Barea lifts Timberwolves, lose Love to injuryAssociated Press, ESPN.com J.J. Barea scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter while All-Star forward Kevin Love sat on the bench with a sprained finger, lifting the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 101-97 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. |
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The longer players are in the league, the more they realize how hard it is to routinely make it to the NFL playoffs. |
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There have been many outstanding performances by Minnesota sports stars -- Kirby Puckett, Kevin Garnett, Alan Page, to name but a few -- but the Vikings' phenomenal running back is eclipsing them with his 2,000-yard season. |
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His teammates aren't bothered by his absence, but his future in Purple will spark a lively post-playoffs debate. |
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The center, a leader both for the offensive line and the entire team, says Vikings players have always believed. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday that the team’s medical staff still had some doubts that wide receiver Jordy Nelson’s knee would be well enough to allow him to play on Saturday night against the Vikings. Nelson progressed to a full practice… |
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John, timberpups.com Setting the stage: For the third time already this season, the Wolves face the Nuggets on Thursday night in Denver. This will be the second game of a back to back and the Wolves will once again be without Ricky Rubio. The thin air of Denver for a team t… |
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The Minnesota Vikings players are preparing for the cold as they travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Packers in the first round of the playoffs. |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com From the weird injuries to his awful shooting numbers to the reports of his unhappiness to even Minnesota’s slow start, this year must be trying Kevin Love‘s patience. Coming off his best season, as well as his experience at the summer Olympics, pundi… |
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The Vikings need their veteran cornerback on the field in Green Bay to stabilize their pass defense. Finding ways to protect his fractured right hand has become a priority. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com While the Vikings are freezing themselves in preparations for Saturday night’s playoff game at Green Bay, one of their biggest names is in sunny Florida. But Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said he had no objections to injured wide receiver Percy Harvin do… |
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The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers have essentially wrapped up their practice weeks in advance of Saturday night's wild-card playoff at Lambeau Field. There is a relatively short list of significant injuries in play this week, and by far the mo… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com After Vikings running back Adrian Peterson came up nine yards short in his effort to set the single-season rushing record, he had a message for the current holder of the record, Eric Dickerson. “I’m coming for you,” Peterson said to Dickerson, via P… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Vikings kicker Blair Walsh keeps not missing, so he keeps winning awards. The rookie was named NFC special teams player of the month for December. He was actually 11-of-12 on field goals for the month, but hit all five attempts from 50 yards or longer. … |
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John, timberpups.com The Pups opened up an important back to back series against division rivals in Utah Wednesday night Andrei Kirilenko made his return to Utah for the first time since leaving the Jazz before last season’s lockout. The bad news for the Wolves was that Ric… |
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The fourth-year safety has come a long way this season. And he's seen the rewards of heightened preparation and dedication. |
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I'm going to throw out a number, and I want you to keep your composure and hold your breath until I'm through explaining it. It will require reading more than one paragraph before reacting, but I know you can do it. As Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian … |
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Because I'm sure all of you make a daily habit of watching "Wonder Pets," as I do, I'm going to acknowledge I just said out loud: "This … is … serious." Is there any other way to react to the news that the Green Bay Packers have move… |
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Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen said Wednesday he's seen growth in his quarterback as a vocal leader in the last month. But what Ponder says before games matters less than the fact that he's talking to begin with. |
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Derek James, howlintwolf.com Because what other picture would you even want me to use? Where: Pepsi Center; Denver, CO When: 8pm See It: FSN Hear: WCCO AM 830 Alright, last night didn’t go the way anyone wanted it to. That’s not how you want to follow up a win at home, and ce… |
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Jonah Steinmeyer, howlintwolf.com Rick can’t be pleased with this one Three Positives: Jonah: The Timberwolves hung with the Jazz in terms of rebounding and turnovers and actually beat them at drawing personal fouls and getting to the free throw line. That’s really about it, unfort… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Gordon Hayward scored 17 points, Enes Kanter had 15 and the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-84 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. |
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