Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
The Minnesota Wild disappointed their fans last night at Xcel Energy Center, losing 3-0 to the Blackhawks in game four of the series and now falling behind three games to one. The Wild had six power play opportunities and couldn’t cash in. Patrick Sharp scored two goals for the Blackhawks, who ratcheted up their defense [...]
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers is about to make his prime-time television acting debut. The Associated Press reports that Rodgers will be on the “The Office” Thursday night on NBC, where he’ll play a judge for a singing competition. Rodgers has expressed interest in hosting “Saturday Night Live” on his weekly radio show, but [...]
Monday, May 6th, 2013
Chris Kluwe says he has been released by the Minnesota Vikings. The AP reports the punter tweeted Monday that he is no longer a member of the team. Kluwe thanked the Vikings fans, his teammates and Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf for the past eight seasons in Minnesota. He says he “wouldn’t have traded [...]
Monday, May 6th, 2013
The Minnesota Wild entered Sunday afternoon’s game three against the Blackhawks desperate for a postseason win. Not only were the Wild down 0-2 in the series, but they knew that they’d again be without winger Jason Pominville and goalie Nicklas Backstrom as they fought to make the series interesting. Minnesota battled throughout, and ended up [...]
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
On Friday night the Chicago Blackhawks showed why they were the best team in hockey during the regular season, defeating the Minnesota Wild 5-2. Right from the start of the game the Blackhawks were dominate. They spent the majority of the first period in the Wild’s zone. However, Wild goaltender Josh Harding only allowed one [...]
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced on Thursday that the team has declined to exercise the one-year option in David Kahn’s contract for the 2013-14 NBA season, and as a result, he will not return as President of Basketball Operations. Kahn was originally hired by the Timberwolves on May 22, 2009. “We want to thank David for [...]
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Last night the Minnesota Wild got their postseason underway and lost an overtime game against the Blackhawks 2-1 in Chicago. Things didn’t go as planned early: goalie Nicklas Backstrom suffered an injury in warm ups and was unable to play. Josh Harding filled in nicely though, racking up 35 saves against a very good hockey [...]