https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/354/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-the-timberwolves-style-fits-these-nba-playoffs/With the fewest 3-point attempts in the league and the league's ninth-slowest pace, the 2017-18 Minnesota Timberwolves were the antithesis to pace-and-space. Much to the chagrin of the fan base and definitely those who opine on the team, this style received the labels of 'grating' and 'hard to wat...4949Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-the-financial-implications-of-all-nba-awards-for-towns-butler/Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Draymond Green were the only pair -- or in their case grouping -- of teammates to make an All-NBA team a season ago. On Wednesday afternoon, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jimmy Butler crossed that elite threshold as teammates when the pair were awarded 2017-18 All-NBA third...4946Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ekstrom-stefon-diggs-enters-contract-year-with-confidence/Even when there's nothing at stake, Stefon Diggs still has a way of catching your eye.   Since his surprising rookie season, where the fifth-round pick became one of the Vikings' top receiving threats, it's been easy to notice that Diggs is different. His route-running is crisper than most, his a...4945Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-position-battles-2018-wide-receivers/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 Running Backs Tight Ends Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Cornerbacks Safetie...4944Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/pesky-tigers-take-down-twins-gibson-to-avoid-target-field-sweep/Other than a quirky first-inning double, Wednesday afternoon was a yawner for the Minnesota Twins as the Detroit Tigers salvaged game three to stave off a sweep on getaway day at Target Field by a 4-1 margin.   BOX   Michael Fulmer was very good, but Kyle Gibson was pretty solid in his own right...4941Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mike-zimmer-on-new-anthem-policy-i-think-its-important-that-we-stand-for-the-anthem/The National Football League finalized a national anthem policy Wednesday in response to various instances last season in which players kneeled for the pre-game anthem to protest racial injustice.   No Minnesota Vikings took a knee, though a segment of the team elected to link arms during the son...4940Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ota-notebook-anthony-barr-absent-unknown-injuries-line-rotations/The Minnesota Vikings opened Wednesday's organized team activity to the media, giving reporters their first glimpse of the full team this offseason.   Despite being an optional practice, 88 Vikings were present, continuing the team's strong attendance record in recent seasons. That left two absen...4939Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-clubhouse-reaction-from-phil-hughes-departure/The cooling off period to get into the clubhouse after Monday’s game at Target Field was long.   Unusually long.   The accepted standard that is not enforced but is the general rule is 10 minutes, and Monday’s went well past that mark, if not past 20 minutes.   That alone isn’t all that unusu...4938Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lynn-three-relievers-combine-for-seven-hit-shutout-of-the-tigers/The Minnesota Twins hung up a pair of threes on the Detroit Tigers in an otherwise nondescript night at Target Field on Tuesday. The Twins won 6-0, and have a chance to get within a game of .500 before heading out on a road trip that starts in Seattle on Friday.   Lance Lynn gave the Twins 6.2 sc...4937Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-tommy-john-files-lhp-zach-duke/Tommy John celebrated his 75th birthday on Tuesday, but the surgery that bears his name is well over 40 years old. In fact, enter a room of pitchers and you’ll find that the sampling of those who’ve had Tommy John surgery is akin to going to a fraternity and trying to find a dude who has ever had...4935Tue, 22 May 2018 20:18:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/matt-magill-ready-to-throw-everything-he-has-to-help-the-twins/It would be easy to have overlooked Matt Magill coming into this season.   He’s 28 -- he’ll be 29 in November -- and he came into this year with a couple of shots of espresso in the big leagues. Not necessarily good ones, either.   The short answer is that he had a 6.47 ERA, more walks (33) th...4931Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-are-the-odds-the-vikings-defense-regresses/It’s no secret that the Minnesota Vikings have been driven by the strength of their defense since Mike Zimmer took the head coaching job -- and honestly, several years before that as well.   