https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/381/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/414-pregame-notes-mejia-vs-covey-the-heart-of-29-twins-seek-7-3-start-for-first-time-since-2010/It’s murky, overcast and humid as all get out as the Minnesota Twins prepare to open a three-game set against the Chicago White Sox over Easter weekend. Left-hander Adalberto Mejia will start for the Twins, while righty Dylan Covey will make his MLB debut for the White Sox.   More on that in a bi...2022Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/key-quotes-from-tom-thibodeaus-season-wrap-up-press-conference/Minnesota Timberwolves head coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau had his final press conference of the season, where he reflected on the highs and lows of the Wolves year. "I felt our young core developed fairly well," he said. "We didn’t win as much as much as we would hav...2020Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-need-a-playoff-hero/And just like that, it was over.   The jubilation of a game-tying goal with 22 seconds left had almost entirely worn off and fans had now transitioned from the "Oh my god did that just happen" phase to the "Oh my god it's not going to happen" phase. The Wild needed a goal to cap an incredible per...2019Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/41317-practice-notes-full-adrian-heath-interview-ahead-of-houston-dynamo-clash/After last week's match against vaunted FC Dallas, Minnesota United head coach Adrian Heath's primary message was that his team is better than they showed but that the players need to believe in themselves to get winning results.   Heath said if the match had happened a few weeks later his team c...2016Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-just-cant-bury-their-chances-in-ot-loss-to-blues/When your own player’s stick keeps a puck from crossing the goal line to tie the game for you, a victory probably just isn’t in the cards.   That’s exactly what happened for the Minnesota Wild with about nine minutes left in the third period Wednesday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against...2013Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/playoffs-will-define-chuck-fletchers-moves/It has been an active 12 months for Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher. Now that's not to say that all NHL general managers aren't active (unless you're Winnipeg's GM), but Minnesota's general manager has had to make a few more crucial decisions in the past year than some of his peers.   The fir...2009Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2017-nfl-draft-amba-etta-tawo-full-video-breakdown/A pupil under Maryland coach Keenan McCardell, who helped prime Stefon Diggs for instant impact in the NFL, Amba Etta-Tawo exploded onto the scene in 2016 with 14 touchdowns on 94 catches.   His senior season was so good, it earned him an invitation to the Senior Bowl and warranted enough attenti...2007Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-the-minnesota-wild-and-st-louis-blues-are-a-match-made-in-hockey-heaven/I’m a winner. Everywhere I’ve gone at every level. As a player, assistant coach, head coach, I’ve won. This is the only place that I’ve been where I haven’t gone to the finals or won a championship. And I think I just ran out of time for that.   -- current Blues head coach Mike Yeo after being fi...1999Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/new-2017-nfl-mock-draft-round-4/108) Houston Texans (From CLE): Antonio Garcia, Offensive Tackle, Troy   109) San Francisco 49ers: Dede Westbrook, Wide Receiver, Oklahoma    110) Jacksonville Jaguars:  Jordan Leggett, Tight End, Clemson   READ: Here are Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 of Luke's previous mocks!   111) Chicago Be...1996Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/new-2017-nfl-mock-draft-3-0-round-3/65) Cleveland Browns: Alvin Kamara, Running Back, Tennessee   Rumors say Browns are hot and heavy for Fournette, but the analytics say wait and get better value later on with a guy like Kamara.   66) San Francisco 49ers: Cooper Kupp, Wide Receiver, Eastern Washington   Want a good laugh? Go loo...1995Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/this-years-minnesota-twins-team-looks-like-2016s-do-over/I’m excited to see what we’ll be like when we lose a game, because that’s obviously going to happen.   -- Outfielder Max Kepler the Twins swept the Royals  There’s an alternate universe where the 2016 Minnesota Twins don’t start off the season 0-9. There has to be. At one point during that lo...1993Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rule-with-the-wild-in-the-playoffs-you-never-know-what-youre-going-to-get/One of the best things about sports is that no one can predict them. “That’s why they play the games,” is the common saying after a surprising result.   It’s no different with the NHL playoffs.   The Minnesota Wild enter the postseason for the fifth year in a row, though this is the first with h...1991Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/replay-mntwins-periscope-chat-with-brandon-warne/Hey folks. I chatted for about a half hour on the Twins, cats and just about anything else you might be interested in. Enjoy!       Listen to Brandon every week on Midwest Swing http://coldomaha.