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07/16/11 The word on the street is the NFL and its owners and the players association are close to reaching an agreement that will end the lockout . For the Minnesota Vikings and their fans this is great news and cannot happen to soon. If the Vikings are to have any chance at reversing the slide they took in 2010 they need to get everyone signed and ready for training camp as soon as the lockout is ...
07/15/11 Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf met with Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday, telling him that now is the time to discuss a new stadium since the outlines of a state budget deal are finally in place.
07/15/11 MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf spoke with Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday, telling him now is the time to discuss a new stadium since the outlines of a state budget deal are finally in place.
07/15/11 We're Black and Blue All Over: The end of a two-week state government shutdown will return the Minnesota Vikings' stadium issue back to the front burner in state politics. I'll be fascinated to see how it plays out. Once details of the new state budget are finalized over the next few days, Gov. Mark Dayton will call a special session of the state legislature to approve it. Vikings officials are ...
07/14/11 A public discussion on the proposed $1.1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium for Arden Hills drew dozens of stadium fans and opponents to the Ramsey County Public Works building in Arden Hills on Wednesday night.
07/13/11 MINNEAPOLIS, July 13 (UPI) -- A new roof installed on the Metrodome in Minneapolis was inflated for the first time Wednesday ahead of schedule, the Minnesota Vikings announced.
07/11/11 It's hard to believe that just two seasons ago, the Minnesota Vikings were one play away from their first Super Bowl appearance in over three decades. Now, Viking fans (myself included) are hoping a new coaching staff can "re-tool" the team enough to be in playoff contention once again. Leslie Frazier and his staff have quite a bit of work to do on both sides of the ball. They took a giant ...
07/08/11 The city of St. Paul is stepping up its opposition to a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills.
07/07/11 St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is calling on the mayors of 15 Ramsey County cities to help him derail plans for a 0.5 percent countywide sales tax to help fund a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills.
06/30/11 Despite speculation that swirled around blogs and on Twitter, there was no official news Wednesday on the bid to build a Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills.
06/29/11 The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting that a deal on a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium on the site of the old Twin Cities Army Ammunition dump is coming closer to fruition . The most intriguing part of the story, in my opinion, is this: Sources reported Wednesday that stadium negotiators had dropped the cost of the $1 billion proposed project by nearly $200 million , the Vikings had upped ...
06/29/11 Tarvaris Jackson's time with the Minnesota Vikings is likely coming to an end. The team that drafted the Alabama State quarterback in 2006 declined to offer him a contact tender before the NFL lockout. 0 0 1 456 2603 Sustainable Development 21 6 3053 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband ...
06/28/11 When the 2011 NFL season kicks off, the Minnesota Vikings will find themselves submerged in the slippery purgatory that exists somewhere between rebuilding and retooling. They're in no-man's land. Caught in the middle. They're the Demi Moore of the NFL. Nightmares of Los Angeles and the lockout will subside, but the memory of a horrific 2010 campaign is here to stay. Picking up the pieces will ...
06/27/11 Another in a series on NFC North players whose career trajectories put them on a path to consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. NFL teams value pass-rushing more than any skill outside of quarterbacking, and here in the NFC North we have two of the best of this generation. Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers (89 career sacks) and Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen (83 ...
06/25/11 This NFL offseason has been difficult for GM Rick Spielman and first-time head coach Leslie Frazier. With a roster full of their own pending free agents, the Minnesota Vikings must look to fill key holes in their roster. The Vikings will try to retool an aging (and often injured) defense, while trying to find it's identity on offense. They did a good job addressing some needs in the draft. Most ...
06/23/11 A Shoreview City Council member has started a petition against building a Minnesota Vikings stadium in neighboring Arden Hills.
06/23/11 Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson apologized to his fans for his absence from a youth football camp carrying his name in Oklahoma.
06/22/11 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson apologized to his fans for being absent from a youth football camp carrying his name in Oklahoma. Peterson has appeared at the camp near the Oklahoma campus in Norman the past three years, but says he won't be able to make ...
06/22/11 Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson apologized to his fans for being absent from a youth football camp carrying his name in Oklahoma.
06/22/11 Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson apologized to his fans for being absent from a youth football camp carrying his name in Oklahoma.
06/21/11 We're Black and Blue All Over: My AFC South colleague Paul Kuharsky, who lords over the highly debated and increasingly powerful NFL Twindex , found some humor in a light-hearted Twitter exchange between Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder and Blaine Gabbert of the Jacksonville Jaguars. It started with Gabbert announcing he was headed to the Florida Keys for vacation and continued ... |