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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.

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 difficu...

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 of...

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, unl...

Host Michael Rand breaks down Sunday's wild 30-27 Vikings win over the Bears. Minnesota led 27-16 with less than 30 seconds left before the Bears rallied with a touchdown, two-point conversion, onside kick and field goal to tie. But the resilient Vikings got a stop in overtime and then a big drive of their own to improve to 9-2 this year.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Timberwolves, who always lose in Toronto but managed to do it in a very disheartening way on Thursday. Something is broken with this team, and fixing it doesn't appear to be simple. The Wild, meanwhile, continued their scorching start. They are 9-1-2 on the road after a 5-3 win over Edmonton. 10:00: Gophers men's hockey coach Bob Motzko joins the sho...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the shifting expectations for the Vikings and Sam Darnold. At the start of the year, even getting to eight wins seemed like a feat. Now they are there with seven games remaining, and the narrative has changed. How have the Vikings gotten so much from Darnold this year? 14:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III joins for the Daily Delivery debate...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Gophers men's basketball team's win over Cleveland State, which was keyed by super-veteran Parker Fox and his 18 points. Originally recruited during the Obama administration (really), Fox could be a key player for Minnesota this season. And Kirill Kaprizov had two more goals for the Wild in another good win. 8:00: Randy Johnson joins Rand to set up t...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a rare story that has returned to him instead of fleeing like so many others. Former Gophers football coach Tim Brewster is back in the news and back as a head coach for the first time since being let go in Minnesota in 2010. He is the interim coach at Charlotte after their coach was fired. And yes, Brewster still has many of us (myself included) blocked...

Star Tribune columnist joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports, which starts with another grind-it-out win for the Vikings over a bad AFC South opponent. Minnesota hasn't been playing its best lately, but it hasn't mattered. Now the Vikings are 8-2 after a 23-13 win over the Titans. Plus Rand and Reusse get into the Wolves' last-second win, a tour of the new Division III f...

The Vikings are not playing their best. Fortunately, they are not playing the best teams. And they are now 8-2.

Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild, who won again but lost two key players against Montreal on Thursday. Can they stay healthy enough to be a force all season, and is the NHL the toughest league in which to preserve good health? And the Wild might not even be the hottest hockey team in town. That distinction belongs to Gophers men's hockey. 10:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III jo...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand returns from a sick day to talk about not one but two Wolves losses to the Blazers. What exactly is going on with this team? Well, we can't blame it all on Mike Conley Jr. It's not just the defense. It's not just what happens on a cold shooting night. But the vibes and chemistry are off, and the Wolves are 6-6 as a result. Plus the Gophers men's basketball team lost...

Introduction: Vikings fans haven't had to take solace in the misfortune of others this year because the purple are a surprising 7-2. But if they did have to dip into that space, they would find fertile territory between the Bears, Cowboys and Aaron Rodgers, host Michael Rand notes. 7:00: Andrew Krammer joins Rand for a film review and three hot takeaways, including this from Rand: Would the Viking...

Star Tribune writers Marcus Fuller and Cassidy Hettesheimer join host Michael Rand to break down 10 of the best senior athletes in Minnesota head of signing day this week.

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports, which included the local teams playing down to the competition. The Vikings squeezed out a win over the woeful Jaguars despite three Sam Darnold interceptions. The Gophers football team had its four-game winning streak halted at Rutgers. The Wolves continued to look sluggish in a last-second los...

Host Michael Rand breaks down the twists and turns from a win over Jacksonville that shouldn't have been so close.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Timberwolves, who keep overcoming slow starts (and overreactions to those slow starts from fans) to win games. A big reason is the sudden three-point prowess of Anthony Edwards, which was on display again in a comeback win over the Bulls on Thursday. 8:00: Star Tribune Vikings writer Ben Goessling joins Rand for a midyear look ahead to 2025. If you t...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand looks at the 11 kickers the Vikings have used since Gary Anderson was last their primary kicker in 2002 and ranks them all from worst to best. The impetus, of course, is that the Vikings will use a 12th kicker, John Parker Romo, with rookie sensation Will Reichard injured. 11:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for their Daily Delivery debate...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the juxtaposition of his social media timeline on Tuesday, which was a lot of election coverage interspersed with the NFL trade deadline in the afternoon and the Wild game at night. The Vikings didn't make any more deals, but they added a kicker and long snapper because of injuries. The Wild, meanwhile, continued to struggle on the power play and lost 5-...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Timberwolves, who delivered three quarters of basketball that had to make everyone happy on Monday night. They cruised to a win over Charlotte, their best players were in control and they even got to play their extra-deep bench. 6:00: Rand has some hot takes for Andrew Krammer before their film review, the first of which caught Krammer by surprise. P...

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports, starting of course with the Vikings' comeback win over the Colts. It wasn't as dramatic as reversing a 33-0 deficit as they did two years ago, but the Vikings again outplayed Indianapolis after the break in taking an important 21-13 victory. The defense was dominant. Sam Darnold was feast or fam...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a letter from a fan who has lost interest in baseball and college sports because of the economics of both. Rand gets into franchise valuations across all leagues and where things are heading. 7:00: Star Tribune Timberwolves writer Chris Hine joins Rand for a look at the Wolves' 2-2 start. They are about where they should be, but familiar problems like re...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the World Series, which ended Wednesday after the Dodgers rallied for a 7-6 win over the Yankees. Mookie Betts keyed the win with a great hustle play, but the entire series was just a meeting between two high payroll teams in an inequitable system. 8:00: La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for their debate segment. Can the Vikings turn their season back arou...

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a huge night of live sports. The Timberwolves still can't beat the Mavericks, the Wild won in Marc-Andre Fleury's farewell game in Pittsburgh and Minnesota United earned a shootout victory in its playoff opener. After that, it's a flurry of guests: Randy Johnson on Gophers football, Chip Scoggins on a great high school tale, Chris Carr on high school spo...