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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joined host Michael Rand for a look back on the weekend in sports.

The Twins won Sunday after losing three straight to Detroit as we approach the dog days of a lost season. Will there be any shakeups after the year now that we know the Pohlad family is keeping the team?

The Vikings' backup QB situation is a mess, which is good for former Gophers QB Max Brosmer. He has a real chance to make the team.

Plus the Lynx keep on winning without Napheesa Collier.