https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/309/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-issues-could-derail-the-2020-twins/"If you wanna make God laugh, tell him your plans."  The quote above is frequently attributed to Woody Allen, and if we've learned anything, it's that you can't lie on the internet. But no matter who said the phrase in question, it remains a good cautionary tale to take with us in life, too....7797Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-3-portland-timbers-1-off-and-running/As Minnesota United FC began their fourth MLS season on Sunday in Portland, questions hovered over the club.   The ongoing transfer discussions with Boca Juniors over creative midfielder Emanuel "Bebelo" Reynoso left the club lacking the No. 10 that it so clearly desired after Darwin Quintero's d...7795Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/matt-boldy-has-bounced-back-in-second-college-season/After scoring two goals in his first two games this season, Matt Boldy went on a drought.   A long drought.   A drought so long that Minnesota Wild fans began to question whether they were staring at another misfire on a first-round pick.   Boldy was not on the scoresheet for 12 of the next 13...7794Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-lynx-re-sign-forward-cecilia-zandalasini/There will be a familiar face returning to the floor for the Minnesota Lynx during the 2020 WNBA season.   The Lynx announced Saturday afternoon that the organization has re-signed Cecilia Zandalasini ahead of the upcoming season.     Zandalasini, a 6-foot-2 wing who will turn 24 years old...7792Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/offensive-chances-dont-lead-to-goals-as-minnesota-ties-michigan/Four power plays. Fifty-three shots. Single and double overtime with a shootout to top it off.   Despite these chances, the Minnesota Golden Gophers still didn’t get a victory on Friday night. Instead, the Gophers technically tied with Michigan 2-2, while the Wolverines took the extra conference...7791Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-plunge-continues-with-another-late-lead-lost-at-wisconsin/MADISON, Wis. -- The script was different, but the result was the same. The Golden Gophers lost another second-half lead and another one-possession game.   There was less self-destruction this time around, which may lessen the sting of the loss for the Gophers (13-15, 7-11). Or perhaps being virt...7790Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirill-watch-the-final-countdown-begins/Thursday marked the final regular-season game of the 2019-20 season for CSKA Moscow and their star forward, Minnesota Wild prospect Kirill Kaprizov. As the team embarks on a playoff quest to win their second consecutive Gagarin Cup, we will kick off a weekly segment highlighting Kaprizov and his c...7789Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-did-we-learn-from-the-minnesota-vikings-at-the-combine/The media access at the NFL Scouting Combine provides teams with an opportunity to send messages. Whether they choose to play it straight or drop red herrings is up to them.   The Vikings, for instance, laid the groundwork for their pursuit of Kirk Cousins two years ago by remaining non-committal...7787Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:58:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-vikings-extend-kirk-cousins-this-offseason/Kirk Cousins has been a polarizing figure in the NFL for much of his career.   And that has not changed since he signed with the Minnesota Vikings in March 2018.   The enigma that is Cousins is tied directly to the value of the quarterback position. It's certainly the most valuable in football,...7785Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-squander-17-point-lead-in-gutwrenching-loss-to-no-9-maryland/The Minnesota Golden Gophers are running out of time and running out of answers.   Wednesday night's game against the No. 9 Maryland Terrapins had the makings of a signature win to put Minnesota back in the NCAA Tournament bubble discussion. It felt like a replay of the Gophers' 2016 upset of Mar...7783Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-mailbag-what-are-the-timberwolves-prioritizing/The Minnesota Timberwolves have clearly hit the third phase of the season. After the "Bahamas wasn't a joke" hot start that saw the Wolves start 7-4 and then 10-8 in the first quarter of the season, the team clearly became a joke -- running off a record of 6-29 into the All-Star break. Post-break,...7779Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-lynx-acquire-former-gopher-rachel-banham-from-connecticut-sun/Another former Minnesota Golden Gophers player and Minnesota native is returning to her home state's WNBA squad.   The Minnesota Lynx announced on Tuesday night that the organization acquired former Gophers standout Rachel Banham in a sign-and-trade with the Connecticut Sun. The trade will bring...7778Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/fizzled-trade-suggests-parise-contract-no-longer-impossible-to-move/For a couple of hours on Monday afternoon, it looked as if Zach Parise had played his final game for the Minnesota Wild.   