https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/328/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-coo-kevin-warren-takes-job-as-big-ten-commissioner/After serving as an instrumental part of the Minnesota Vikings' front office for nearly 15 years, chief operating officer Kevin Warren is moving on to become the commissioner of the Big Ten conference.   Reports surfaced late Monday night that Warren was a front-runner for the position, and the n...6765Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-select-california-prep-infielder-keoni-cavaco-with-no-13-pick-in-mlb-draft/The Minnesota Twins selected prep infielder Keoni Cavaco from Eastlake High School (Chula Vista, Calif.) with their first selection (13th overall) in the 2019 MLB draft.   Cavaco, who turned 18 on Sunday, was three days old when the Twins selected Joe Mauer first overall in the 2001 MLB draft, fo...6762Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lynx-displaying-dominant-defense-in-undefeated-start/Perhaps one of the more surprising developments across the WNBA in the opening week of the 2019 regular season has been the undefeated start to the year from the Minnesota Lynx.   The Lynx took down the Dallas Wings on Saturday night in their first road game of the season, improving to a perfect...6758Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-out-keuchel-or-kimbrel/With the MLB draft starting on Monday and wrapping up on Wednesday, the next pressing issue facing teams will be where reliever Craig Kimbrel and starter Dallas Keuchel land.   Each player has draft pick compensation tied to them which will dissolve once the draft ends -- ostensibly setting them...6756Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-pokemon-sleep-death-stranding-gears-5/6755Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-will-the-gophers-look-like-without-amir-coffey/Whether he gets drafted or not, Amir Coffey will not be playing basketball at the University of Minnesota next season.   The star guard who led the Gophers to their first NCAA Tournament win of the Richard Pitino Era opted to remain in the NBA Draft pool after nearly two months of workouts and dr...6752Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-greg-pateryn-nick-seeler/Greg Pateryn Age: 28 Position: Defenseman 2018-19 Stats: 1G-6A-7P Contract Status: Signed for two more seasons through 2021 ($2.25 million AAV) Right away on July 1 last summer, the Wild were quick to ink Pateryn to a three-year deal to help provide depth to the right side of their defense...6750Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-out-twins-salvage-split-thanks-to-sizzling-smeltzer-debut/At age nine, Devin Smeltzer stared cancer in the face and won.   At that rate, a big-league debut should be small potatoes, right?   Well not quite, but based on the result, one could easily think that. The 23-year-old rookie lefty sliced and diced his way through the potent Milwaukee Brewers li...6743Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-promotion-devin-smeltzer/The Minnesota Twins have placed right-handed starting pitcher Michael Pineda on the injured list with right knee tendinitis, and are purchasing the contract of 23-year-old lefty Devin Smelzter to take his place on the roster.   Smeltzer will make his debut in a start against Milwaukee on Tuesday...6741Tue, 28 May 2019 13:56:09 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-again-searching-for-hidden-gems-at-wide-receiver/Every NFL team aspires to find the next Adam Thielen, an in-state Division-II football star that climbed the ladder and turned into a handsomely-paid Pro Bowler.   But just because the Vikings already have a Thielen, doesn't mean they aren't trying to find another one. Their two undrafted free ag...6740Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-of-the-twins-offensive-production-is-coming-from-their-homegrown-players/Rocco Baldelli says that the main difference between this year’s Minnesota Twins team, and the Tampa Bay Rays teams he coached are that the Rays had a lot more turnover year to year.   While the Twins are a relatively young team, they have been together for a long time coming up through the minor...6737Tue, 28 May 2019 07:00:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-are-running-into-first-world-baseball-problems-now/Lost in the Minnesota Twins’ 18-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on May 18 was that all four runs Seattle scored came in the fifth inning. The Twins scored 15 of their 18 runs in the first five innings of the game, including five runs in the second and third inning. Jose Berrios was unable to get o...6735Sun, 26 May 2019 23:02:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-playdate-animal-crossing-anthem-george-rr-martin/6729Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lynx-looking-forward-to-challenge-of-2019-season/It’s officially that time of the year once again. The 2019 WNBA season is upon us.   