https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/351/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/paul-molitor-minnesota-twins-are-embracing-the-shift/When Derek Falvey and Thad Levine were hired as the Minnesota Twins chief baseball officer and general manager, respectively, in October of 2016, many wondered how long Paul Molitor would retain his job as manager. Hired by the Terry Ryan in 2015, Molitor’s ability to hit into his 40s turned him i...5180Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/eddie-rosario-on-the-all-star-game-i-deserve-to-be-there/Underneath their uniforms on Monday, the Minnesota Twins are wearing tuxedo shirts. It’s not because they want their Jesus to party, as in Talladega Nights. It’s because they want to send Eddie Rosario to the All-Star Game -- a promotion for the outfielder based on The Bachelor.  “There’s guys...5175Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/josh-okogie-and-keita-bates-diop-a-wing-cocktail-in-vegas/LAS VEGAS -- Summer League in Vegas is suped-up pickup basketball. And with the Minnesota Timberwolves summer squad featuring Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop they possess two of the quintessential pickup hoops characters: The Freak and The Finesse.   "He's like old-school," is how Okogie describ...5169Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/thorpe-kirilloff-to-represent-twins-at-futures-game/The 2018 SiriusXM MLB Futures Game will take place on Sunday, July 15 at 3 p.m. at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., and will be televised on MLB Network.   This time around, the Twins will have two representatives. Outfielder Alex Kirilloff will play on the USA team, while left-handed pitcher L...5163Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lynx-bully-sparks-as-brunson-breaks-rebounding-record/Rebekkah Brunson entered Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles Sparks 11 rebounds shy of the WNBA's all-time career rebounding record held by Tamika Catchings. While all the storylines of another chapter in the Sparks-Lynx rivalry remained in place, Brunson broke the record and was a major...5162Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/player-ratings-dazzling-darwin-trumps-toronto-with-harmonious-hat-trick/Positives The 3-5-2. Minnesota United head coach Adrian Heath has found a genius tactical adjustment for his team, and its potential could be boundless. The new formation does so many things for this team; namely, seemingly solving the team’s two biggest problems — flimsy defense and inability t...5161Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/majestic-performance-from-quintero-leads-loons-to-snap-losing-streak/It seemed impossible that Minnesota United could go yet another week without putting some goals in the back of the net after Friday's ridiculous loss to FC Dallas. The Fourth of July let free the Loons offense, and three spectacular goals from Darwin Quintero keyed a 4-3 win over last season's MLS...5160Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/guerra-relief-aces-hold-twins-to-just-two-hits-in-2-0-win-at-miller-park/MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- For four-and-a-half innings, Minnesota Twins starter Jake Odorizzi and Milwaukee Brewers counterpart Junior Guerra traded zeroes as both offenses looked punchless in the hot Wisconsin sun.   One swing from Eric Thames changed all that.   Thames hit a two-run home run off a cut...5158Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-twins-fate-could-be-decided-on-next-homestand/MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- The Minnesota Twins have found some pretty agonizing ways to lose games this season, but not many were as creative as suffering a walk-off walk like what happened at Miller Park on Monday night.   As a result, the Twins fell to 11 games below .500 -- a season-worst mark -- and...5157Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-notebook-roster-moves-abound-as-twins-descend-upon-milwaukee/MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Despite moving some 90 miles down I-94, the Minnesota Twins look drastically different on Monday than they did Sunday at Wrigley Field at the conclusion of the Chicago Cubs series -- a three-game sweep under difficult weather conditions.   Here’s a look at the roster moves made...5153Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/catching-up-with-the-catcher-chris-gimenez-on-iowa-willson-contreras-joe-maddon-and-more/CHICAGO -- Wrigley Field is a logistical nightmare for a rookie reporter.   Good luck finding the visiting clubhouse, which is situated between a wide range of box seats on the first-base side, but down a concourse that looks no different than those used by fans to get to their seats.   The hom...5152Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/percy-harvin-opens-up-about-anxiety-time-with-vikings-in-si-feature/When the Minnesota Vikings drafted Percy Harvin in the first round of the 2009 draft, it was thought to be the start of a long, successful partnership. Harvin won Offensive Rookie of the Year his first season and helped the Vikings reach the NFC Championship Game.   But Harvin only lasted four se...5150Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-swept-by-surging-cubs-to-fall-season-high-10-games-under-500/CHICAGO -- Lance Lynn said it best when asked about the heat, as the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs played in day No. 3 with temps soaring toward 100 degrees.   