(Oakland, CA) — Sonny Gray pitched six innings giving up two runs and striking out five as the Twins blew out the A’s 14-4 on Wednesday afternoon in Oakland. Twins shortstop Carlo Correa played in his first game since May 5th and went 2-for-4 with two runs and an R-B-I in his return to the […]
Wild Stun Stars in Overtime
(Dallas, TX) — Freddy Gaudreau scored his first career O-T winner 1:40 into overtime to lift the Wild over the Stars 3-2. Gaudreau took a perfect pass from goaltender Marc Andre Fleury before finishing his 12th goal of the season and lifting the Wild back into a tie with the Blues for second place in […]
Wild Clip Caps in D.C.
(Washington, DC) — The Minnesota Wild scored the first four goals of the game in their 5-1 win over the Capitals in D.C. Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring in the first period, and he had another goal in the second to lead the Wild. Tyson Jost, Marcus Foligno, and Nicolas Deslauriers also scored for […]
Wolves Win Fifth Straight by Slamming Blazers
(Minneapolis, MN) — For the third time this season the Timberwolves have won five straight capped with a 124-81 win over the Blazers last night at Target Center. Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 13 rebounds while Malik Beasley added 19 and got another 18 from Naz Reid. The five game streak has pushed Minnesota’s […]
Wild Woes Continue Against Stars
(St. Paul, MN) — Despite a good start and a frantic finish the Wild fell 6-3 to the Stars on Sunday afternoon in St. Paul. Nico Sturm opened the scoring with his ninth of the season midway through the first period but the Stars responded with four consecutive goals including two on the power play. […]
Wild Skid Continues With Fourth Straight Loss
(St. Paul, MN) — The Wild trailed for nearly the entire game in a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Xcel Energy Center. Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk scored less than two minutes into the game, and Andrew Mangiapane the eventual game-winning goal later in the first period. Minnesota got a goal from Marcus […]
Matthews Scores Twice and Beats Wild in Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario) — Auston Matthews scored twice including the game winner midway through the third as the Leafs beat the Wild 3-1 in Toronto. Freddy Gaudreau scored the only Wild goal at 8:37 of the second but just :27 seconds later Matthews tied the game with his 35th of the season and then picked rookie […]
Wild Continue Canada Road Trip Tonight in Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario) — The Wild and their tour of Canada will continue tonight when the Wild find themselves in Toronto for spot number three of their four game journey. The Wild split the first half of their road trip with a 7-3 win in Edmonton on Sunday followed by a 4-3 loss in Ottawa on […]
Vikings Make Head Coach Hire Official
(Eagan, MN) — Wednesday morning the Minnesota Vikings announced that Kevin O’Connell is the 10th head coach in franchise history. Coming off a Super Bowl LVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, O’Connell joins the Vikings after serving as the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams the past two seasons. The team will hold a […]
REPORT: Vikings Will Intro KOC on Thursday
(Eagan, MN) — The Minnesota Vikings will officially have their new head coach by the end of the week. E-S-P-N’s Adam Schefter reports that the team is expected to sign Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell to become the team’s next head coach on Thursday. O’Connell beat out Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh among others, […]