This year’s NFL draft has a different feel.
Vikings
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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What’s in a name? Racist abuse, say hundreds of protesters
Hundreds of Native Americans and their allies gathered across from US Bank Stadium before and during the Minnesota Vikings football game to protest the Washington team name: Redskins.
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It’s coming together for the purple and gold
Although late in the game, Vikings made a showing against the Arizona Cardinals to walk away with a 20-9 victory.
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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.
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NFL division winners take a beating
The Vikings’ 8-7-1 regular season has come and gone, and the disappointment and frustration will remain through July. This season was supposed to be so much more.
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Vikings not prime-time players!
As we go to press, the Vikings announced they have fired Offensive Coordinator John DeFilippo. QB Coach Kevin Stefanski is the interim OC and will call plays Sunday vs. Miami.
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There are no guarantees in the NFL
Los Angeles won with 30 over Detroit’s 16. The Rams are 11- 1, the best record in the NFL, and they play the 8-4 Bears next week. Next Monday the Vikings play at Seattle. With just four games left, winning is paramount.
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Rams win record MNF showdown 54-51
The highest scoring Monday Night Football game in history was played before the backdrop of Hollywood in Los Angeles at the historic Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams 54, Kansas City Chiefs 51.
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America’s number-one game is back!
The controversial protests by some players during the national anthem the last two years, ignited by quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have been a source of division among the owners, fans, some media and players. Some sports fans were irritated with the players’ choice to protest and their right to do so.
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Vikings: It’s time to fish or cut bait!
This season will not fall completely on the shoulders of free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins, the NFL’s first $84 million quarterback. However, the Vikings believe and have identified Cousins as the quarterback who can lead them where they have never been: Super Bowl Champions!
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Vikings finally honor Dennis Green
It’s good the Vikings got around to honoring Dennis Green, because all he did was make NFL history. Since Kevin Warren became chief operating officer of the Vikings — he’s been here 13 years now — the first Black COO of an NFL franchise and the highest ranking Black executive on the business side of an NFL team.
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Vikings to induct Dennis Green into Ring of Honor
Dennis Green’s Ring of Honor induction will take place during a halftime ceremony at the Vikings game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, September 23, at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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Eagles dominate Vikings, advance to Super Bowl LII against Patriots
Is that all there is? Historically, the painful playoff futility of the Minnesota Vikings continued with another playoff thumping: Eagles 38-Vikings 7. The Eagles — the number-one NFC team with the home-field advantage — erupted after spotting the Vikings a 7-0 lead to score 38 unanswered points and reach their third Super Bowl in franchise history. Quarterback […]
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Vikings win eighth straight
Apparently, the Vikings were just testing the waters in 2016, starting 5-0 the first year of U.S. Bank Stadium. The team went through a lot losing both Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Peterson to injury and Mike Zimmer having several eye surgeries; the team missed the playoffs. After going 11-5 in 2015 and losing that heartbreaker 10-9 […]
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Vikings win fifth straight
Los Angeles next! This is getting better every week. We are less than 100 days from Super Bowl Sunday and the opportunity of a lifetime to host the Super Bowl and actually play in it. Quarterback Case Keenum threw for 304 yards and four touchdown passes in the Vikings’ 38-30 win Sunday over Washington. Receiver Adam Thielen […]
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Vikings moving on up
Beat Packers 23-10 My oh my, can the Vikings play defense, as shown by victories over QBs Drew Brees, Jameis Winston, Mitchell Trubisky, Aaron Rodgers and Brett Hundley. Only one team has scored 20 or more points against them, and that’s Pittsburgh. So far, injuries and protests have highlighted the 2017 NFL season, and we have […]