https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/336/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/free-agency-preview-do-the-vikings-need-to-find-a-backup-qb/Leading up to free agency in mid-March, we will examine a multitude of angles pertaining to the Minnesota Vikings' free agency approach.   It might seem early, but let's start the slow burn of the Vikings' offseason now. After all, the legal tampering period starts six weeks from Monday.   Here...6173Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:59:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/point-andrew-wiggins-expands-timberwolves-identity/At halftime of the Minnesota Timberwolves nationally televised matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, TNT's Kenny Smith skipped a step. Smith didn't even bother going to his big board to breakdown film from the first 24 minutes of the Wolves-Lakers game. Neither the Timberwolves nor the Lakers we...6167Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:46:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-the-twins-payroll-situation-is-complex-frustrating-bewildering-but-also-worth-examining/For the sake of this exercise, let’s assume we can take people at their word. Lavelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune has recently intimated that he felt the Minnesota Twins were more or less done making additions this offseason.   On Thursday night during the Diamond Awards prior to...6166Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:33:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/does-karl-anthony-towns-deserve-an-all-star-nod/Everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to assembling the NBA’s All-Star teams -- it’s like a local town hall meeting of esteemed basketball minds.   First, representing a swath of concerned townspeople, NBA fans make their personal convictions known by voting for their favorite players. Then, co...6165Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-rewind-a-second-look-at-the-end-game-drama/If you haven't noticed yet, the Big Ten is packed with as much parity as it's had since expanding to 14 teams.   It's a season where bottom-rung Rutgers can knock off Ohio State and Nebraska, Illinois can beat Minnesota by 27 points and lose to Iowa by 24 the next game, and a top-25 team like Ind...6159Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-it-time-for-karl-anthony-towns-and-the-timberwolves-to-get-bigger/The Minnesota Timberwolves past week -- which included losses to Philadelphia and San Antonio along with a pair of wins against Phoenix -- was bookended by massive blowouts.   First, it was a 42-point bruising at the hands of Philadelphia's 7-foot-2 Joel Embiid, 250-pound Ben Simmons and (like hi...6158Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/former-viking-john-sullivan-is-super-bowl-bound/Nine years after having his heart broken at the Superdome in New Orleans, John Sullivan finally got his revenge against the Saints as a member of a Los Angeles Rams.   The longtime Vikings center will start Super Bowl LIII, having resurrected his career after a 2015 back surgery in Minnesota seem...6157Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-nino-trade-perspective-and-memories/Some sports moments are just burned into the brain, good or bad.   For Minnesota Wild fans, there’s probably the Andrew Brunette goal against Colorado to win the playoff series during the 2003 run. The other big moment against the Avalanche should be the overtime goal from Nino Niederreiter in Ga...6154Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-1-21-payroll-rosters-buckets-of-balls/Hi. Twitter   I mean it could be, but it's far more likely it isn't than it is. I'm not sure how Buster Olney connected the dots that the Twins could be in on one of the higher-priced guys, but it's not as though the theory lacks logic.   The Twins could easily fit that kind of contract...6150Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jordan-murphys-performance-saves-gophers-from-devastating-loss/Senior forward Jordan Murphy was insatiable.   His ravenous appetite on the floor Saturday night propelled the Gophers to a desperately-needed 65-64 victory over Penn State as Murphy stuffed the box score with 19 points, 21 rebounds, six assists, three blocks and three steals.   It also made him...6148Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/maya-moore-reportedly-unsure-about-her-future-with-lynx/It appears as though Maya Moore’s future in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx is filled with uncertainty.   According to a report during his weeknight sportscast on Wednesday night, WCCO’s Mike Max reported that Moore is unsure about her future in Minnesota and if she wants to return to the Lynx d...6142Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-still-trying-to-discern-changing-tournament-criteria/The old cliche in the physical Big Ten play used to be that teams needed to muck it up in order to win. Bruising, low-scoring matchups were something to be reveled in. Final scores of 49-47? Bring it on. An ugly win is still a win.   