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La Velle E. Neal III on the most surprising Minnesota team, Gophers expectations and Wolves wins Dec 05, 2024

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Timberwolves' second consecutive blowout win and third straight standout defensive performance overall, this time a 108-80 victory over the Clippers in Los Angeles. Have the Wolves found the spark that was missing earlier in the season? And did you stay up to watch the whole thing until around midnight?

11:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for their weekly debate segment. In focus this week: the most surprising team in Minnesota pro sports this season? How often should the Gophers be expected to be in contention for an expanded College Football Playoff spot? And how many wins will the Wolves finish with this season?

30:00: A major kicking issue was barely a hiccup for the Vikings, one of many things different this season from past years.

Wild and Vikings parallels; Gophers bowl game projections; the key to the Timberwolves' season Dec 04, 2024

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild, who won their fourth straight game, all by one goal, with an overtime victory Tuesday over Vancouver. There are starting to be some striking similarities between the Wild and Vikings. Plus the Gophers women's basketball team is 10-0 while the Wolves are 10-10. What do we make of both starts?

11:00: Star Tribune Gophers football writer Randy Johnson joins the show to recap a stirring 24-7 win over Wisconsin and to look ahead to the Gophers' likeliest bowl destiations.

22:00: Chip Scoggins on Minnesota State Mankato football and a showdown vs. fellow NSIC underdog Bemidji State in the Division II quarterfinals this weekend.

Meet the Vikings fan who became a meme Sunday; Film review and a key Vikings injury Dec 03, 2024

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Introduction: It's a Vikings-heavy show with three different guests, starting with Nick Brady. He was sitting in the stands at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday when the Fox cameras caught him with the perfect expression. Soon thereafter, his phone started blowing up. Brady explains it all.

12:00: Vikings writer Andrew Krammer joins host Michael Rand for hot takeaways and a review of the film from the 23-22 win over Arizona. Stephon Gilmore's hamstring looms large over the season.

35:00: Vikings poetry.

48:00: The Wolves mauled the Lakers.

Patrick Reusse on a Vikings comeback, a Gophers rout of the Badgers and the red-hot Wild Dec 02, 2024

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On a jam-packed Daily Delivery podcast, host Michael Rand and Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse start with the Vikings' stirring comeback victory over Arizona. To Reusse, what stood out the most was the Cardinals hurting themselves with penalties and coaching down the stretch. Regardless, the Vikings are 10-2 and have a chance for great things.

The Gophers football team crushed a fading Wisconsin team 24-7 in the regular-season finale, leaving fans both satisfied but perhaps dreaming of what this season could have been.

The Wild stayed hot. The Frost lost their opener. Gophers volleyball is hitting the road in the NCAA tournament. Lindsay Whalen is back. And nothing is coming easy for the Wolves.

Special Delivery! Breaking down the Vikings' huge rally and 23-22 victory over the Cardinals Dec 01, 2024

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Host Michael Rand breaks down the Vikings' 23-22 win over the Cardinals, which included a furious second-half rally and a key defensive stop in the closing moments.

Special Delivery! Ben Goessling breaks down why the Vikings signed QB Daniel Jones Nov 29, 2024

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On a standalone episode of Daily Delivery, Star Tribune Vikings writer Ben Goessling and host Michael Rand discuss this week's news that the Vikings have signed QB Daniel Jones to the practice squad. While likely just a preview of what might be possible in 2025, the move has plenty of intrigue given the Vikings' past, present and future at quarterback.

Special Delivery! A Thanksgiving tale of a gymnastics palace created out of a barn Nov 28, 2024

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Chip Scoggins joins host Michael Rand to dive into his story of "The Barn," a gymnastics paradise in a small Minnesota town on the South Dakota border.

Fixing the broken Timberwolves + How the Gophers can ruin Wisconsin's season Nov 27, 2024

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the latest Timberwolves loss, an overtime setback to Houston. If one more shot had fallen in the final two minutes, we would have been talking about a win. But either way, the same positives and negatives that have existed most of the season would have taken center stage.

11:00: Gophers football writer Randy Johnson joins the show to break down a difficult 26-25 loss to Penn State and to look ahead to Friday's regular-season finale against Wisconsin.

25:00: Chip Scoggins on many levels of football.

32:00: Another injury for the Vikings to overcome.

Why would the Vikings want Daniel Jones? + Vikings film review, poetry and some big games Nov 26, 2024

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Vikings' reported interest in quarterback Daniel Jones, who was recently released by the Giants. Rand goes through the reasons it might make sense even if it doesn't seem to add up on the surface.

10:00: Andrew Krammer joins for a weekly film review of the Vikings. Krammer and Rand will look at how everyone except Justin Jefferson had a big day on offense and get into some problems in pass coverage that could become troublesome as the schedule gets tougher.

35:00: Vikings poetry delivers again.

47:00: The Wild, the Gophers and the Wolves.

Patrick Reusse on a Vikings escape, a Gophers missed opportunity and no moral victories Nov 25, 2024

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Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand on the Daily Delivery podcast for a look back at the weekend in sports. It would have been a complete disaster in Minnesota if not for the Vikings rescuing victory from the clutches of defeat. They gave away their game and then took it back in a 30-27 win over the Bears.

The Wolves lost twice and the Gophers football team lost once, unless you count moral victories (which they do not). And Minnesota United was thumped out of the MLS playoffs 6-2.

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