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Patrick Reusse on a the Wild's surge and an interesting bye weekend for the Vikings

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports.

The Wild's best players are thriving together; What went wrong with Minnesota United?

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild, who beat the Blues on Thursday thanks to dominant play from their top line of Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and

A preseason Wolves humbling and a postseason Lynx question

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wolves, who have had a feel-good training camp but had a number of things exposed in a preseason tune-up against Detroit a

The value of Jesper Wallstedt; La Velle E. Neal on Vikings WRs and the Wolves

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild, who struggled in a 5-2 loss at Winnipeg. Jesper Wallstedt reinforced his value to the team by not playing, while inj

5-0 Vikings giving reasons for hope; Another scary moment for Minnesota Wild

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with Wild center Nico Sturm getting hit with a puck in an eerily similar play to the one that sidelined defenseman Brock Faber a fe

Patrick Reusse on the 5-0 Vikings and P.J. Fleck not having the best day of his life

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports. It includes a look at the 5-0 Vikings, some offensive improvement,

Meet Sarah Todd, our new Timberwolves writer + Wild could use scoring punch

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild on two fronts, including Thursday's loss at Tampa Bay and some listener emails about their TV situation with Comcast.

Kevin O'Connell could use P.J. Fleck's good vibes; defense is focus for Wolves, Twins

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wolves and Twins, both of whom are remaking their identities. The Twins want to get faster, younger and better on defense.

Wild fans frustrated by TV situation; Bobby Nightengale on the Twins' offseason

Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild's TV situation. Three games into the season and their new TV plan, they don't have carriage agreements with Comcast or DirecTV. Fan

Can Kevin O'Connell do more for Kyler Murray? + A reason for Wolves optimism

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with another bad marker for the Vikings' 2024 QB draft. He also is probably a little too giddy about what he saw in the Wolves' fir

Patrick Reusse on the 4-0 Vikings, P.J. Fleck's Gophers and more

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in Minnesota sports. The Vikings are 4-0. The Gophers football team beat Mich

A much-needed Wild victory in opener + Fox Sports' Jenny Taft joins the show

Introduction: Host Michael Rand start with the Wild's 3-1 win at Nashville to start the season. After a few months of vibes that were taking the wrong turn, it felt like

NFL insider Tom Pelissero on the J.J. McCarthy trade; A subdued Wild opener

Introduction: Host Michael Rand started with a subdued start to the Wild season as the prepare to open Thursday in Nashville. The Quinn Hughes contract and Brock Faber in

Brock Faber's serious injury + No. 1 Lynx get swept out of playoffs in first round

Intro: Host Michael Rand starts with the news that Wild defenseman Brock Faber has a skull fracture and is out indefinitely. Plus the Vikings have mounting injuries to go

J.J. McCarthy traded?! Here we go again with a Vikings quarterback reboot

It was a nice and normal Monday until the Vikings traded quarterback J.J. McCarthy to the Giants. Andrew Krammer and Michael Rand break down what went wrong in Minnesota

Patrick Reusse on stout Vikings and Gophers defense + trouble for the Lynx

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports. They start with the 3-0 Vikings, who are looking like the Vikings

Keen insights into LaMelo Ball; Are the Packers in trouble? Are the Lynx fixed?

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with two outcomes Thursday that caught him by surprise. First was the Packers getting trounced 35-14 by the Falcons at home. Atlant

Quinn Hughes and OTHER Wild storylines; a troubling Aaron Jones injury report

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with some good news for the Twins, bad news for the Vikings and pretty good news for the Gophers. 7:00: Sarah McLellan on the Wild

The Lynx have big problems, but also the No. 1 seed; J.J. McCarthy trade idea?

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a trade idea floated by a longtime football writer by which the Giants, who might be without Jaxson Dart for the rest of the s

Dallas Turner is a handful + other key Vikings takeaways; A key Wolves roster question

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with Kyler Murray clearing concussion protocol and how that will impact the Vikings. Plus Rand wonders if we have been paying enoug