https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/315/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/in-midst-of-nfl-kicking-epidemic-vikings-remain-confident-in-dan-bailey/If you followed the NFL in the past week, you might've come across some familiar special teams names.   There are 41 NFL kickers who have attempted a field goal in 2019. Five of them -- yes, five -- have been on the Vikings roster in the last two years. And most of them made the wrong type of hea...7501Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/second-look-how-the-seahawks-used-an-unbalanced-line-to-gash-the-vikings-run-defense/Having offensive line depth is a luxury many NFL teams don't have. But if you've got it, why not use it?   On Monday, the Seattle Seahawks' essentially played with six linemen, incorporating tackle George Fant throughout the night in their 37-30 win.   Fant, the undrafted 27-year-old, has found...7500Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/exploring-varying-levels-of-a-splashy-offseason-for-the-twins/The hot stove is heating up and ready to fire off some steam when the Winter Meetings convene in San Diego starting on Sunday. Cole Hamels went off the board to the Atlanta Braves earlier in the day on Wednesday, and there are rumblings Zack Wheeler could be next.   For the purpose of this exerci...7499Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/pinpointing-the-purveyor-of-the-wilds-turnaround/The start of the season wasn't great.   It wasn't great by any standards, let alone Minnesota Wild standards. Minnesota was in the cellar of the Central Division, the Western Conference and the entire league after 16 games. Goal scoring was hard to come by. Goaltending was even harder to come by....7498Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/hes-getting-more-mature-andrew-wiggins-is-changing-everything/DALLAS -- Andrew Wiggins finding his way is the single best thing that could have happened to the Minnesota Timberwolves this season. Karl-Anthony Towns converting 3-point attempts at his typically elite rate, now at a near-Steph Curry volume is, of course, a welcome development. So is the cultura...7497Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/in-37-30-victory-the-seahawks-played-the-style-minnesota-needed-to/SEATTLE -- The Minnesota Vikings pride themselves on ball control, running game and mistake-free football. That winning formula held true more often than not as the Vikings built an 8-3 record heading into the bye week. But it abandoned them Monday night in Seattle as a mistake-filled second half...7493Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/locker-room-video-vikings-react-to-37-30-loss-at-seattle/Check out reaction from head coach Mike Zimmer and the Vikings players after their 37-30 setback in Seattle. MIKE ZIMMER DALVIN COOK STEFON DIGGS KIRK COUSINS7492Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-non-tender-cron-and-hildenberger-what-does-it-mean/The non-tender deadline came and went at 7 p.m. Monday evening with a fair amount of movement across the MLB landscape. Locally, the Minnesota Twins announced earlier in the day that they'd agreed upon a one-year guaranteed deal worth $1.6 million with utility man Ehire Adrianza, and later in the...7491Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/instant-reaction-vikings-fall-to-seahawks-in-monday-night-shootout/Sam Ekstrom gives his first thoughts on the Vikings 37-30 defeat to the Seattle Seahawks. BIG PICTURE It was a tale of two halves. For 30 minutes, the Vikings went toe-to-toe with one of the NFC's best. Then they got sloppy. Ill-timed penalties, turnovers, injuries and defensive breakdowns all...7489Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/adrianza-twins-agree-to-one-year-deal-cruz-wins-outstanding-dh-award/The Minnesota Twins announced a deal with one of their arbitration-eligible players early Monday afternoon, as the team and utility man Ehire Adrianza agreed on a one-year deal worth $1.6 million. Adrianza is eligible for free agency after the 2020 season.   The team announced the signing but not...7487Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ranking-possible-non-tenders-as-fits-for-the-minnesota-twins/The deadline for MLB clubs to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players is Monday night at 7 p.m. central time, and once that deadline passes, most players will be added to beef up the free-agency ranks in advance of next week's Winter Meetings.   MLB Trade Rumors posted a list of the non-...7485Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-loses-out-on-axe-big-ten-title-game-to-wisconsin/The Minnesota Golden Gophers completed their regular season one win short of a chance to play in the Big Ten championship game as it was blown out at TCF Bank Stadium against the Wisconsin Badgers, 38-17.   