Every Monday at 8:30am StarTribune sports writer Michael Rand stops into the Morning Show to share the latest news in Sports.

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about:

1) The Wild is back home in a familiar position, trailing its playoff series 2-0. Game 3 is Tuesday night, but the task is even tougher against Chicago than it was against Colorado.

2) the NFL draft starts Thursday and the Vikings have the no. 8 pick. Will they pick then quarterback they desperately need? We will know soon, and at least we won't have to read any more draft predictions.

3) the average Twins game so far this year has lasted 3 hours, 17 minutes. That's a long damn time, and it's hard on fans.

Michael Rand writes about Sports for the StarTribune in his blog RandBall. You can also follow Michael on Twitter.