https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/333/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bleed-out-or-show-up-a-warriors-and-sixers-weekend-for-the-timberwolves/Before Jimmy Butler and Joel Embiid strut into Target Center Saturday evening, Karl-Anthony Towns and crew will, yet again, be reminded that they just can't have nice things. Well, easy things, at least.   As if it weren't enough for the two most nuclear pieces of KAT kryptonite (Butler and Embii...6389Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-are-going-to-win-86-games-this-season/About 600 columns ago, I wrote that the Minnesota Twins would win 80 games in the 2017 season.   They went on to win 85 and lose in the Wild Card game against the New York Yankees.   I made no such proclamation prior to the 2018 season. The Twins won 78 games and had roughly 10 things go wrong t...6388Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:10:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-does-the-future-hold-for-gophers-basketball/As the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ 2018-19 season came to an end with a disappointing loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32, Richard Pitino's team caught a glimpse of the challenges that lie ahead for a program that must now replace one of its greatest assets.   With Jordan Mu...6384Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/against-all-odds-minnesota-twins-reliever-ryne-harper-has-arrived/They'll say spring training stats don't matter. They're not necessarily wrong. They're a small sample size against players ranging from big-league regulars to guys pulled off a back field wearing No. 99 and making memories they'll tell their grandkids about one day.   At the outset of spring trai...6382Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:20:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-nfl-draft-mock-5-0-what-would-i-do/Check out the previous versions: Mock 1.0 Mock 2.0 Mock 3.0 Mock 4.0   As we continue to creep closer and closer to the NFL Draft, it becomes ever more difficult to find the balance between real player-to-team links and old fashioned smoke screens, in hopes of scripting the most accurate mock...6381Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:39:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/video-gophers-seniors-emotional-as-careers-end-in-loss-to-michigan-state/Though it didn't last long enough to constitute a Cinderella run, the Minnesota Golden Gophers' NCAA Tournament journey ended Saturday night in a 70-50 loss to the Michigan State Spartans -- a loss that will be tied closely to injuries.   Jordan Murphy left the game after three minutes, succumbin...6377Sat, 23 Mar 2019 22:28:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-nfl-draft-minnesota-vikings-seven-round-mock-draft/My newest weekly segment showcases five different draft day gameplans for Rick Spielman and the Vikings front office. During each new mock draft I will break down a different first round option, the thought process behind it and how it will ultimately have a snowball effect on the rest of their dr...6373Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-little-fire-ignited-in-me-max-kepler-on-the-security-of-a-long-term-extension/A compelling case can be made that suggests Max Kepler has been a big part of the future plans of the Minnesota Twins for nearly a decade.   Kepler signed on July 11, 2009, and has been near the top of prospect lists pretty much the entire time -- if not national lists, definitely among top 10 li...6372Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/amir-coffeys-last-seven-games-have-been-transformational/DES MOINES, Iowa -- There was no players-only meeting. No emotional outburst. No rousing pre-game speech.   Nobody told Amir Coffey the Minnesota Golden Gophers needed his best to climb out of their season's low point. Whatever subliminal message was sent to the Gophers junior, it was ostensibly...6370Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/in-playoff-chase-remaining-schedule-does-not-favor-minnesota/After a disastrous homestand in which they won just one out of five games, the Minnesota Wild find themselves one point behind Wild Card holder Colorado for the last playoff spot in the West. Minnesota also currently trails Arizona, who is level with the Avalanche with 78 points, and all three tea...6369Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-golden-gophers-beat-louisville-at-its-own-game/DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Minnesota Golden Gophers went into Thursday's first-round NCAA Tournament game hoping to run the Louisville Cardinals off the 3-point arc.   It didn't seem wise, on paper, to get into a 3-point shooting contest with an opponent that shot 25 triples per game.   But Louisvi...6366Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-the-2019-wild-infuriation-tournament/Well folks, it's that time of year again. It's March Madness. While everyone is wasting company time filling out a bracket, Wild fans have their own tradition in March: crippling anger.   This season is no exception, as the Minnesota Wild seem to have found themselves in the worst spot in March i...6363Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-timberwolves-and-their-league-worst-3-point-defense/To say the 2018-19 Minnesota Timberwolves struggle to defend the 3-point line would be a massive understatement -- and admittance of not having watched the last handful of games.   