The sold-out stadium was filled with optimism as Minnesota held Wisconsin to a three-and-o...7484Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/checking-in-on-the-vikings-special-teams-units/After a tumultuous preseason where the Minnesota Vikings had special teams competition virtually across the board, as well as a new special teams coordinator pulling the strings, it shaped up to be another uneven year for a team that's struggled to find continuity in the all-important third phase....7483Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-improves-but-is-still-swept-by-north-dakota/The Minnesota Golden Gophers attempted to rectify their poor showing on Thursday night to earn a series split with rival North Dakota, but fell 3-2 to the Fighting Hawks in a series sweep on Friday.   That effort got out to a good start with co-captain Tyler Nanne getting a blast of a shot past N...7482Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/november-review-why-cant-gophers-hoops-get-a-power-conference-win/Golden Gophers fans likely knew some growing pains were in store after the basketball team lost three multi-year starters from last year's March Madness qualifier, but the 2019-20 team's 3-4 start to the season hasn't inspired optimism with the opening Big Ten games fast approaching.   Minnesota...7481Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-let-the-system-slip-minnesota-blown-out-by-rival-north-dakota-9-3/The Thanksgiving night rivalry hockey game was billed as being in Minneapolis, but at 3M Arena at Mariucci it was a sea of green as the limited number of Minnesota Golden Gophers fans streamed out as the second period ended. The North Dakota faithful enjoyed the spoils of its No. 3-ranked, one-los...7479Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-ball-security-will-be-crucial-against-aggressive-seahawks/The Seattle Seahawks' defense isn't quite as imposing as it was earlier in Pete Carroll's tenure when Seattle held Peyton Manning to eight points in a Super Bowl win during a stretch of four straight years leading the NFL in scoring defense.   The 9-2 Seahawks have uncharacteristically allowed 29...7478Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-11-27-thanksgiving-free-agents-offseason-hullabaloo/Regardless of what Jeff Bezos has worked out with the United States Postal Service, there's no mail delivery this Thursday so I'm typing like heck to get this out before then.   What we have here is the Thanksgiving edition of #AskBW, and it's really quite simple: Ask (non-dumb) question...7477Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/polanco-undergoes-ankle-surgery-full-recovery-by-spring-expected/The Minnesota Twins announced on Wednesday morning that Jorge Polanco underwent surgery on Friday, Nov. 22 in Los Angeles to correct a right ankle impingement. Dr. Richard Ferkel performed the procedure -- termed an arthroscopic debridement.   According to the Twins, the injury was a chronic one...7476Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-add-three-players-with-mlb-experience-on-minor-league-deals/With the bases empty in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, Daniel Hudson watched Houston Astros outfielder Michael Brantley swing through his 3-2 slider to give the Washington Nationals their first championship in the franchise's 51-season history.   It was the culmination of a...7473Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/trying-to-get-wig-to-be-wig-the-rationale-behind-moving-jeff-teague-to-the-timberwolves-bench/ATLANTA -- Jeff Teague is an open gym lurker. "He’ll stay in the gym at the practice facility, just walk around, shoot and dribble the ball for an hour," says Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders.   Since Teague returned to the Wolves lineup on Nov. 13 after missing four games with an...7471Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:56:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/axe-game-2019-how-do-minnesota-and-wisconsin-compare-in-battle-for-big-ten-west/It’s another game of the century from Stadium Village on Saturday.   While the Penn State game reigned supreme for a month, the upcoming regular-season finale against the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers takes the cake for being the biggest game for the No. 10 Minnesota Golden Gophers football program th...7470Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/look-ahead-russell-wilson-is-a-devastating-red-zone-passer/Luke Inman contributed to this story.   It's hard to expect the Minnesota Vikings to perform any better against Russell Wilson than they did last Dec. 10 on a Monday night in Seattle. Wilson passed for a career-low 72 yards, the Seahawks went 3 of 11 on third down, and the Vikings held Seattle to...7467Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-vikings-playoff-picture-faqs-week-12/For the next few weeks, Vikings reporter Sam Ekstrom will update you on where the Vikings stand in the NFC playoff picture. WHAT WERE THE RELEVANT WEEK 12 RESULTS? In the game everybody was watching Sunday night, the San Francisco 49ers did the Minnesota Vikings a favor by walloping the Gr...7466Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/report-twins-tab-varela-as-new-hitting-coach/News broke early Monday morning that the Minnesota Twins had found their successor to James Rowson as hitting coach. LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the team was promoting Edgar Varela from minor-league field coordinator -- the role he held the last two seasons --...7465Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:11:31 +0000