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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 10:11 PM - Permalink
The road trip is designed to promote electronic gambling in order to help fund the new Vikings stadium...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:15 PM - Permalink
NFL executives are gathering in Boston this week for three days of league meetings, and while the event registers as a minor one on the league's offseason calendar, it could be pivotal in making the NFL's offseason footprint even larger.ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Monday that the...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 4:41 PM - Permalink
Want more time for mock drafts? Need your NFL free agency fix earlier? The league may soon be altering its event timeline in a significant fashion...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM - Permalink
So, what did you do this weekend?Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen hosted "Night-Ops IV," his fourth annual charity golf tournament to benefit his Homes for Wounded Warriors program. The event included nine holes of night-time golf and a 280-foot slip-and-slide competition. If you thought...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM - Permalink
The Vikings are wise to give Joe Webb one more shot at wide receiver...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 1:25 PM - Permalink
In February, we learned that Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson played at least the final four games of the regular season with a sports hernia that ultimately required offseason surgery. Peterson, of course, finished the season with the second-most rushing yards in a season (2,097) in NFL...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM - Permalink
In 2003, the NFL scheduled the Minnesota Vikings as the Green Bay Packers' first opponent in the renovated Lambeau Field. So naturally, the Vikings are expecting the league to return the favor 13 years later.Nothing will be official for a while, but the Vikings' top stadium executive...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 7:55 AM - Permalink
We're Black and Blue All Over:We're down to five unsigned draft choices here in the NFC North after the Chicago Bears wrapped up contracts for their 2013 class over the weekend. First-round draft pick Kyle Long agreed to terms on a four-year deal, with a team option for a fifth, a move that...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 7:29 AM - Permalink
Minnesota Vikings stadium finance plan, take two. At the request of Gov. Mark Dayton's administration, the Legislature is temporarily rerouting money from a new cigarette tax and from a corporate tax to backfill a lagging stadium fund...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 10:48 PM - Permalink
Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson was among those who took part in an NFL workshop on writing and interviewing...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 9:37 PM - Permalink
The Wild, Vikings, Timberwolves and Twins all lack, for now, the most important thing it needs to take the next step...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 7:01 PM - Permalink
The Vikings’ attempt to re-sign cornerback Antoine Winfield to a more cap-friendly contract failed when Winfield went to Seattle, but one of the cornerbacks who remains in Minnesota doesn’t think the team will miss him too much. “I definitely don’t see that being the case...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM - Permalink
Back in the United States after a life-altering experience last fall, Husain Abdullah allowed himself to take a glimpse back at the world he temporary gave up.“I’d watch some NFL games on television last November,” Abdullah said. “I missed the game, but I was not upset or...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:13 AM - Permalink
Neighbors shared mixed reviews on the new Vikings stadium design, but welcomed its neighborhood impact...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:07 PM - Permalink
The Vikings’ new stadium has a large glass roof. Which raises a fair question. Who will clean the bird droppings and stuff that could land on the roof? “The [ethylene tetrafluoroethylene] product is self-cleaning,” Vikings V.P. of public affairs/stadium development Lester...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:49 PM - Permalink
The word is Joe Coleman is getting a lot of inquiry from major colleges across the country since announcing he's leaving the University of Minnesota. Richard Pitino is starting to make his imprint, including inquiring about a private workout area across from his office for personal player...
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Friday, May 17, 2013 at 9:31 PM - Permalink
Stadium funding can get touchy the pricier these NFL Taj Majalsget. One smoker has had enough with the latest outside-the-boxproposal in Minnesota...
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Friday, May 17, 2013 at 3:22 PM - Permalink
As it turns out, folks who puff on Marlboros will help pay for the next place where Ragnar will be blowing his horn. With electronic pulltab and bingo games, the original funding mechanism for the state’s portion of the new Vikings stadium, falling far short of projections, Minnesota needs a...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 11:03 PM - Permalink
Higher cigarette tax, closed loophole for businesses would make up for e-gambling shortfall...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM - Permalink
Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing that lawmakers use new revenue from taxes on cigarettes and corporate income to shore up the state's share of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium. Dayton's revenue commissioner unveiled the latest proposal Thursday in the House-Senate tax conference committee...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:18 PM - Permalink
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton proposed using new cigarette and corporate income tax revenues to help fund the Viking stadium...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM - Permalink
The Vikings released the controversial punter last week...
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