Eric Strack

5 days ago | minnesotasportsfan.com | Eric Strack

The Minnesota Vikings offseason continues to cook along. It seems like just yesterday that fans were anxiously waiting for smoke and rumors to flow out of the Lucas Oil Stadium chimney in Indianapolis during the NFL Combine. But that was three full months ago. It’s now May. The NFL free agency pool is mostly dried up, the NFL Draft has come and gone and all 32 teams have a full roster of rookies who have already started competing for roster spots at rookie minicamp.

6 days ago | minnesotasportsfan.com | Eric Strack

Unless you’re the Jacksonville Jaguars, it’s rare that NFL teams are asked to go overseas two seasons in a row. That’s why it caught many Minnesota Vikings fans by surprise when rumors started circling that — just one season after playing in a host game in London — international American football may be one the Vikings’ 2025 slate too. Then, as soon as those Irish Vikings vs Pittsburgh Steelers rumors turned into credible reports, an even harder-to-believe scenario bubbled to the surface.

6 days ago | minnesotasportsfan.com | Eric Strack

Coming off one of the uglier losses in Minnesota Timberwolves playoff history, Anthony Edwards & Co. entered game two of the Western Conference semifinals vs the Steph Curry-less Golden State Warriors as huge -10 point favorites. Immediately, the Wolves let the Warriors know that game two was not going to be like game one.

1 week ago | minnesotasportsfan.com | Eric Strack

After the Minnesota Timberwolves lost game one of the western conference semifinals against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, their head coach Chris Finch has had no issues voicing his displeasures for those around him. Right after the loss on Tuesday, Finchy took aim at his superstar, Anthony Edwards, who scored just one single point in the first half of game one, before exploding for 22 points in a second half Wolves comeback that never really got close.

1 week ago | minnesotasportsfan.com | Eric Strack

The Minnesota Timberwolves will play game two of their western conference semifinal playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. With Steph Curry out due to a hamstring strain, the Wolves enter tonight as -10 point favorites, but trail in the series 0-1. There was only one thing that Timberwolves fans missed more in game one than seeing their team with a lead — something they never owned after the first quarter — and that’s regular season TV broadcasters Michael Grady and Jim Peterson.