https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/319/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-nfl-draft-luke-inmans-mock-2-0/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   It’s never too early for...7309Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-became-a-playoff-team-this-year-now-they-have-to-build-a-contender/Rocco Baldelli admitted that returning to Fenway Park as the manager of the Minnesota Twins was special. He went on a familiar jog before entering the historic field where his childhood team played. News crews from all around New England swarmed him before the first game. And although he only play...7305Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/battle-to-watch-eagles-third-down-offense-vs-vikings-third-down-defense/For the fourth consecutive season, the Vikings will face the Philadelphia Eagles.   For the first time, they'll get them at U.S. Bank Stadium as Philly returns to the spot where they upset the Patriots in Super Bowl LII.   The Eagles squashed the Vikings' Super Bowl hopes in the NFC title game t...7304Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-optimism-reigns-in-twins-clubhouse-despite-decisive-alds-defeat/I stopped to pick up my daughter from her montessori school at 5:00 p.m. sharp on Tuesday. I briefly looked at the clock, and memories of the previous 24 hours flooded my senses.   Then I thought about what I might be doing at that time if things had gone differently. "The Twins would be taking b...7303Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/five-observations-from-the-timberwolves-preseason-opener/Good ol' preseason basketball. Yes, the result literally means nothing. The Timberwolves lost to the Suns 111 to 106, by the way. But it's hard to not take at least something from basketball actually being played. And for the Wolves, who have replaced eight of the 15 roster spots with new faces th...7302Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/karl-anthony-towns-has-become-the-quarterback-of-the-minnesota-timberwolves/Karl-Anthony Towns has 31,650,600 reasons to enter this season with an edge.   Despite averaging 24.4 points, 12.4 boards and 3.4 assists last season while shooting 40 percent from 3-point land, Towns was not voted onto one of the three All-NBA teams last season. Receiving the honor at the center...7301Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:36:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-had-a-historic-season-with-a-familiar-ending/Friedrich Nietzsche said that the idea of eternal recurrence came to him one day in August 1881 while he was taking a walk along a lake in Switzerland. The idea of eternal recurrence posits that existence recurs in an infinite cycle as energy and matter transform over time. Or, as Rustin Cohle fro...7298Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:04:09 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/second-look-vikings-used-most-aggressive-blitz-plan-yet-to-fluster-daniel-jones/Luke Inman contributed to this story.   The Minnesota Vikings set the tone on the first defensive play from scrimmage against Daniel Jones and the New York Giants on Sunday in their 28-10 win. The plan: Bring pressure and fluster the rookie quarterback.   Harrison Smith came racing in on Jones'...7294Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-play-to-2-2-tie-in-exhibition-matchup-vs-mount-royal/In hockey, ties are a thing of the past. Well, except for college exhibition games.   The Gophers’ men’s hockey team unofficially started its season on Sunday in an exhibition game against Mount Royal University out of Calgary, Alberta. Despite Minnesota facing a deficit heading into the third pe...7293Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-aware-of-but-unfazed-by-postseason-streak-in-advance-of-must-win-monday/The numbers are like a slap in the face. They simply can't be ignored.   Since Dan Gladden touched home to score the game-winning run in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the Minnesota Twins are a combined 6-24 in the postseason. That's a winning percentage of .200 -- easily the worst in MLB over...7291Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-was-good-what-was-bad-in-vikings-28-10-win/When asked this week if winning could cure what was ailing the Minnesota Vikings behind the scenes, Mike Zimmer deadpanned, "We just need to win."   A victory like the one the Vikings recorded Sunday may not heal all wounds, but it was certainly a nice Band-Aid following days of drama surrounding...7290Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-will-have-to-go-through-the-yankees-and-yankee-stadium-to-have-playoff-success/NEW YORK -- Yankee Stadium is built like a coliseum, making it unique among major league parks. Fenway has its quirks, like the Green Monster and the Pesky Pole. Wrigley has bleachers for its swaying drunks to sit on. Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cleveland’s fields beautifully display their rebounding...7289Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rocco-baldelli-believes-that-his-resilient-twins-will-bounce-back-against-the-yankees/NEW YORK -- There is an alternate universe where after Zack Littell gave up two earned runs without recording an out in the fifth inning, and Tyler Duffey got out of the inning but allowed Littell’s runners to score that Rocco Baldelli turned to Trevor May. Or Sergio Romo. Or Taylor Rogers.   