that holds the defense back the most this season. It's a group with top-end talent and many potential weaknesses. If the mistakes start piling up, it could get ugly fast. To understand how th...14072Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sonny-gray-must-pitch-more-efficiently-to-avoid-the-early-hook/Bert Blyleven left the broadcast booth two years ago, but that's okay. We're all Bert Blylevens now, remembering the good old days where pitchers pitched, dammit. They went deep into games, not worrying about their pitch counts and certainly not caring about how many times they've seen a hitter th...14071Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-happened-with-wyatt-davis/Growing up in Los Angeles county, Wyatt Davis and his family are no strangers to the spotlight. Wyatt's grandfather, Willie Davis, was a Hall of Fame defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns. His father, Duane, is an actor known for playing the role of linebacker...14070Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-offseason-set-them-up-to-play-positionless-basketball/The Minnesota Timberwolves' trade for Rudy Gobert to pair with Karl-Anthony Towns coming off an All-Star third-team season has generated plenty of intrigue. Pairing two 7-footers together in a frontcourt in today's era is rare. Although it is reminiscent of '80s and '90s basketball, they're not th...14069Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-carson-lambos-healthy-scratches-a-cause-for-concern/If there was ever a time for Carson Lambos to shine at the World Junior Championships, this was it. Team Canada has an absolutely stacked lineup, as they always do. In net, they have Sebastian Cossa, the highest-drafted Canadian goalie in over a decade. Their forward group has six former first-rou...14068Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-minnesotas-regular-season-record-matter-if-they-make-the-playoffs/The Minnesota Twins had a 30-22 record on June 1st and a five-game lead over their top two opponents in the AL Central. Since then, the team owns a 29-33 record and is now two games back of the top spot in the division and the final Wild Card spot. It's still way too early to say what will happen...14067Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-we-sure-that-jaden-mcdaniels-is-the-day-1-starter/Tweets like this have flooded my timeline since the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Rudy Gobert.     The excitement is well-founded. With Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Anthony Edwards, there is a legitimate argument that the Wolves could have three top-25 players on the roster by season's...14063Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kene-nwangwu-is-making-a-strong-case-for-rb2/Dalvin Cook is a superstar. He's my pick for the most complete running back in football. His game is so effective and multi-faceted that I once compared him to a literal shapeshifter. He's electrifying, versatile, and, unfortunately, misses about three games a season due to injury.   In an offens...14062Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000