https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/359/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-finally-a-playoff-team-again/The Minnesota Timberwolves are an NBA playoff team.   For just about every team in the league, this is the goal, but not an overwhelmingly major accomplishment. To become a true championship contender -- the real goal -- is a difficult task, especially in a top-heavy league like the one we have t...4678Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/4-11-game-1-recap-jets-double-up-on-shots-beat-wild-3-2/The game-winning goal was a point shot the deflected off a Minnesota Wild player. The tying goal had a Wild player screening the goalie. Such is playoff hockey.   Those are not the reasons why the Wild dropped game 1 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Winnipeg Jets by a 3-2 margin Wednesday night...4677Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/4-11-practice-notes-new-faces-darwin-debut-imminent-additional-new-signing-confirmed/It's hard to picture anything in this weekend's matchup versus the Portland Timbers under more of a critical eye for Minnesota United than the imminent debut for Darwin Quintero.   Loon's head coach Adrian Heath confirmed Wednesday that the club's first-ever designated player has had his paperwor...4676Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rule-wild-need-their-puzzle-pieces-to-fit-if-theyre-going-to-beat-the-jets/The fun thing about the NHL playoffs is they can be so unpredictable. Top teams lose in the first round, others don't even win a game and upsets are a regular occurrence. Oh, and there are also no shootouts.   The Minnesota Wild (45-26-11) are hoping to play spoiler to the favored Winnipeg Jets (...4674Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-draw-molitors-praise-for-finer-points-kohl-stewart-impresses-in-season-debut/Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the Houston Astros was nondescript in a lot of ways for the Minnesota Twins, but there were a few smaller things that stood out. First of all, Brian Dozier had an absolutely terrific night, not only reaching all five times he came to the plate, but also making a terrific def...4673Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:38:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wolves-exude-confidence-observations-from-the-regular-season-finale/Early on Wednesday morning -- nine hours before the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets would tip off for a Western Conference play-in game -- Wolves rookie Justin Patton walked down the hallway of Target Center wiping the sleep from his eyes. He was flanked by Jeff Teague -- who has made th...4672Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:00:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/giles-and-the-goalie-playoff-bracket-challenge/The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin Wednesday night, and your friends at the Giles and the Goalie podcast are having a bracket challenge contest to give away some prizes!   It's free and simple to play, you just have to follow these steps:   1. Click on this link. 2. Password to join the Giles and t...4670Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-score-early-late-on-the-way-to-4-1-win-over-the-astros/The Minnesota Twins scratched across three runs in the game's first two innings, then scored the only run that came afterward in the eighth on the way to a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros at frigid Target Field on Tuesday night.   Jake Odorizzi channeled his inner Lance Lynn from the night before...4669Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:20:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/every-possible-timberwolves-playoff-seed-scenario/Six months, 81 games, 19,540 minutes of gameplay, and 63 flights ago the Minnesota Timberwolves began a season with what can only be described as high expectations. Vegas set the bar at 48.5 wins; a signal that made breaking the 13-year playoff drought not only an expectation but a mandate.   Fro...4668Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/faklis-how-did-the-timberwolves-end-up-here/Maybe the playoffs were never like an absolute certainty for the Timberwolves, but it felt like it early on.   But on Wednesday night, they will play for the closest thing to a playoff game this team has participated in the last 14 years -- a pseudo play-in game against the Denver Nuggets, whom t...4667Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-power-ranking-the-walkup-songs-of-the-minnesota-twins/The history of walkup music in MLB is a bit fuzzy. The 1993 Seattle Mariners get some credit for playing “Bad to the Bone” when Jay Buhner came to the plate, among other ditties. The 1994 Philadelphia Phillies had legendary grinder Lenny Dykstra on the roster, who messed with a few songs, but went...4666Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:42:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/new-look-bench-could-be-a-boost-for-retooling-gophers/If the Minnesota Golden Gophers are going to have any shot of playing a Final Four in their home city next April, they'll need a 180 turnaround from last year's injury- and suspension-riddled disappointment that precipitated another Gophers-free postseason.   