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Michael Rand: Digital Senior Writer @StarTribune. Daily Delivery podcast host. Side project:

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@jmkind24 I'm guessing that was espn?

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Just got a news release that DAZN is going to have a channel on DirecTV and that all customers in the Choice or higher tier will have access to them in the Wolves market. As part of the announcement, bars who have DirecTV business can now show Wolves games.

Interesting!

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@Stevohandt15 This is a great question, and it's one that I thought of immediately when I saw the release. I'm guessing you would have to go through DAZN?

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@ChikenFingerz69 Idk, I'm sort of flabbergasted because I thought all along DAZN was a streaming-only play.

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@tlschwerz I think they were still working on the details. The part that is definitely new is that at-home subscribers to direcTV have access without having to buy the separate streaming package.

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I wrote about the 6-0 Vikings, the first-place Giants and the QB discussion about J.J. McCarthy that isn't going away.

https://t.co/1YNykgrBtm

[Randy Johnson @RJstrib]

The Little Brown Jug, Floyd of Rosedale and Paul Bunyan's Axe on display in the Hall of Fame room @GopherFootball headquarters. It's the first time since 1978 that the Gophers have held all three trophies at the same time.

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Re-upping this pod from Friday. Are you ready for kickoff at 2:30 p.m.?

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It's Iowa. It's Homecoming. It's a chance for the Gophers to change the narrative of their entire season.

Are we asking too much by asking for a win and something more than just an OK year?

@chipscoggins and I got into that on Daily Delivery.

https://t.co/55HMQMPy5P

[Lonzo Ball @ZO2_]

This the most I’ve ever seen Melo defend lol noticing

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

The Knicks' assistant coaches did not receive their championship rings during Tuesday's ceremony, despite being handed ring boxes, according to league sources.

Many longtime employees at Madison Square Garden will not receive rings at all, per team sources.

Those employees got their hopes up in late September, when they were sent a fake championship ring offer as part of a phishing test.

https://t.co/CitRwUv4bJ

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It's Iowa. It's Homecoming. It's a chance for the Gophers to change the narrative of their entire season.

Are we asking too much by asking for a win and something more than just an OK year?

@chipscoggins and I got into that on Daily Delivery.

https://t.co/55HMQMPy5P

[Minnesota Men’s Hockey @GopherHockey]

DON’T LET THE GOPHERS GET HOT 🔥

📺: FOX9 & B1G+

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Tons of great Quinn Hughes insights with longtime Canucks reporter @patersonjeff on today's Daily Delivery podcast.

The Wild and Hughes play at Vancouver on Sunday for the first time since the blockbuster trade last December.

https://t.co/BtPbvBA6xm

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Imagine saying Ant vs. Dame is a toss-up with a straight face.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Jeff Teague says he’s taking Portland’s backcourt over Minnesota’s

“Ja Morant is better than LaMelo Ball. And Anthony Edwards and Dame is a toss up.”

(Via @club520podcast / h/t @NBA__Courtside )

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If there's a Gordie Howe Hat Trick (goal, assist, fight) in the NHL, can we have an Anthony Edwards triple in the NBA? (Points, rebounds, technical foul)?

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Anyone surprised that Finch is playing 9 guys and one of them is Trey Lyles has not been watching the Wolves for the last 5 years. Finchy is a trust guy, and Trey is one of the guys he trusts.

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Ant hit that three to put the Wolves up 78-61 and it seemed like Minnesota thought that somehow the game was over. Sloppy since then, Heat on a 9-0 run, Chris Finch not happy.

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Adj comp pct rate takes into account the number of aimed passes that are on target

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@ZPathletic You can check your smoke detector batteries every six months on my Wolves optimism. Let's go.

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Kind of hilarious that Gobert did an in-game interview where he was asked about how this new Wolves offense will help him shine and then he had 0 points on 0 shots in 15 minutes

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@ZPathletic Agreed. This is an old-school Big Three team, and I'm here for it.