https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/337/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-find-the-right-combo-for-now-with-parise-coyle-kunin/Scoring depth from all four lines on a hockey team can seem like a solid scenario. Get balanced scoring efforts from the whole roster, and life is good. But sometimes, particularly when a team is climbing out of a slump, having even one line that’s excelling and producing points is all a coach can...6082Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tom-thibodeau-left-the-minnesota-timberwolves-with-a-core-that-can-win/In February of 2016, four days before the All-Star Game, the Minnesota Timberwolves released a video called the “Rising Wolves Courtside Chat” in an effort to promote their young core. Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine sat side by side in the team’s new practice facility discussin...6081Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/assertiveness-becoming-the-norm-for-amir-coffey/The Golden Gophers defense came to play last Thursday at Wisconsin, shutting out the Badgers for over nine minutes in the first half.   Minnesota's offense, however, was laboring.   With Minnesota leading just 14-11 after all that defensive work, it felt like the Badgers had gotten a reprieve fo...6078Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ranking-the-uniform-matchups-of-the-nfl-divisional-round/Uniform coverage, something that has been a staple of the Giles and the Goalie podcast, is going to try and make weekly appearance here in the written form as well. The segment will not always be hockey related, as we will try to hit on the topic/uniform du jour of the week in sports.   To kick o...6074Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-dan-bailey-return-to-the-vikings/For the next week or so, we’ll summarize everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker sessions before the team disbanded for the offseason. We’re calling it our End of Season Series.   OTHER STORIES   Diggs: Double Teams “Put Me in a Different Mind State” Latavius Murray Would...6073Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tom-thibodeaus-ousting-allows-timberwolves-to-reconnect-to-youth/The morning after the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise officially broke their 14-season playoff drought in a 104-101 loss to the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the 2018 playoffs, the Wolves had a Monday morning practice at Rice University.   The small, hot college gymnasium was a short bus ride awa...6071Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:33:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tom-thibodeau-fired-as-timberwolves-players-discuss-a-night-out-at-top-golf/In a shocking turn of events that followed back-to-back blowout victories by the Minnesota Timberwolves over the weekend, Tom Thibodeau has been fired as head coach, per The Athletic.   For many fans of the franchise who had become fatigued during the Thibodeau-era, this news comes with a special...6070Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/poehling-proves-himself-at-world-junior-championship/Ryan Poehling was chosen as the 25th overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2017 NHL Draft. When he was asked about the draft for a preview story before his 2017-18 season with St. Cloud State hockey, Poehling acknowledged he was a high pick in the draft but said it was just the beginning f...6066Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-showed-grit-in-rare-road-win-at-wisconsin/MADISON, Wisc. -- The way the Minnesota Golden Gophers shellshocked the Wisconsin Badgers by building a 15-point halftime lead in Wisconsin's home gym was impressive.   Perhaps more impressive was the way they refused to flounder as the Badgers made their unsurprising second-half run.   Less tha...6059Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/zimmer-death-of-tony-sparano-sent-season-into-downward-spiral/For the second time in three seasons, the Minnesota Vikings regressed from a division champion to an eight-win team.   While a multitude of reasonable explanations exist for why the Vikings struggled offensively in Year 1 of having Kirk Cousins as their quarterback, the most influential event mig...6054Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rhodes-ive-been-fighting-injuries-all-year/For the next week or so, we’ll summarize everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker room sessions before the team disbanded for the offseason. We’re calling it our End of Season Series.   OTHER STORIES   Diggs: Double Teams “Put Me in a Different Mind State”   Latavius Murra...6052Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-timberwolves-2019-financial-picture/The turn of a new year triggers the need to dust off a tool those who follow the Minnesota Timberwolves closely are all too familiar with: The dual lens. Twenty losses in the 2018 calendar year and a 21st Wednesday against the Boston Celtics means it is time to begin looking ahead at 2019 without...6050Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:15:15 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gophers-set-to-restart-big-ten-play-in-toughest-environment-yet/After a grueling stretch of nonconference games against Power 5 teams and a two-game tease of Big Ten action, the Minnesota Golden Gophers (11-2, 1-1) meandered past four non-conference opponents without putting forth their finest efforts.   