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Gophers + St. Thomas football wins; Another Herschel Walker trade?; Moorhead's dominance Aug 29, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with two big opening night college football wins. The Gophers handled Buffalo 23-10, with QB Drake Lindsey looking the part. And St. Thomas won 35-13 over a team to which it lost 64-0 a year ago. Plus a blockbuster NFL trade involving the Packers.

15:00: Strib Varsity's Joe Christensen joins Rand to talk more about his recent story on Moorhead athletics.

26:00: The Lynx let one get away.

La Velle E. Neal on the Adam Thielen trade and Gophers football expectations Aug 28, 2025

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Introduction: It's been a heavy last couple of days, and it still feels a little weird to talk about sports.

4:00: La Velle E. Neal III joins host Michael Rand for the Daily Delivery debate. In focus: the Adam Thielen trade, Twins in a cornfield and expectations for the Gophers football team.

23:00: What might be next for the Vikings, the Twins' starting pitching has been bad lately and are the Lynx getting a playoff preview in their game tonight?

Adam Thielen traded to the Vikings + Lynx at the State Fair, Gophers football preview Aug 27, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with breaking news Wednesday morning that the Vikings have acquired Adam Thielen from the Panthers. It's a reunion for the two sides. Thielen figures to add experience and dependability to a team that needed it.

7:00: Three Lynx players joined Rand out at the Minnesota State Fair, and a good time was had by all.

19:00: Randy Johnson joins Rand to break down the Gophers football season.

33:00: The Twins won in dramatic fashion, with Mickey Gasper as one of the unlikely heroes.

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Analysis of the Vikings' 53-man roster and cuts as they happened Aug 26, 2025

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Ben Goessling joined Michael Rand on Tuesday shorty before 3 p.m., and they took a bunch of listener questions and then talked through Vikings roster cuts when they were announced.

Why the Vikings added Carson Wentz; Twins in the dog days of the season Aug 26, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Twins, who were blown out again while Joe Ryan struggled again. It has to be hard to get up for games down the stretch of a lost season. With the way the Twins are playing, though, should we expect more of the same next year?

7:00: Andrew Krammer joins Rand for a breakdown of the Vikings' quarterback reshuffling and a look ahead to moves they will make to get their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday.

28:00: One position has been solved: punter.

Patrick Reusse on the Vikings getting Carson Wentz and young Twins pitchers flopping Aug 25, 2025

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Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports, which included a shakeup at backup quarterback for the Vikings. They traded shaky option Sam Howell to the Eagles and signed veteran Carson Wentz. Will they now trade for a wide receiver? Be ready for whatever happens, Reusse said, because decisionmakers will always lie about their intentions.

Plus inauspicious Twins debuts for Mick Abel and Taj Bradley, two of the young pitchers acquired at the trade deadline. And a strong return from Napheesa Collier of the Lynx.

Let's see the young Twins players; Minnesota United transfer window drama Aug 22, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a frustrated Twins fan who wants to see a Twins prospect added to the major league roster. It's all about the young players now, and maybe we will see some of their recently acquired pitchers this weekend. Plus the Vikings have a backup QB quandary. How important is it?

10:00: Jon Marthaler joins Rand to break down Minnesota United's various additions during this MLS transfer window. Where is the club positioned now, and who might they still lose to other leagues?

33:00: The Lynx lost, but I'm not sweating it.

Analyzing the surprising Harrison Phillips trade; La Velle E. Neal on the Twins' future Aug 21, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the week's most surprising news, with the Vikings trading veteran starter Harrison Phillips to the Jets for a pair of sixth-round picks. It's the kind of move that only makes some sense in retrospect, with the Vikings having a logjam on the defensive line and perhaps wanting cap space to upgrade other positions like wide receiver.

7:00: La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for the Daily Delivery Debate. In focus: The best path forward for the Twins, the biggest key to future success for the Wolves and what makes a rivalry.

30:00: A personal knuckleball story.

The Twins and three wish scenarios; Chip Scoggins on Gophers football, Vikings Aug 20, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the three ways things could go for the Twins in 2026. All of them involve scenarios that have an element of wishing to them.

10:00: Chip Scoggins joins Rand to break down the Gophers football team and its chances in 2025.

34:00: Don't assume the Lynx are on a collision course with the Liberty in the WNBA Finals.

Ben Goessling on Vikings QB, WR battles; A year of questions, losses for Twins Aug 19, 2025

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a sad anniversary of sorts for the Twins, which nobody celebrated on Monday. That marked one year since their loss to the Rangers that started a one-year slide that left them grasping for answers as to what went wrong.

10:00: Star Tribune Vikings writer Ben Goessling joins Rand to dive into some big questions about quarterbacks and wide receivers.

40:00: Max Brosmer's perspective and the Lynx running away with things.

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