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Chris Kluwe To Sign With the Raiders

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:48:26 +0000

Former Viking punter Chris Kluwe has indicated that he has agreed to a contract to join the Oakland Raiders. Kluwe was released by the Viking earlier this month.

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Vikings Reportedly Not Pursuing Urlacher

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:49:22 +0000

The Vikings had been linked to free agent veteran linebacker Brian Urlacher but Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network says the Vikings are not pursuing him.

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Vikings Unveil Stadium Design Monday Night

Dave Overlund — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:14:08 +0000

There won't be a retractable roof, but the new Vikings stadium will have a series of giant, 95-foot tall glass panels that will open on the side of the stadium to reveal the Minneapolis skyline.

The stadium is touted as being able to host football, soccer, baseball, the Final Four and the Super Bowl

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Vikings Release Kluwe

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:38:37 +0000

The Vikings released punter Chris Kluwe Monday after drafting punter Jeff Locke from UCLA in the 5th round of last month's NFL draft. Kluwe tweeted "So long Minnesota, and thanks for all the fish.

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Vike's Peterson Has High Hopes For 2013

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:49:02 +0000

Viking running back Adrian Peterson eclipsed 2,000 yards rushing in 2012 after he sustained a major knee injury in week 16 of 2011.

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Vikings Take Risk With Patterson

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:34:02 +0000

The Vikings surprised many to taking receiver Cordarrelle Patterson from Tennessee with the 29th pick in the first round after giving 4 draft picks to New England for the right to take Patterson. The two risks are;

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Vikings Make Late Trade, Draft Wide Receiver

Dave Overlund — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:38:13 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings made a late trade with the New England Patriots to add a third pick in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night. Minnesota gave New England their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th round picks for the Patriots first-rounder

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Vikings Get Defensive Tackle, Defensive Back In Draft

Dave Overlund — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:01:54 +0000

Many Vikings fans breathed a sigh of relief when commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Vikings first round picks and the words "Manti Te'o" did not come out of his mouth. Not once.

The Vikings took defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd of Florida with their first pick of the first round (23rd overall), then drafted cornerback Xavier Rhodes from Florida State at 25th overall

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2013 FAN 1390 NFL Mock Draft (LIVE UPDATES)

Dave Overlund — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:19:57 +0000

1. (Seth-Dave, The FAN) KC- Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M OT

2. (John Tuvey, TheHuddle.com) JAX- Dion Jordan, Oregon, OLB

3. (Jay Caldwell, WJON) OAK- Sharrif Floyd, Florida, DT

4.(Lee Voss, WJON) PHI - Star Lotuleieil, Utah, DT

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Vikings Should Pass on Receiver in the First Round

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:54:17 +0000

The Vikings have 2 first round picks (#23 and #25) in the first round. Conventional wisdom will tell us that the Viking will use one of those first round picks on a receiver to replace Percy Harvin, who the Vikings traded to Seattle.

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Donovan McNabb Talks 2013 NFL Draft & Tony Romo's Contract [INTERVIEW]

Amanda Rykoff — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:26 +0000

Donovan McNabb hasn’t seen game action on an NFL field since 2011, but he hasn’t lost his competitive edge. The six-time Pro Bowl quarterback was in New York City on Tuesday to participate in the Wild Turkey American Honey Bar-sity Athletics kickball game against a team captained by Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. (Spoiler alert: McNabb’s [...]

Cold Spring's Eric Decker to Star in Reality Show [POLL]

Jim Maurice — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:40:42 +0000

Cold Spring native Eric Decker is getting his own reality show. The E! Entertainment network has announced their new reality show starring the former ROCORI football player, and current wide receiver for the Denver Broncos.

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Colts QB Andrew Luck Still Uses A Flip Phone Despite His $22.1M Contract

Joe Student — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:30:05 +0000

It's a good thing Andrew Luck can read a defense better than he can access the internet on his cell phone. Even though the Indianapolis Colts quarterback signed a $22.1 million contract after being selected with the first-overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Luck still uses an archaic Samsung

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Vikings Get Their Big Cheese

Dave Overlund — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:28:53 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings landed a top free agent wide receiver after much speculation over the last few days.

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Vikings Sign Former Chiefs QB Matt Cassel

Dave Overlund — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:30:49 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings signed one free agent Thursday and had a big name free agent in town for a visit.

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What Was Tuesday's Biggest NFL Move? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:21 +0000

A few pretty big off-season moves involving to high-profile NFL players happened on Tuesday, but which one was the biggest?

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Vikings Sign Pair, Release Veteran Cornerback Winfield

Dave Overlund — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:13:58 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings stirred things up on day one of free agency without signing a single free agent.

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Vikings Trade Percy Harvin to Seattle

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:48:48 +0000

The Vikings traded receiver Percy Harvin to Seattle for at least 1 first round draft pick according to Mike Florio with profootballtalk.com.

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Vikings Release Receiver Jenkins

Dave Overlund — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:14:55 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings have released wide receiver Michael Jenkins to clear salary in anticipation of the upcoming NFL free agency period.

Jenkins had 40 catches for 449 yards and two touchdowns last season for the Vikings

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Do You Pay Attention to the NFL Combine? — Sports Survey of the Day?

BJ Ragone — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:45:44 +0000

The NFL combine is where potential players show off their skills to all the teams in hopes of getting signed or raising their draft stock, but as fans, do you care about it?

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