https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/308/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/financial-implications-of-the-vikings-releasing-rhodes-joseph-and-morgan/The Minnesota Vikings made a plethora of moves over the weekend to create salary cap space and provide some wiggle room to make a key move or two during the NFL Free Agency period.   Minnesota terminated the contracts of cornerback Xavier Rhodes, defensive tackle Linval Joseph, and tight end Davi...7841Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-free-agent-fix-for-need-on-the-minnesota-vikings-defense/The Minnesota Vikings won't be huge spenders in free agency this offseason, as they simply don't have the budget even after making additional cap space by releasing Xavier Rhodes, Linval Joseph and David Morgan. That doesn't mean they won't be bringing in some new faces on both sides of the ball....7839Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-nbas-work-stoppage-will-change-the-summer-for-the-timberwolves/Winning in the NBA is full of games within games. Competing for an NBA championship is a Russian nesting doll of scaling competitions. While at its core, the NBA is about 82 individual basketball games, the surrounding layers of games have a cascading impact on who ultimately finds success.   A c...7838Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:29:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-minnesota-sports-scene/For more information about how to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and steps to take when you feel symptoms, visit the official CDC website for COVID-19.   Sports have often been viewed nationally as a diversion from hardship. But due to the nationwide spread of Coronavirus, it has now been iden...7835Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:52:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/keep-cut-or-restructure-minnesota-vikings-edition/Editor's note: Since this article was posted, the Vikings have announced the cuts of Rhodes and Joseph as well as David Morgan.   It's not a secret that the Minnesota Vikings are in a salary cap predicament in the 2020 offseason.   As it stands now, the Vikings have less than $1 million in avail...7834Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-mailbag-assessing-a-team-being-coached-in-development-mode/As this Minnesota Timberwolves season winds down, the losses are likely to continue to stack up. Development is clearly being prioritized over maximizing the chance to win each individual game. With Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined, the players the Wolves are giving time to frequently pale in comparis...7832Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-big-ten-tournament-and-the-start-to-saturdays-semifinal-between-minnesota-and-penn-state/The Minnesota Golden Gophers continue with their collective backs against the wall this coming weekend.   The Gophers are heading back to the dreaded Pegula Ice Arena at the Penn State campus for the one-game Big Ten semifinal round after defeating Notre Dame in three games.   [embed] [/embe...7831Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-vikings-offseason-blueprint-7-round-vikings-only-mock-draft/CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE ZONE COVERAGE DRAFT GUIDE: TOP 100 PLAYER PROFILES RANKING THE VIKINGS NEEDS EXPLORING VIKINGS DRAFT TRENDS A HISTORY OF RICK SPIELMAN'S DRAFT TRADES LUKE INMAN'S MOCK DRAFTS VIKINGS TARGETS SENIOR BOWL CENTRAL FEATURES FROM OUR STAFF   On Tuesday we laid out a...7830Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-offseason-blueprint-for-the-2020-minnesota-vikings/From the Minnesota Vikings roster to the salary cap, we did a deep dive on the latest Football Machine podcast.   It's more clear than ever that saying goodbye to a plethora of big names is not an “if," but rather a “when." The Vikings' front office will be tasked with arguably its toughest offse...7829Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-the-vikings-shouldnt-let-anthony-harris-walk/During the Mike Zimmer era, the Minnesota Vikings defense has been a force to be reckoned with every season. It has become the identity of the Vikings.   It's true; a successful defensive effort requires all 11 players to fulfill their roles adequately. Smart offensive coaches will scheme their o...7825Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirill-watch-series-winner/It was a quick series for CSKA Moscow in their quarterfinal matchup with Torpedo, as the KHL's top team needed the minimum four games to complete the series and send them on to the next round.   Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota's prized prospect, got off to a great start in the series, notching two ass...7821Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tourney-superlatives-the-best-of-the-boys-state-hockey-tournament/The Boys State Hockey Tournament came to a conclusion Saturday, ending one of the most delightfully unpredictable boys tournaments in some time. Both winners came out of the 4-seed vs. 5-seed quarterfinal matchup, while no 1s or 2s appeared in a championship. Pundits said going in that this year's...7820Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-loading-process-dangelo-russells-first-chapter-in-minnesota/"We wanted that point guard."   