Jeff Day and Michael Rand discuss and analyze Monday's news

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports. They started with a Super Bowl blowout of epic proportions. The Eagles harassed Patrick Mahomes without ever blitzing him and scored at will on offense, piling up a 34-0 lead before Kansas City even crossed midfield. What did the game tell us about the Vikings?

From there, they took a tour of the downtrodden Gophers men's basketball program, talked through a good win for the Gophers women's basketball team and set up a big day where the Timberwolves ownership dispute should be resolved.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wild game he attended with friends on Thursday. Some of them were Carolina Hurricanes fans, and Rand explains why attending games with fans of the opposing team has its benefits and drawbacks. The Wild earned a 2-1 win while the Wolves came back to defeat the Rockets, important home victories for both teams.

11:00: Jon Marthaler joins Rand to break down the imminent start of the MLS season. Where does Minnesota United fit in? And what does it all have to do with the band Van Halen?

28:00: Kevin O'Connell is the NFL's Coach of the Year, Jared Allen is a Hall of Famer and the Gophers women's basketball team is in need of a victory.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the NBA, which continues to offer intrigue leading up to the trade deadline. The Timberwolves got a much-needed win Wednesday over the Bulls, but bigger things swirl around them. The Lakers, Warriors and Spurs all made blockbuster trades that could impact this year's playoff race. And the arbitration to determine the Wolves' ownership will be decided by Monday.

12:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand on three topics: Does Kansas City get more calls from NFL refs? Was the Mavericks/Lakers trade as lopsided as it seemed? And what is the percent chance Sam Darnold is the Vikings' Week 1 QB in 2025?

29:00: The Vikings lost a valuable offensive coach and the Twins signed another free agent.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Twin signing relief pitcher Danny Coulombe to a modest one-year, $3 million deal. Normally that wouldn't be big offseason news, but it was the first free agent the Twins have signed. It's a low-risk deal, but how concerned should we be about Coulombe's elbow problems last year? Plus the Gophers men's basketball team picked up a road win.

6:00: Star Tribune Timberwolves writer Chris Hine joins the show to break down all the big story lines. The Wolves had a nice five-game winning streak, but now they have lost two in a row at home. Julius Randle is hurt. And they don't figure to do much (if anything) before Thursday's trade deadline.

30:00: Kevin Durant on the move? + The Wild can't score.

Host Michael Rand starts with a disappointing Wolves loss to Sacramento, which had just traded away point guard De'Aaron Fox. Instead of getting back on track against a weakened opponent, the Wolves dropped their second straight home game. Do they miss Julius Randle that much? Did Sacramento just play a really good game? A little of both is the answer.

9:00: Star Tribune Vikings writer Andrew Krammer joins Rand for a look at the three biggest offseason questions facing the Vikings: What will they do at quarterback? When (and with what terms) is GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah going to sign a contract extension? And what do the Vikings think they can be in 2025?

40:00: Ryan Hartman leaving the Wild short-handed.

On a jam-packed and sometimes meandering edition of the Daily Delivery podcast, Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse and host Michael Rand started with the bonkers NBA trade over the weekend that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers and Anthony Davis to Dallas. Almost everyone thinks Dallas was crazy to make the deal, including Reusse and Rand.

The Wolves took a very bad loss to Washington, even accounting for the fact that Minnesota was missing Anthony Edwards. The Gophers lost to a much different Washington, but that loss was almost as bad.

St. Thomas men's basketball, meanwhile, keeps on rolling. And an early look at the Super Bowl mixed in with an old Reusse story.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with two big back-to-back wins for the Wild and Wolves. Marc-Andre Fleury got a tremendous sendoff in Montreal and posted a 19-save shutout in the Wild's 4-0 victory. The Wolves clobbered Utah thanks to their bench. Both teams won both games of road back-to-backs, which is no easy feat.

13:00: Randy Johnson joins Rand to talk college hockey. The Gophers men are in good position in the rankings and PairWise but need to sort out some issues. Plus they look at the bigger picture of men's college hockey and major offseason news for Gophers football.

28:00: The Gophers women's hockey and basketball teams are playing the best of the best teams. And the Vikings need to get younger.

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Wolves' 121-113 victory over Phoenix late Wednesday, which included the first career ejection for head coach Chris Finch. He has been cranky the last few days, but his message seems to have hit the intended target as the Wolves have won four in a row and are five games above .500.

9:00: Star Tribune columnist La Velle E. Neal III joins Rand for their debate segment. In focus this week: Can the Wild survive without Kirill Kaprizov (they did a good job Wednesday), will Brian Flores ever get another shot as a head coach and are the Twins right to be optimistic about their pitching?

31:00: Vikings free agents in focus, St. Thomas men's basketball stays hot at home.

Host Michael Rand gives you the bad news first: The Gophers men's basketball team, which had stunned many of us with three good wins in a row, was humbled in a blowout loss at Michigan State on Tuesday. And Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov has been shut down again, this time for at least a month, as he undergoes surgery. But the Minnesota Frost won and are rolling again in the PWHL.

9:00: Star Tribune Twins writer Bobby Nightengale Jr. joins the show for an update on what has been a very quiet offseason. What moves might the Twins make between now and the start of the season? What is the timeline for a sale of the team? And what are realistic expectations for 2025?

31:00: Perspective from a Vikings fan.