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/itunes.jpghttp://coldomaha.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/COPN3....1986Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-yeo-vs-boudreau-may-be-playoffs-most-compelling-storyline/It's really no surprise that these teams are on a collision course. Good stories have a way of making themselves happen, and the Wild-Blues tilt in the first round of the playoffs that looks more certain each day is a perfect example.   The unfortunate part for Wild fans is that the Blues have go...1983Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/top-five-wild-moments-in-red-jerseys/For the hockey jersey enthusiasts out there, Tuesday night's 5-3 win for the Wild over Carolina was a momentous night for you. The Wild wore their red jerseys for the final time, as they will be eliminated next year in the NHL's switch from Reebok to Adidas.   Next season, the Wild will be report...1980Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/45-game-notes-twins-beat-royals-open-season-2-0-for-first-time-since-2007/There’s just something magical about the seventh inning -- at least so far for the Minnesota Twins. That is, your 2-0 Minnesota Twins, who have opened the season with back-to-back wins for the first time since opening the 2007 season with a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles.   After a si...1977Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/45-pregame-notes-twins-look-for-a-winning-streak-to-open-the-season/It’s overcast and chilly as the Minnesota Twins are preparing to take on the Kansas City Royals in game two of a three-game season opening set at Target Field. It’ll be left-hander Hector Santiago toeing the rubber for the Twins against righty Ian Kennedy for the Royals. More on that in a bit.  ...1973Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-are-the-prospects-for-laquon-treadwell/Does an unproductive rookie year spell doom for the young receiver?   Typically, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the long view is the best way to think of young players. In some ways, that’s true -- we won’t know for a fact that a team has missed on their evaluation until late in the proce...1971Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:55:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2017-nfl-draft-christian-mccaffrey-full-video-breakdown/Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey stole the show in 2015 when he set a new NCAA record with 3,864 all-purpose yards. As a threat to take it the distance as a running back, wide receiver and special teamer, McCaffrey is the most versatile offensive skill player the 2017 NFL Draft has to off...1970Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/trying-to-justify-tom-thibodeaus-minute-distribution/It has been a hot topic during most of Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau’s career, and it is resurfacing as his first season with the Wolves winds down. The issue, of course, is his minute distribution and his tendency to play his best players extremely heavy minutes.   It was alway...1967Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2017-nfl-draft-john-ross-video-breakdown/Washington wide receiver John Ross broke the stopwatches in Indianapolis after he posted a record setting 4.22 40-yard dash time. However, Ross had been breaking defenses long before the combine as one of the best deep ball wideouts in the country, posting 16 touchdowns and a 14.2 yards per catch...1963Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tom-thibodeau-on-timberwolves-missing-the-playoffs-you-just-deal-with-reality/You have to run through the finish line.   -- Wolves president and coach Tom Thibodeau at Sunday’s practice   Saturday’s loss to the Sacramento Kings made it official: the Minnesota Timberwolves will not make the playoffs for the 13th straight season. Vegas had set the Wolves’ win total over-und...1957Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/big-picture-wild-season-already-a-success/It’s the final week of the regular season for the Wild. This is a season that should go down as a success, based on the play so far. Maybe the most refreshing – and overlooked – tidbit about this fact is a playoff berth isn’t contingent on the last couple of games. Sneaking in on the last day isn’...1956Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:42:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/help-zone-coverage-name-the-greatest-twin-of-all-time-hitters/As part of our coverage not only for March Madness, which wraps up next week, but also the start of the season for the Minnesota Twins, we at Zone Coverage are doing a bracket to determine the best player in Twins history, as voted on by you, the fans.   On the pitching side of things, we kicked...1952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-flashback-friday-sandy-koufax-says-here-take-this-l/Just four years after moving from the nation's capital to the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Twins made their first World Series appearance in club history. They took a very good Los Angeles Dodgers team to seven games before ultimately falling in that decisive game to a pretty great starting pitcher....1948Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000