Those were the emphatic words of Gersson Rosas as he nodded toward D'Angelo Russell at Russell's introductory press conference in early February. Many looked at that statement by the Minnesota Timberwolves' chief decision-maker as a strutting of sorts. A flex after...7818Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/goofy-young-gophers-win-big-ten-quarterfinal-series-over-notre-dame/The Minnesota Golden Gophers couldn’t have looked more outmatched in the first game of the best-of-three Big Ten quarterfinal round on Friday night.   Somehow, though, the Gophers came through on Saturday, and again on Sunday in a 3-2 victory to take the series 2-1 and move on to the one-game sem...7817Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-we-watching-daniel-oturus-final-games-with-the-gophers/The Gophers regular season came to a close Sunday with a 107-75 win against last-place Nebraska as they set the school's 3-point record with 18 makes in the game.   It was a positive way to end a disappointing season. Barring a miraculous five-wins-in-five-days run through the Big Ten Tournament...7816Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-fights-to-a-2-1-victory-forces-a-game-three-on-sunday/With their backs against the wall, the Minnesota Golden Gophers got it done on Saturday night.   Minnesota got a quick goal from an unlikely source on its way to an improved showing from Friday -- and more importantly a 2-1 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That victory extends its seas...7815Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-squanders-opening-game-of-big-ten-tournament-to-notre-dame/All the Notre Dame Fighting Irish needed on Friday night was one goal.   The Irish took the game 1-0 as the Minnesota Golden Gophers fell flat from the opening faceoff. The game on Friday also happened to be the first game of the first round of the conference tournament that, if the Gophers don’t...7814Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-position-battles-mid-spring-update/It's between two and three weeks until the Minnesota Twins open the 2020 season in Oakland against the Athletics, and the final few spots available on the Opening Day 26-man roster are narrowing into focus the longer camp goes on.   The reality is that a team which won 100-plus games last year an...7812Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/major-takeaways-from-the-class-aa-quarterfinals/It didn't seem incredibly daring when I selected top-seeded Andover as the tournament's team to beat.   Considering that the Huskies' offense had only been held to two goals or fewer three times this season, there didn't seem to be any way on paper for the defensively-disciplined yet unseeded St....7810Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-mshsl-boys-hockey-tournament-class-aa-jersey-rankings/Wednesday was an absolute treat for jersey nerds like myself. Flip the page to Thursday, and well, it was not as delightful as the Tourney’s opening day.   There was a tremendous amount of debate as to how the teams should rank from Nos. 2-8. There was a clear cut winner, which you’ll find below...7809Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-mshsl-boys-hockey-tournament-class-a-jersey-rankings/*ahem*     Enough chit-chat. Let's get to the list.   Note: This is a really good field. So just because a team finishes low on the list is not a knock on them, it's just how incredible the threads were this year. 8. Mankato East Cougars   Three stripes across the front is a bold move. It...7805Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-2020-vikings-season-could-change-everything/The term 'Super Bowl or bust' gets thrown around a lot in conversations about the NFL.   Without context, that phrase illustrates the idea that a team is going 'all in' on a Super Bowl and if the team doesn't get it done, it's time to start over. Clean house. Everyone must go.   In a vast majori...7804Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/picking-the-boys-state-hockey-tournament-champion-5-intriguing-storylines/Thursday morning the state's larger schools will kick off the Class AA Boys State Hockey Tournament with the quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center. Zone Coverage staff writer Sam Ekstrom, a radio broadcaster for the tournament, gives his thoughts.   Allow me to just come out and say it off the top:...7802Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-mailbag-considering-the-now-and-later-of-these-timberwolves/These Minnesota Timberwolves do this. They roll up feisty road triumphs, like last week in Miami and Tuesday evening in New Orleans, into lethargic home deflations, like Sunday against Dallas (and perhaps Wednesday night against Chicago). The victories are a reminder that the team isn't actively t...7801Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-vikings-extend-dalvin-cook-this-offseason/Dalvin Cook is a special running back. This isn't something we just found out in the 2019 season.   Some recognized Cook's talent during his days at Florida State while he was speeding past hopeless defenders along the sideline for long touchdown runs.   Others picked up on Cook's game-breaking...7798Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000