The 2017-18 roster is already getting...4664Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/zone-coverage-has-launched-a-membership-program/Four years ago, at a time when 105 The Ticket was on the Twin Cities airwaves and Grantland graced our computer screens, Zone Coverage was originally conceived as Cold Omaha, a premier destination for Minnesota sports content. Seeing the shifting landscape in sports media -- companies going bankru...4662Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/five-impact-players-for-the-minnesota-wild-against-winnipeg-jets/If you have been reading the pundits (including this so-called pundit), the Wild are not being given much of a chance against the Winnipeg Jets in their playoff series.   But let's be real, it is playoff hockey and there is always a chance.   [insert so you're telling me there's a chance-dot-gif...4661Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-twins-looking-for-rhythm-in-cold-afflicted-start-to-the-season/Fernando Rodney has eaten snowflakes. Joe Mauer praised Target Field's heated benches in his Opening Day press conference. And the final game against the Seattle Mariners was cancelled at 10:00 a.m. because of an impending snowstorm.   It's been an odd start to the season.   "There just hasn't b...4656Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-end-of-season-mailbag-part-two/A million things could happen between now and Wednesday.   The Timberwolves could climb all the way up (technically) to the No. 4 seed. They could also miss the playoffs entirely. They could end up with two draft picks or no draft picks. The scenarios are finite, but feel endless.   I’ve posted...4630Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timbrwolves-end-of-season-mailbag-part-one/A million things could happen between now and Wednesday.   The Timberwolves could climb all the way up (technically) to the No. 4 seed. They could also miss the playoffs entirely. They could end up with two draft picks or no draft picks. The scenarios are finite, but feel endless.   I've posted...4623Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-new-bullpen-bullies-a-key-to-early-twins-success/A bullpen is often viewed as a sum of its parts, even though that’s not entirely fair. The 2017 Twins bullpen was thoroughly mediocre as a unit, but there were certainly parts of it that rose to the occasion.   Pretty much all of those parts are back in 2018 -- with reinforcements.   The impact...4618Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:42:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-tom-thibodeau-and-the-battle-of-articulating-concepts/It was a run of 15 games bookended by wins against the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 18 and Jan. 14 that marked the Minnesota Timberwolves best run of the season. In those 28 days, the Wolves had the best record in the NBA (12-3), the best offensive rating in the league (114.3), and also the leag...4584Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/4-5-recap-wild-lose-in-ot-to-kings-after-coming-back-in-third-period/It was Dustin Brown’s night against the Minnesota Wild.   First, he scored a hat trick before the second period was over, and then he scored the overtime winner just 23 seconds into the extra frame for a 5-4 Los Angeles Kings victory Thursday night in California.   The game went into overtime af...4559Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/faklis-jimmy-butler-can-bring-the-fun-back-to-the-timberwolves/At this point in the season, Timberwolves fans are usually done.   The NBA regular season isn't done this early in April, but before this year, a Wolves fan had no reason to care about the end result -- other than draft position.   They've had the ability to root for players on other teams, fun...4558Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-an-attacking-eagle-bitter-cold-and-a-twins-comeback-baseballs-back-baby/The bitter cold threatened to steal the show on Opening Day for the Minnesota Twins, but an independent-thinking eagle that attacked Seattle Mariners starter James Paxton before the first pitch thought otherwise.   There was Paxton, a Canadian, standing tall, unwavering as the bird of prey threa...4555Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-mailing-it-in-for-the-playoffs/Another Month! Another Mailbag!   How do you feel the defensive call-ups have panned out so far? Will Jared Spurgeon make a return in the regular season? If not, will he have limited minutes in the first playoff series? Lastly, Duuuuuuub. He gives up a lot of goals in the first few minutes of the...4554Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/paul-molitor-pleased-with-the-minnesota-twins-start-to-the-season/Paul Molitor remembers all too well how the Minnesota Twins' 2016 started. After a surprising 2015 campaign, his first as a big league manager, the Twins took a nosedive and started the next year with nine straight losses on their way to a 59-win season.   While Minnesota surprised everyone by wi...4551Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/report-twins-offered-multi-year-extensions-to-buxton-kepler-berrios-others-this-winter/The Colorado Rockies signed outfielder Charlie Blackmon to an extension that could keep him in Denver for the better part of a half-decade on Wednesday, but a footnote from this story filed by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports indicates that the Twins were working on some deals of their own over the wi...4543Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:42:48 +0000