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As the Minnesota Vikings season headed for the rocks, it seemed a lot of the attitude toward Adrian Peterson shifted too.
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Tag: Minnesota Vikings
Take a long look at this picture of former Minnesota Viking Orlando Thomas. Read more →
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder may not be a legitimate NFL QB, but he’s doing just fine in the decency department.
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Adrian Peterson and the Star Tribune are waging a fierce battle with each other over Sunday’s blockbuster story, including an allegation of financial impropriety at Peterson’s All Day foundation. Read more →
Remember Twin Cities boosters saying Super Bowl 2018 would give Minnesota a national reputation and help “put it out the map.” This isn’t what they had in mind.
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The Adrian Peterson story hasn’t been hypocrisy-free up to now and there’s no reason to expect it would be now. Read more →
ESPN’s Keith Olbermann said for a brief, shining moment the Vikings showed some character in suspending Adrian Peterson. Olbermann then ripped Vikings GM Rick Spielman’s hypocrisy. Read more →
The league might simply be too tone deaf already to understand that most people understand what the Vikings are up to. Read more →
This Minnesota Vikings fan was doing the team proud while downing a few brews before yesterday’s game and whacking people with a switch, apparently in support of Adrian Peterson. Read more →
What NFL team has had more of its players arrested than any other franchise since 2000? Your Minnesota Vikings. But there should be an asterisk. Read more →
The Minnesota Vikings are going ahead with installing clear glass in their new behemoth stadium despite warnings it’ll lead to the deaths of birds who’ll slam into it.
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The University of Minnesota reportedly is joining an attempt to prevent the Vikings from using the word Redskins in promotional advertising for its Nov. 2 game at TCF Bank Stadium. Read more →
Chris Kluwe is finished in this town. Don't worry folks, you'll know when I'm on tilt. The Vikings clearly think turning this dirty will scare me off. Says all you need to know. — Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) July 19, 2014 The former Minnesota Viking punter, who became a folk hero during the debate over an Read more →
The conversation surrounding the weekend revelation of perks demanded by the NFL in exchange for Minneapolis hosting Super Bowl LII entered the ‘don’t worry about it’ phase today.
The advice comes from famed foodie Andrew Zimmern, who takes on local scribes today for paying attention to the controversy. Read more →
There were so many jaw-dropping factoids in the weekend Star Tribune article revealing what Minneapolis gave away to get the 2018 Super Bowl game that it’s hard to know where to begin. So let’s begin with the conclusion: Politicians either don’t know what’s going on in their own city, or they’re disingenuous in their denials of knowing what’s going on in their own city. Read more →