Despite a persistent emphasis on defense, the Vikings reached heights last season that they hadn’t seen si...4928Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-position-battles-2018-quarterbacks/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 Wide Receivers Running Backs Tight Ends Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Linebackers Cornerbacks Safet...4924Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/odorizzi-fans-ten-morrison-delivers-in-the-clutch-in-twins-3-1-win-over-brewers/The Minnesota Twins were on the verge of spoiling Jake Odorizzi's 5.2-inning, ten-strikeout performance when Logan Morrison hit a single high off the right-field wall to score Brian Dozier and Max Kepler, scoring the go-ahead runs in the Minnesota Twins 3-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.   Morri...4918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-withstand-kansas-city-assault-earn-valuable-1-1-draw/Sporting Kansas City entered Sunday’s game at TCF Bank Stadium as the envy of the MLS Western Conference. They led the league by three points, with an offense that had scored the most goals in the West and a plus-11 goal difference that was six goals better than the next closest team.   It was ea...4917Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/byron-buxton-is-working-on-pitch-recognition-in-order-to-get-back-on-track-at-the-plate/A year after hitting .253/.314/.413 with 16 homers and receiving MVP votes, Byron Buxton is being tested. He’s still practicing wizardry in the outfield and Mario-warping between the bases, but he’s still feeling pain because of a hairline fracture in his toe, which has held him to 19 games this s...4916Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-needs-to-be-learned-from-minnesotas-expansion-draft-woes/With the expansion Vegas Golden Knights now in the Stanley Cup Final, the knife continues to twist in Wild fans' collective hearts as Erik Haula and Alex Tuch help lead this team into the Stanley Cup Final.   No, this is not going to be a place where yelling ensues about getting over it. That's a...4915Mon, 21 May 2018 08:00:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-trading-andrew-wiggins-will-be-very-difficult/Despite his contract, Andrew Wiggins' name has been bantered about in the ethers as a potential player to be traded this offseason. Given the price tag of that contract -- approximately $147 million over five years -- and its relative vitality, this is a true indictment on the former first overall...4914Mon, 21 May 2018 07:00:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lets-calm-down-karl-anthony-towns-isnt-going-anywhere/On Friday afternoon, ESPN's Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst -- two of the best NBA reporters in the business -- sat down to do a podcast to discuss various topics surrounding the NBA playoffs and the offseason.   One of their topics -- albeit for no more than 45 seconds -- was Karl-Anthony Towns, m...4909Fri, 18 May 2018 23:02:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/faklis-avoiding-the-draft-lottery-and-the-meaning-of-firsts/Watching Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery was a strange experience for most Timberwolves fans. For over a decade, the large plastic drum containing hundreds of ping pong balls held the team's fate.   And in almost every case, this process didn't help them. The Timberwolves still have yet to move up in...4907Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lynx-sparks-rekindle-rivalry-in-sundays-season-opener/The Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks have created quite a rivalry over the last few seasons.   As two of the top teams in the WNBA over the last handful of years, Minnesota and Los Angeles have met in back-to-back WNBA Finals, battling in what has become two of the most entertaining Finals s...4906Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sporting-kc-represents-model-organization-for-mnufc/Minnesota United faced off against Sporting Kansas City on four occasions last year, finishing with a record of 1-1-2. The Loons face SKC for the first since those meetings Sunday and, according to Minnesota head coach Adrian Heath, United has a myriad of reasons for reflection when it comes to fa...4905Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/david-wells-perfect-game-20-years-later/It’s May 17, 1998.   It’s 8:30 a.m.   It’s a Sunday.   There is nothing remotely perfect about David Wells’ state of mind as he’s on the receiving end of a Senton Splash -- as popularized by the Hardy Boyz of WWE fame from that era -- from his son Brandon. Having poured himself into bed a mer...4903Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/late-rally-comes-up-short-as-lynn-struggles-through-another-start-for-twins/Everything was lined up for this to be a Lance Lynn revenge game.   He was facing his former team for the first time -- the only team he’d known before the Twins.   Virtually everyone he was facing was a teammate of his at one point.   The opponent on the mound -- Miles Mikolas -- was Lynn’s re...4902Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/questions-heading-into-the-2018-lynx-season/The WNBA season is officially here.   The Minnesota Lynx will start the defense of their 2017 championship on Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Sparks in Minneapolis.   An immediate rematch of last year’s WNBA Finals between two of the league’s best teams and rivals is fitting, as the Lyn...4901Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000