In the build-up to Monday afternoon's NHL trade deadline, it was reported by several NHL insiders that the Wild were on the verge of trading arguably the face of their franch...7772Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-vikings-top-5-offseason-positional-needs/If you're not first, you're last in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings assembled a 10-6 team in 2019 that delivered a mighty impressive playoff win at New Orleans. However, a loss in the divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers suggested that the Vikings still have many improvements to be made...7771Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/golden-gophers-squander-2-0-lead-dim-big-ten-title-hopes-in-loss-to-nittany-lions/STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Minnesota’s opportunity to make a trophy-winning statement disappeared in 31 seconds.   Progress turned into disappointment. On the 40th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, a game featuring nine Golden Gophers plus head coach Herb Brooks, it was the upstart Penn State Nittany...7770Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dangelo-russells-other-best-friend-on-the-timberwolves-kelan-martin/DENVER -- When they were nine years old, D'Angelo Russell and Kelan Martin had their first sleepover at Kelan's house. On Friday night at Target Center, the two played in an NBA game together -- on the same team, no less. And on Sunday evening, Russell was losing his mind on the sidelines while Ma...7769Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:30:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-nittany-lions-skate-to-a-3-3-tie-in-battle-for-big-ten-supremacy/STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- On a night where the Big Ten lead was at stake with a playoff atmosphere in the air, the Minnesota Golden Gophers caught the Penn State Nittany Lions before failing to take advantage of the opportunity.   Freshmen Ben Meyers and Bryce Brodzinski put the Gophers ahead with th...7768Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/work-harder-nobody-cares-why-lamonte-wade-jr-has-been-a-fan-of-lamar-jackson-from-the-start/LaMonte Wade Jr. believed in Lamar Jackson from the beginning.   The Minnesota Twins rookie, who made his debut last season and played in 26 games, watched Jackson in college when he starred for Louisville and won a Heisman Trophy. He was thrilled when his hometown Baltimore Ravens traded up to N...7764Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-changed-for-homer-bailey-in-oakland/The Minnesota Twins signed a pair of starting pitchers on New Year's eve -- and it's fair to say Rich Hill received more fanfare of the two.   While Homer Bailey's deal was for more guaranteed money -- $7 million to Hill's $3 million -- it was Hill who received more digital ink spillage over the...7760Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-timberwolves-plan-of-attack-with-karl-anthony-towns-sidelined-indefinitely-finding-what-works-for-dangelo/When the Minnesota Timberwolves start the second half of the season at home against the Boston Celtics on Friday evening, they will do so with Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined for an unclear amount of time while he recovers from a left wrist injury.   Towns sat out the team's final game before the br...7759Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-vincent-trocheck-a-good-enough-return-for-jonas-brodin/With the trade deadline less than a week away, it’s the time of year when the rumors run rampant about teams making calls on certain players. The Minnesota Wild are a team very much out front and center of rumors this trade deadline season, as they still hold two top trade chips on their roster in...7756Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-season-crumbling-after-third-straight-loss/Richard Pitino has said repeatedly this season that he doesn't want to use his team's turned-over roster as an excuse when the group fails.   But it's hard to watch the Minnesota Golden Gophers -- losers of three consecutive games, now under .500, looking more uninspired by the night -- and not s...7755Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-have-a-philosophy-on-coaching-not-a-hitting-philosophy/FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The coaching staff of the Minnesota Twins was raided this offseason. While former bench coach Derek Shelton, hitting coach James Rowson and assistant pitching coach Jeremy Hefner’s impact on the team last year were meaningful, in some ways their departure is a positive. It show...7754Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-mailbag-what-can-be-expected-from-the-timberwolves-going-forward/With only 16 wins (and 37 losses) coming out of the All-Star break, the Minnesota Timberwolves are on pace to finish this season with a record of 25-57. That this team is tracking toward winning 10 fewer games than even the most skeptical person would have guessed while simultaneously hitting its...7753Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-are-balancing-aggressive-ambitions-and-a-laid-back-culture/FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It’s 75 and sunny in Southwest Florida, where the Minnesota Twins’ position players have joined the pitchers and catchers and are now preparing for a run to the World Series. Yes, Rocco Baldelli has said those words, and there is reason to believe that they can repeat their reg...7752Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000