https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/329/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-minecraft-earth-e3-final-fantasy-vii-esports/  Witness the mighty return of David Naylor! We've got a full house and we're ready to discuss the brand new Minecraft Earth announcement, as well as SCOTUS ruling over Apple, Final Fantasy VII, and a ton of eSports news!       In this episode: Minecraft Earth Announcement [3:00] SCOT...6704Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-twins-capitalized-on-unusual-offseason-marketplace-to-build-a-winner/In the mid-1980s, MLB teams colluded to keep player contracts -- both in terms of length and dollars -- from getting out of control. And while we'd stop short of using the c-word to describe the last two offseasons, there are some stunningly similar situations playing out before our very eyes.  ...6702Wed, 22 May 2019 12:13:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-place-garver-on-the-10-day-il-activate-sano/As a direct result of a collision at home plate during the eighth inning of Tuesday night's 4-3 over the Los Angeles Angels, the Minnesota Twins have placed catcher Mitch Garver on the 10-day injured list with a high-ankle sprain.   Shohei Ohtani attempted to score the tying run on a fly ball to...6697Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rocco-baldelli-on-opener-subterfuge-they-can-do-it-if-they-want/In Game 5 of the 2018 NLCS, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell started lefty Wade Miley against a righty-heavy Los Angeles Dodgers lineup, then pulled him after one hitter and replaced him with right-handed pitcher Brandon Woodruff.   Miley started the next game. It was all part of a plan t...6695Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/new-united-look-like-old-united-in-road-loss-to-chicago/It was a performance that reminded many of something they've seen from Minnesota United before: abhorrent performance on the road.   Last year set an incredible precedence for ineptitude as Minnesota finished an entire Major League Soccer campaign with a road record of 1-14-2. The present campaig...6694Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-timberwolves-2018-19-season-in-review-the-guardsish/It was a season of sideshows for the Minnesota Timberwolves -- organizational warfare dampened expectations before a coaching change and bouts of the injury bug made mediocrity the backdrop of Karl-Anthony Towns’ second-half surge.   But 82 games were played nonetheless; Towns gave his team a cha...6691Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-t-wolves-gaming-movie-theater-esports-lootbox-ban/6688Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gersson-rosas-minnesota-timberwolves-solution-working-from-the-inside-out/  When Daryl Morey was hired by the Houston Rockets in 2006, he inherited a 26-year-old Gersson Rosas onto his basketball operations staff. Rosas had already worked in the Rockets organization for three years as both a video coordinator and personnel scout prior to then-Rockets owner Leslie Alex...6677Tue, 07 May 2019 07:00:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gersson-rosas-is-set-out-to-find-a-balance-between-winning-now-and-sustainability/When Tom Thibodeau was announced as the new president of basketball operations and head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was asked about when he’ll turn the Wolves into a winner. “Might as well get started,” he said with a smirk.   Gersson Rosas, the Wolves new president, said “We want tan...6676Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/road-report-twins-take-one-of-three-in-the-bronx/The Minnesota Twins went into New York City looking to exorcise some demons against an undermanned New York Yankees squad, but ran into unexpected turbulence in multiple forms and picked up just one win in three games. Game 1 BOX (6-3 loss) Game 2 BOX (7-3 win) Game 3 BOX (4-1 rain-sho...6674Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-different-time-in-our-franchise-lynx-open-training-camp-with-many-new-faces/The WNBA season is officially underway for the Minnesota Lynx.   The Lynx kicked off the 2019 campaign on Sunday afternoon with hosting the first day of training camp at the team’s practice facility at The Courts at Mayo Clinic Square in downtown Minneapolis.   Minnesota will host training camp...6673Sun, 05 May 2019 20:01:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-1-seattle-sounders-1-loons-hold-the-line/In their past three games at Allianz Field, Minnesota United has welcomed the second-placed and fourth-placed teams in the Western Conference and the second-placed team in the Eastern Conference. They have faced teams whose attacks were lead by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney and now Jordan Morri...6672Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/pondering-whether-to-be-optimistic-or-pessimistic-after-another-home-draw-for-united/Is the glass half full or half empty? Depends on which lens you’re looking through.   