He...7287Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/no-littell-feat-how-a-rookie-righty-earned-the-trust-of-a-rookie-manager/For a guy with fewer than 60 big-league innings under his belt, 24-year-old righty Zack Littell is refreshingly candid about the early stages of his career.   That includes his first two stints in the big leagues, both of which were exactly one-game stays with the Minnesota Twins.   The second o...7285Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:26:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/these-minnesota-twins-have-a-chance-to-reset-expectations-against-the-new-york-yankees/NEW YORK -- After being announced as the Minnesota Twins’ Game 1 starter against the New York Yankees, Jose Berrios pantomimed throwing up into a trash can before getting on stage for his pregame press conference. He was anything but scared, however. He wore his hat backwards, beamed almost the en...7284Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-ryan-saunders-current-situation-compares-to-paul-molitors-with-falvey-and-levine/When Paul Molitor was hired to replace Ron Gardenhire as the Minnesota Twins manager in 2015, he said he felt that his team could compete right away. The notion seemed absurd, of course, given that Ron Gardenhire’s otherwise good record with the Twins was tainted by four straight 90-loss seasons f...7282Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/stefon-diggs-i-cant-sit-up-here-and-act-like-everything-is-ok/A now-famous Esquire feature in 1966 entitled "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" detailed the life of the legendary crooner at a particularly low point of his career.   "It was a bad idea to force conversation upon him when he was in this mood of sullen silence," reads the Gay Talese piece.   Minnesota...7281Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-season-preview-five-big-questions-facing-the-minnesota-wild/The Minnesota Wild begin the 2019-20 regular season Thursday night in Nashville to face off against the Predators.   After former general manager Paul Fenton made a few "tweaks" to the Wild roster by making a series of trades of three popular players, this might be the most anticipated Wild seaso...7280Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-face-daniel-jones-on-sunday-the-latest-rookie-qb-test-for-mike-zimmer/New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur is quite familiar with the challenge his rookie quarterback Daniel Jones faces on Sunday.   Having spent two years with the Vikings organization, one and a half of those years as the offensive coordinator who had the burden of facing Minnesota's top-five def...7277Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ask-a-twin-what-are-you-looking-forward-to-most-from-your-first-playoff-game/While the Minnesota Twins are a team with quite a few young players making their mark, they're not completely without playoff experience.   Nelson Cruz played in the 2010 and 2011 World Series with the Texas Rangers, and reached the ALCS with the Baltimore Orioles in 2014.   Marwin Gonzalez has...7276Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/second-look-chase-daniel-took-what-the-vikings-gave-him-on-sunday/Luke Inman contributed to this story.   Losing Mitch Trubisky to a shoulder injury on the game's first drive wasn't enough to faze the Chicago Bears on Sunday as they rolled to a 16-6 victory behind backup Chase Daniel.   The veteran journeyman posted a career high completion percentage for game...7275Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-do-last-years-rookies-fit-into-this-years-philosophies/At 2019 media day, it was all about aura for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gersson Rosas, the team’s new president of basketball operations, spoke about the “tangible change” that’s occurring within the organization and his “vision and philosophy” for achieving sustained success. Head coach Ryan Sau...7273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-big-questions-from-timberwolves-media-day/Point-blank, Robert Covington said, "no" when asked if he has any concerns about how the (now-much-smaller) 2019-20 Minnesota Timberwolves are going to be able to match up with the bigger teams in the NBA. It's a wildly important and fascinating existential question for a franchise in the midst of...7270Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/fumble-luck-was-not-on-the-vikings-side-on-sunday/CHICAGO -- In terms of entertainment value, Sunday's 16-6 decision between the Vikings and Bears was almost entirely devoid of the big plays and momentum shifts that define captivating NFL football games. There were nearly as many flags (14) as points (22) in this one, and the most compelling four...7266Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/locker-room-video-vikings-disappointed-after-letdown-loss-to-bears/See how the Minnesota Vikings reacted to their 16-6 loss versus the Chicago Bears. MIKE ZIMMER EVERSON GRIFFEN BRIAN O'NEILL7265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000