The Minnesota Lynx will kick off the regular season on Saturday when it hosts the Chicago Sky at 7 p.m. at Target Center in the first game of the year.   After a busy offseason that saw more turnover to the rost...6728Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/no-all-nba-for-karl-anthony-towns-means-financial-flexibility-for-timberwolves/Nearly $32 million laid in the balance for Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to Thursday afternoon. If Towns was named to one of the league's three All-NBA teams, his contract extension -- set to commence this fall -- would escalate from five years, $158.1 million up to five...6727Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/incompetence-and-fortune-the-minnesota-timberwolves-and-new-orleans-pelicans/They say that luck is what happens when hard work meets opportunity.   But a similar sentiment would rarely prove accurate if expressed with regard to organizational aptitude in professional sports. No, luck -- as it relates to NBA franchises, at least -- isn’t a combination of any two things. It...6725Tue, 28 May 2019 07:05:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/pat-elflein-getting-accustomed-to-new-role-at-left-guard/There is little doubt remaining that the Minnesota Vikings will be turning to a rookie at the center position in 2019.   First-round pick Garrett Bradbury took the full allotment of first-team reps at center during Wednesday's open practice at Vikings OTAs, while Pat Elflein got settled in his ne...6721Wed, 22 May 2019 14:00:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-5-22-openers-bullpen-help-what-would-buck-get-on-the-open-market/Intros are pointless, let's roll.     I think something around...$120 million maybe? I was initially thinking $20 million per year, but that's a bit steep and there's still gotta be some risk baked in. At this rate, he'd be getting $15 million per year -- assuming we're voiding/avoiding his...6720Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-matt-dumba/Matt Dumba Age: 24 Position: Defenseman 2018-19 Stats: 12G-10A-22P Contract Status: Signed for four more seasons through 2023 ($6M million AAV) In a season of disappointments, there was perhaps no bigger disappointment on the Minnesota Wild then Matt Dumba's season-ending injury in mid-D...6715Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/that-addition-was-huge-for-us-lynx-already-seeing-benefits-of-sims-trade/One player that many did not foresee putting on a Minnesota Lynx jersey during her career was Odyssey Sims.   Since she broke into the league in 2014, and more specifically over the past few seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, Sims had established a rivalry with Minnesota — most notably with the...6714Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gersson-rosas-believes-in-ryan-saunders/Ryan Saunders was munching on a bag of potato chips Friday afternoon at the NBA's pre-Draft combine in Chicago. Two seats to Saunders' left sat Larry Bird and a few seats further down the way to his right sat Rick Carlisle, Frank Vogel, Tim Hardaway, David Griffin and Peja Stojakovic, along with h...6713Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-can-we-learn-from-minnesota-vikings-otas/Organized team activities, colloquially known as OTAs, begin this week for the Minnesota Vikings as they continue their 2019 offseason program.   This will be the first time we get a look at most of the team in uniform, offering a potential early glimpse at the Vikings' regular season plans.   W...6712Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/four-teams-that-could-have-interest-in-jared-spurgeon/As the offseason draws nearer which would bring trade season upon the NHLJared Spurgeon could be on the move this summer as he currently stands as Minnesota’s most valuable trade asset heading into the offseason.   Spurgeon, 30, is entering the final season of his four-year contract extension tha...6711Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-all-in-should-the-minnesota-twins-actually-be/On May 15, in the Minnesota Twins final game against the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field, Jake Odorizzi left the game in the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead. Trevor May, Matt Magill, Ryne Harper and Blake Parker all pitched in relief before Trevor Hildenberger entered to close out an 8-4 game.  ...6708Mon, 20 May 2019 06:52:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/brandon-clarke-is-one-path-the-minnesota-timberwolves-should-consider/CHICAGO -- Nervously rubbing kneecaps that had just posted a 40.5-inch vertical leap, Brandon Clarke squeezed out a smile out of the left side of his mouth as he said, "I would love playing with KAT."   An elder statesmen at this year's NBA combine in Chicago, the 22-year-old from Gonzaga Univers...6705Sat, 18 May 2019 08:24:48 +0000