On one hand, after drawing Saturday with the Seattle Sounders 1-1, Minnesota United are now undefeated in their four home games this season. But on the other hand, the Loons have only managed to win one game thu...6671Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-jack-gardner-talks-borderlands-3-randy-pitchford-and-soni/6669Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/after-leagues-abrupt-end-aaf-castoffs-get-second-chance-with-vikings/Karter Schult planned to get married on April 6 and play a football game the next day.   Only one of those two events went as planned.   To give you a hint which one, Schult is currently missing his Italian honeymoon to get in extra reps at Minnesota Vikings rookie mini-camp while his wife and m...6668Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/offseason-of-work-at-florida-baseball-ranch-appears-to-be-paying-off-for-odorizzi/3.34 ERA 3.18 FIP 9.1 K/9   These are the numbers of a pitcher who came to Target Field on Monday night and completely shut down one of the most powerful lineups in the American League.   And believe it or not, they aren't those of Houston Astros fireballer Justin Verlander -- they're from his...6664Thu, 02 May 2019 02:19:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-task-at-hand-for-gersson-rosas-and-his-minnesota-timberwolves/Gersson Rosas is not Tom Thibodeau.   For the Minnesota Timberwolves fanbase, that really feels like a win. But for the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise, the process of hiring Rosas was not all that different than hiring Thibodeau.   Oddly, that's a win too.   The thrust of the thesis of hiring...6661Thu, 02 May 2019 01:07:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-nfl-draft-grades-winners-losers/Now that the dust has settled, let's take a look at Luke Inman's NFL Draft winners and losers, based on talent and value acquired. NFL DRAFT WINNERS Washington Redskins Who’s running the show in the D.C. war room this year? A decade plus of watching this front office overspend and mortgage th...6659Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-vikings-way-too-early-2019-53-man-roster-projection/What's that? It's too early to project NFL rosters, you say?   You're correct, but we're going to do it anyway.   The Minnesota Vikings just finished rounding out their roster with a 12-man draft class and 10-man undrafted free agent class, giving us a complete picture of who will be attended OT...6657Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-out-how-perez-used-his-newfound-cutter-to-dominate-the-houston-astros/Every good idea is bound to be copied -- even if it doesn't seem that brilliant to begin with.   Houston Astros starter Gerrit Cole walked the first two batters he faced on Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins, then flirted with a no-hitter the rest of the night. Twins lefty Martin Perez wen...6655Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-being-a-wild-fan-will-require-patience/When I started writing about the Minnesota Wild five years ago, there was still much promise. They had just won their first playoff series in over a decade, they were knocking on the door of a deep playoff run, with a young core and a few seasoned vets. They might not have been a fun or sexy team...6653Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ferrell-wild-need-to-look-elsewhere-if-wanting-to-trade-zucker/It has been no secret that Wild general manager wishes to trade forward Jason Zucker. After signing a five-year extension last summer, Zucker has been shopped for a majority of the past year despite GM Paul Fenton giving the forward said extension at a $5.5 million AAV.   Fenton was almost able t...6649Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-1-d-c-united-0-the-possibility-of-consistency/As followers of the team through their tenure in MLS will know, defensive consistency has not been a hallmark of Minnesota United.   In their first two seasons, the club had two of the three worst defensive records in MLS history, and recent games against Toronto and New York City caused the rumb...6648Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/grading-the-minnesota-vikings-2019-draft/The draft is done! Here are Luke Inman's grades for the 11 position players taken (long-snapping scouting reports not included).   Round 1, Garrett Bradbury, C, NC State   You knew they would address the offensive line, but you didn't know when and with who. Well, although it wasn't sexy or spla...6647Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:08:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-pick-is-in-vikings-select-lb-cameron-smith-usc-in-fifth-round/With their fifth pick of the draft, the Minnesota Vikings used the 162nd pick to take linebacker Cameron Smith, out of USC.   Smith was a four-year contributor for the Trojans. Despite tearing his ACL as a freshman, he bounced back well and had his most productive year as a junior with 112 tackle...6645Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:06:49 +0000