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Posted inFeatured, Sports, Vikings/NFL
Johnson and Cornell drafted by NFL
Tyler Johnson and Jashon Cornell were recently drafted into the NFL.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
NFL fan behavior could reflect implicit bias
The NFL fan base is arguably the most biased against the over three-fourths of its players who are Black.
Posted inNews, Sports
Former Viking Tarvaris Jackson dies in a car crash
Former Minnesota Viking and Seattle Seahawk quarterback Tarvaris Jackson died in a car crash on Sunday night.
Posted inOpinion
Commercials be damned: The NFL does not care about Black people
The NFL’s latest move is designed to ensure that the movement does not come back by trying to make it appear that it and the people concerned about ending police violence, share the same vision. They/we absolutely do not!
Posted inSports
Cultural conditioning still relegating Blacks to also-rans
Yes, cultural conditioning is alive and well in the NFL. It’s called the Rooney Rule.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Vikings are done!
Overcoming a legacy of playoff failures is like a right of passage. The NFL playoffs deliver a painful reminder of postseason Vikings failures.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Vikings shock Saints again!
Among the elite eight left, four of the teams have Black starting quarterback—Deshawn Watson (Houston), Pat Mahomes (Kansas City), Russell Wilson (Seattle), and Lamar Jackson (Baltimore).
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
This is it for the Vikings!
It’s been a good year, not a great year, for the Vikings and Twins. Both reached the playoffs.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Seattle storms Vikings 37-30!
After the 37-30 loss to Seattle, the Vikings now slip to 8-4. They face the Detroit Lions next at home.
Posted inOpinion
We got 99 problems now Jay-Z is one
Jay-Z doubled down on his shadiness, cutting a deal with the NFL, which was designed to improve their reputation with its Black fan base.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Tony Dungy says NFL picked worst possible date for Kaepernick workout
The NFL has suddenly planned a workout for Colin Kaepernick but is it sabotage?
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
The NFC North race is on
The Vikings have got to get physical, dig deep, and breakthrough on the road; the show seems to be just fine at home. Winning anywhere is important, but road wins in the Division are huge.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
The Vikings don’t get it!
The Packers seized the moment, grabbed the momentum, and established that they were ready to stick it to the Vikings.
Posted inSports
Are you ready for Vikings football?
It’s early August. The Hall of Fame game has been played in Canton, Ohio and the players for all 32 teams are sweating it out in the heat preparing for the 2019 season.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports, Vikings/NFL
Kevin Warren BIG-bound
Vikings COO Kevin Warren will be the Big Ten Conference commissioner come September — the first African American to lead any Power Five conference.
Posted inNational, News
Colin Kaepernick triumphs over NFL collusion
This past week, it was reported that Kaepernick, who filed a grievance against the National Football League (NFL) back in October of 2017, had reached a settlement with the NFL for a substantial amount of money. Kaepernick had not played a game in the NFL since early 2017.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
The NFL’s ‘Fantastic Four’ face off
This is what greatness is all about. Four teams have navigated through the minefields of the NFL to reach the finals in one of the most exciting seasons in league history.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Five African American NFL head coaches fired
‘Not a good look for diversity today in the NFL.’
Posted inOpinion, Vikings/NFL
Who says women can’t be NFL head coaches?
This [NFL] is a man’s world, but it would be nothing without a woman or a girl … (speaking in my James Brown voice). Sure, we are on the sidelines as cheerleaders, owners, reporters and such, but there has never been a female head coach manning the sidelines in any male professional sport. There’s always […]