That's not true any longer now that the NCAA has moved away fro...6132Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-lost-their-head-to-jimmy-butler-and-the-sixers/PHILADELPHIA -- Ben Simmons was rummaging through his locker looking for a pair of shoes he misplaced before Tuesday night's matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Eventually, he gave up and handed the duty over to an equipment manager. In what appeared to be boredom, Simmons cleared the diam...6130Wed, 16 Jan 2019 07:37:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/offensive-staff-turnover-continues-for-vikings-as-defensive-staff-stays-pat/The Minnesota Vikings added three to their offensive staff on Monday with potential to add a fourth soon, continuing the coaching staff carousel that's seemingly been spinning for several years.   Former Texans and Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak signed on to be an offensive advisor. His son, Klin...6127Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:46:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/for-the-wild-theres-just-something-about-january/Sometimes there are arbitrary dates on a calendar that get remembered for various reasons. Jan. 14 is circled in Minnesota Wild history as the day goaltender Devan Dubnyk was traded to the team in one of the most successful trades ever for the franchise. After Monday night’s game in Philadelphia f...6123Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-1-14-top-three-ballparks-visited-target-field-food-kyler-murray/(Insert your own snarky, witty intro here.) Twitter   OK, so I'm going to omit Target Field because when someone asks you about the nicest houses you've been in, you never list your own. Fenway Park - This was in 2006, but even still I remember moving around the dimly lit concourses...6120Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/foul-trouble-is-the-only-thing-slowing-karl-anthony-towns/In 33 years since the NBA and ABA merged, no player has committed a personal foul ... if you ask them.   It’s become so commonplace for both competitors and their coaches to challenge a referee’s whistle -- almost every single one of a referee’s whistles -- that countermeasures have been taken to...6116Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-has-plagued-the-minnesota-wild-power-play/Since Matt Dumba left the ice on Dec. 15 against Calgary, the Wild power play has gone from up over 26 percent to now at just 22 percent. The outage of production on the power play has not taken the Wild out of the top 10 in the league, but there have been many times where the power play has gone...6115Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:53:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ryan-saunders-isnt-flip-but-makes-minnesota-believe-because-he-could-be/If you're a Minnesota Timberwolves fan and Ryan Saunders' age (32) or younger, the Flip Saunders Era of Timberwolves basketball is a bit murky. Sure, the names like Rasho Nesterovic stick out and the memory of KG hopping on the scorer's table after Game 7 against Sacramento is unforgettable -- ....6111Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/stefanski-were-going-to-be-a-physical-group/No longer bound by the interim label after being named the Minnesota Vikings' 2019 offensive coordinator, Kevin Stefanski spoke Friday for the first time about his vision for the offense, which sputtered throughout the second half of the season as the Vikings missed the playoffs at 8-7-1.   Forme...6100Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-prospect-exemplifies-humility-and-charity-with-sale-of-jewelry/Spend a few minutes with Minnesota Twins top prospect Royce Lewis and you'll realize he's not like anyone else -- let alone others his age.   Lewis, who won’t turn 20 until June 5, has the kind of transcendent personality that can alter the course of a franchise, and that's in addition to his tre...6098Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/laquon-treadwell-wants-to-be-back-i-love-playing-with-these-boys/This is the final article in our End of Season series, summarizing everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker session before the team disbanded for the offseason.   OTHER STORIES   -Diggs: Double Teams “Put Me in a Different Mind State” -Latavius Murray Would Return to Vikin...6097Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/for-ryan-saunders-and-andrew-wiggins-keeping-that-same-energy-is-adjustment-number-one/After drawing a foul on what could, really, only be described as an angry attack of the basket, Andrew Wiggins removed himself from the fray and walked towards the perimeter before stepping to the free-throw line. He was alone and staring into the distance when a camera grabbed a glimpse of Wiggin...6090Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:43:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-1-8-payroll-trades-and-n64-games/New year, new you!   OK, now that we're done with that nonsense, let's take some questions from the peanut gallery. Whatcha got? TWITTER   My daughter turns 20 months in a little less than a week, and when you look into your child's eyes and see yourself staring back at you, it's equal p...6087Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:34:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/digging-into-jason-zuckers-month-long-slump/It was Dec. 4 against Vancouver. Jason Zucker had scored a goal late in the second period to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 lead. The goal -- Zucker's ninth of the season -- went on to be the game-winner for the Wild winger as he celebrated his second goal in as many games.     Since that goal a...6086Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000