They'll need to bring their best Thursday night to beat...6046Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/latavius-murray-would-return-to-vikings-but-wants-to-compete-for-starting-role/For the next week or so, we’ll summarize everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker room sessions before the team disbanded for the offseason. We’re calling it our End of Season Series.   OTHER STORIES Diggs: Double Teams “Put Me in a Different Mind State”   Latavius Murra...6045Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/diggs-double-teams-put-me-in-a-different-mind-state/For the next week or so, we'll summarize everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker room sessions before the team disbanded for the offseason. We're calling it our End of Season Series.   It was another banner year for both Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. Both set career highs...6041Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/three-telling-stats-from-the-2018-vikings-season/With the 2018 season complete, we can now look at the full 16-game sample size to see what story the stats tell us.   Here are three areas that led to the Minnesota Vikings' downfall. Short-Yardage Failures [caption id=attachment_45918" align="alignnone" width="640] Photo Credit: Joe Nicholson...6038Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:49:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-12-31-ask-me-anything/We're getting ready to head into a New Year and for the Minnesota Twins to intrioduce Nelson Cruz, so in the meantime, why not take some questions from the peanut gallery?   https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne/status/1079129335158718471   *deep breath* OK, here we go:     Not very high, due...6037Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:56:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bears-played-to-win-and-rightfully-dominated-vikings-in-decisive-moments/One look at the out-of-town scoreboard might have told the Chicago Bears they had nothing for which to play. Their attempt to snag the No. 2 seed away from the Los Angeles Rams disappeared quickly as the Rams jumped out by 25 points in the first half over the San Francisco 49ers. The Bears wouldn'...6036Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirk-cousins-enters-offseason-under-scrutiny-after-week-17-dud/One-third of the way into his ground-breaking fully-guaranteed contract with the Minnesota Vikings, Kirk Cousins sees value -- however hollow -- in Minnesota's non-playoff season that ended flatly Sunday afternoon with a 24-10 loss to the Chicago Bears.   "It's OK to be disappointed," said Cousin...6035Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:05:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/locker-room-video-vikings-react-to-season-ending-loss/Hear from a somber Minnesota Vikings locker room following their 24-10 loss to the Chicago Bears that knocked them out of the playoffs.   KYLE RUDOLPH     KIRK COUSINS     MIKE ZIMMER     ADAM THIELEN     STEPHEN WEATHERLY     LATAVIUS MURRAY     ANTHONY BARR      ...6034Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/eric-curry-returns-from-injury-after-more-than-a-year/For a Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team that didn’t make the NCAA Tournament last season, the loss to Middle Tennessee in the first round in March of 2017 might seem like a long time ago.   Imagine how it feels to be Eric Curry.   That was the last time the 6-foot-9 forward saw game...6033Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/five-fun-timberwolves-things-at-the-turn-of-a-new-year/For the Minnesota Timberwolves, 2018 was both constructive and confounding.   First, the franchise sent a pair of players to the All-Star game in Los Angeles. Then, they finally made a playoff appearance. In that opening-round series against the Houston Rockets, they won Game 3 at home – inspirin...6029Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-roughest-six-weeks-of-my-life-mike-hughes-is-back-on-his-feet-following-knee-surgery/Rookie corner Mike Hughes was seen throughout the months of October and November driving around the Minnesota Vikings practice facility on a scooter. By day, he couldn't walk. At night, he struggled to sleep.   For the second straight year, the Vikings saw their top pick suffer an October knee in...6027Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/establishing-the-run-will-be-more-important-and-more-difficult-against-chicago/The thing the Minnesota Vikings want to do the most on Sunday may prove to be the most challenging against a tough Chicago Bears defense, yet it may be the consequential factor in whether they qualify for the postseason.   Running the ball ineffectively caused the Vikings offense to stutter in th...6026Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-still-seeing-linval-josephs-impact-despite-drop-in-production/It has surely been tempting for Minnesota Vikings fans to take nose tackle Linval Joseph for granted since he signed with the team in 2014.   In his five years in Minnesota, Joseph has managed to be one of the league's best run-stuffers while often taking on two blockers, yet he's found a way to...6021Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000