Dan Barreiro (3pm-6:30pm) dives into the world of sports, politics and the day's top news.

Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if the Wild are finally going to contribute to the State of Hockey mantra on the ice after they returned from the Olympic break with an impressive win over the Avs in Colorado last night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Lavelle Neal surprises us with an in-studio visit to wrap up the show with some Vikings, Twins, Wolves and Wild talk! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan starts the second hour explaining why nuance can exist when covering sports (and politics) and uses the Anthony Edwards/Chris Finch "incident" last night in Denver as the prime example before Ben Goessling makes his regular appearance to recap the NFL Combine and discuss what he's learned about the Vikings quarterback plan for next season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show discussing a humorous post from the Tampa airport regarding what people should where on planes before Wild President of Hockey Operations Bill Guerin joins to recap his USA team winning gold in the Olympics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Russo joins to recap his experience covering the Olympics as well as to preview the rest of the Wild season which restarts tonight. We open "Dr. Dan's Inbox" towards the end of the show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro spends much of the second hour discussing the tragic story about Rondale Moore's death and opens a larger discussion about mental health and those left behind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Pat Kessler makes his weekly appearance with a State of the Union recap and discussion on other political matters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show reacting to some Adam Schefter speculation regarding Aaron Rodgers possibly looking to play for the Vikings. Should the team be interested? Adam Minter from Bloomberg joins to discuss some of his Olympics stories and his thoughts on the Olympics in general. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan discusses the Olympic hockey team "controversies" before our friend Alec Lewis from The Athletic joins from the NFL Combine for Vikings quarterback discussion and what he's gleaned from a few days reporting in Indianapolis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top before an A-Section roundup as well as some leftover Vikings talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if Pat Riley's idea to have NBA coaches wear suits again is the first step to becoming a proper nation again. Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance with his recap of USA/Canada and a look ahead to the rest of the Wild season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Seifert from ESPN joins from Indy with his thoughts on what Kevin O'Connell and Rob Brzezinski had to stay from the Combine today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the week pining for a Miracle in the NBA when it comes to how we evaluate losses and players not playing for both teams. Jonny Athletic makes his weekly appearance to recap the Gold Medal Game and talk about the rough Wolves loss on Sunday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before broadcast legend Al Michaels joins the show with his reaction the USA beating Canada and of course some Miracle talk 46 years later! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Olympic weekend before our friend Wes Walz joins with his thoughts on the Gold Medal Game and a look ahead to the rest of the Wild season which resumes on Thursday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show with some Olympic men's hockey talk with the USA on the way to the Gold Medal Game against Canada on Sunday. He also outlines some (more) troubling JJ McCarthy numbers that have been recently uncovered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan continues the Olympic talk as well as running through some A-section topics including a Supreme Court decision that has gotten some attention today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance to recap the Olympics so far, the new Bears stadium news and some Wolves talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show with new (old!) Wolves guard Mike Conley making his return to the show! Conley discusses the crazy few days around the trade deadline and how happy he is to have made it back to the Wolves. Dan and Gaardsy also review the epic women's hockey gold medal game with the USA scrambling to come out with the gold. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before we open "Dr. Dan's Inbox" with a heavy dose of letters from the Pohlad family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The legendary sports writer and Dan's old friend Patrick Reusse joins in-studio for an hour with stories from his hometown, memories covering the Olympics and his take on the current state of Minnesota sports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dan Barreiro opens the show reacting to the news that it does appear that Pablo Lopez is done for the season after leaving the Twins first workout yesterday before Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jonathan Eig joins with reflections on Rev. Jesse Jackson who passed away today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 including the Pablo Lopez news as well as Mike Conley returning to the Wolves before Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance for some Olympic hockey talk as well as some Wild thoughts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get bonus time from our guy Lavelle Neal to react to the unfortunate Pablo Lopez news and where the Twins can possibly go from here. Lavelle also talks about his new expertise: Olympic Curling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the week calling for the Profound Statement Tournament after Victor Wembanyama said something that caught his eye over All-Star Weekend. Dan and Gaardsy also review some of the triumphs and controversies from the Olympics over the weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Jonny Athletic makes his weekly appearance with a recap of NBA All-Star weekend, tanking in the NBA and what he expects when the Wolves reconvene this week after the break. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's always awesome to have Tom Crean on with Dan to talk all things basketball: Tom and Dan discuss tanking in the NBA, the Wolves moves (and moves they didn't do) at the NBA Trade Deadline and how Anthony Edwards continues to improve. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show discussing a new study that indicates for the first time in history the next generation is actually getting dumber. Dan and Gaardsy also give some Olympic updates as the day goes on in Italy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance with some Olympic discussion as well as NFL, Wolves and Twins talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy continue the reaction to the shocking performance by the "Quad God" in Olympic figure skating before Dan does a quick A-Section Roundup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dan Barreiro opens the show reacting to a story outlining the crazy values of professional sports teams in Minnesota and why wonders if the Pohlad family has ever understood just how much money they have made by owning the Twins. Kevin Seifert from ESPN joins in-studio for an hour of Vikings and NFL discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Pat Kessler makes his weekly appearance in studio for a political roundup as well as a Timberwolves arena discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Seifert sticks around for the first half hour of the second hour of the show before Dan gives an Olympic roundup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Barreiro opens the show examining how the Wolves mood evidently improved enough to beat the Hawks in convincing fashion. He also reacts to the sentiment that Wolves fans aren't "grateful" to have Chris Finch as head coach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Alec Lewis from The Athletic joins to discuss his 10 point plan to help the Vikings this offseason! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance and talks about the Olympics women's hockey team so far in Italy and previews the mens tournament. Louie as always had some incredible stories that we somehow hadn't heard before. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.