After the Houston Rockets sprinkled 21 green dots of triple dust on the Wolves Sunday evening, the Golden State Warr...6356Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:24:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-spring-training-like-without-joe-mauer/This spring has brought uncharted territory for the Minnesota Twins in myriad ways.   First-year manager Rocco Baldelli has brought on a largely new staff, and there are new faces all over the diamond, like Nelson Cruz, Jonathan Schoop and Martin Perez, to name a few.   But perhaps the biggest c...6355Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/our-ice-has-been-more-like-their-ice-for-the-minnesota-wild-this-season/During the run of six consecutive playoff appearances, the Minnesota Wild have boasted themselves -- rightfully so -- as one of the best home teams in the National Hockey League. The team has even gone as far as using the home success in their ad campaigns with featured slogans of 'Home Ice Advant...6352Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/meet-the-opponent-gophers-draw-louisville-in-first-round-of-ncaa-tournament/As it turns out, bracket experts Jerry Palm and Joe Lunardi might have been too optimistic about the Minnesota Golden Gophers' resume.   Projected as an 8- or 9-seed going into Sunday, the Gophers dropped to a 10-seed in the official bracket and drew a first-round matchup with 7-seed Louisville....6350Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:42:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/five-observations-from-gophers-2-1-ot-loss-in-big-ten-semifinal/The late-season surge for Gophers men's hockey came to a screeching halt Saturday night in South Bend with a 2-1 overtime loss to Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish, who were seeded No. 2 in the Big Ten Tournament held the No. 3 Gophers in check throughout the night until they were finally able to cap...6349Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/los-angeles-galaxy-3-minnesota-united-2-reality-check/The perfect start to the season for Minnesota United FC was bound to end at some point, even with their first two wins something of a pleasant surprise and the upgrades they made in the offseason. One hoped they would make it a third win against a Los Angeles Galaxy side missing their superstar st...6348Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/experienced-galaxy-take-down-still-a-work-in-progress-united-3-2/If the first two matches of Minnesota United’s season underlined the resurgence new roster additions have provided the franchise, Saturday night’s match highlighted the kinks that come with a newly formed unit.   From the beginning, it was clear the Los Angeles Galaxy were playing at a pace at le...6347Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-show-their-best-and-worst-in-final-games-before-big-dance/CHICAGO, Ill. -- In less than 24 hours, the Minnesota Golden Gophers showed their Jekyll-iest Jekyll and their Hyde-iest Hyde. Their best version and their worst version juxtaposed against each other.   The latter, a 76-49 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten semi-finals, will justifiably be chalked u...6346Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/big-ten-tourney-can-the-gophers-starters-keep-logging-huge-minutes/It helps to have a deep bench in the conference tournament format that forces teams to play three, four or even five games in as many days to win a championship.   The Minnesota Golden Gophers, however, are doubling down on their stars playing heavy minutes. It worked Thursday night against Penn...6343Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/time-to-tank-the-timberwolves-past-points-to-a-strategy-for-productive-losses/  Andrew Wiggins was getting to the free throw line at will. In back-to-back 29-point performances on April 8 and April 10 of 2015 -- game 78 and 79 of the 2014-15 season -- Wiggins shot a combined 26 free throws in the two games. This was emblematic of what had become a trend: in addition to h...6332Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/fort-report-c-j-cron-focused-on-continued-growth-not-replacing-joe-mauer/FORT MYERS, FLA. -- CJ Cron had a massive offensive season for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018. Not only did he hit nearly as many homers (30) as the two previous years combined (32), but he set career-highs across the board in games played, plate appearances, doubles, RBIs, walks and OPS+.   It’s not...6328Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:07:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/free-agency-preview-what-do-the-vikings-do-at-defensive-tackle/Leading up to free agency in mid-March, we will examine a multitude of angles pertaining to the Minnesota Vikings’ free agency approach.   PREVIOUS STORIES Should the Vikings Be Comfortable With Backup Kyle Sloter? Do the Vikings Need to Sign Another RB? A Look at the Backup Tight End Options...6326Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-3-san-jose-0-what-is-this-feeling/In Minnesota United FC's four meetings with the San Jose Earthquakes since their arrival in the MLS, nothing has seemed to go right. 1-0 and 3-2 losses in 2017 went with 3-2 and 3-1 losses in 2018. The games in 2018 were all the more humiliating, as they were two of San Jose's four wins in the ent...6324Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000