BOX   “I wasn't out there long enough to know, truthfully,” Lynn said flatly when asked about the conditions. Lynn recorded just five...5149Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/derrick-rose-signing-and-cole-aldrich-waiving-breeds-opportunity-for-timberwolves/If the goal of this offseason is to find a way -- through cap hell -- into finding an extra and meaningful piece to add to the core, signing Derrick Rose to a minimum contract and waiving Cole Aldrich were two steps in the right direction for the Minnesota Timberwolves.   Many fans fall on the da...5147Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/helter-skelter-in-a-summer-swelter-twins-drop-second-straight-at-sizzling-wrigley-field/CHICAGO -- Noted poet Don McLean said it best when he wrote the following words back in 1971.   “Helter skelter in a summer swelter... The birds flew off with a fallout shelter.”   The Minnesota Twins’ 14-9 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Saturday featured 10 pitchers, 342 pitches,...5141Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-this-twins-team-requires-patience-a-luxury-they-may-not-have/CHICAGO -- Covering baseball is such a weird thing.   We cover a day-to-day game, though we really need about a month -- two weeks in either direction -- to really feel good about the assessments we make.   There’s a lot we don’t know even when we’re in the clubhouse, too. Why didn’t the manag...5137Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/collin-martin-becomes-first-active-openly-gay-male-athlete-in-major-american-sports/While Minnesota United played FC Dallas on Friday night, the club's celebration of Pride Night was amplified earlier in the day to a new degree. Midfielder Collin Martin came out as a gay man on Twitter on Friday morning, becoming the first openly gay male athlete to be active in any of America's...5136Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-expectations-does-danielle-hunters-contract-set/The 2019 free agency class could have exploded in Rick Spielman’s face.   With Trae Waynes, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, Stefon Diggs and Anthony Barr all set to have contracts expire after the 2018 season, the Vikings could have found themselves swiftly depleted of talent shortly after an NF...5134Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/these-five-vikings-have-the-most-to-prove-in-2018/In a league where one bad season can spell doom for a player -- and performance in contract years often dictates a player's financial future -- a lot is riding on the 2018 season for a handful of Minnesota Vikings.   This year will act as a tipping point for the following five players. Let's take...5133Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-timberwolves-sit-patiently-as-they-wait-for-free-agency-fallout/Tom Thibodeau knows that he may end up re-signing Derrick Rose and Nemanja Bjelica. He also knows that there are other players that would be a fit with the Minnesota Timberwolves -- Avery Bradley, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Joe Harris, etc. -- who could be available. Maybe there’s an Andrew Wiggins...5131Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rose-wiggins-mid-level-exception-three-big-timberwolves-questions/While most Americans will be roasting in the sun or floating on a boat this first weekend of July, Tom Thibodeau and Scott Layden will be confined to the glass walls of Mayo Clinic Square.   NBA free agency begins at midnight eastern on July 1 and while the words the Minnesota Timberwolves sign.....5130Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-minnesota-wild-free-agency-needs/'Tis the season.   It's mid-summer, which means the NHL offseason is reaching its glorious crescendo. Teams are lining up in Los Angeles to talk to this summer's hottest commodity, John Tavares, making bad trades to jockey for cap space position and overpaid players are getting bought out.   It...5129Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-sign-de-danielle-hunter-to-lucrative-five-year-extension/The Minnesota Vikings crossed another item off their summer checklist by extending 23-year-old defensive end Danielle Hunter to a reported five-year, $72 million extension that will keep him in Minnesota into his prime. The Vikings have now locked up two defensive cornerstones this offseason be...5126Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-timberwolves-feel-okogie-and-bates-diop-are-a-fit-but-are-they-ready-for-the-nba/Versatility, wingspan and 3-point shooting.   All three qualities have been emphasized ad nauseam by Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden since they drafted Josh Okogie No. 20 overall and Keita Bates-Diop at No. 48. The Wolves n...5123Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-position-battles-2018-53-man-roster/Over the past few weeks, Zone Coverage has broken down the Minnesota Vikings post-draft roster by position group and taken a stab at which players will make the team.   Other Articles Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Running Backs Tight Ends Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Corn...5122Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000