U.S. Bank Stadium: A guide to the Vikings’ new $1.1 billion home
U.S. Bank Stadium, the new $1.1 billion home of the Vikings and downtown Minneapolis mega-venue, is now open. Here’s everything you need to know about: Getting there, parking and tailgating What to eat...
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Brian Murphy: Sparano’s just the guy to toughen up Vikings’ offensive line
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater passes the ball to tight end Kyle Rudolph in drills during the afternoon workout at the team's training camp at Minnesota State University in Mankato on...
View ArticleVikings fighting through dog days of training camp
MANKATO, Minn. — Four days of oppressive heat and the thumping of pads means training camp has reached the dog days, even in this abbreviated version for the Vikings. Anticipation is growing for...
View ArticleVikings notebook: Players pass first test with officials
MANKATO, Minn. — NFL officials arrived Thursday for three days of oversight and education as the Vikings prepare for their first full scrimmage and next week’s preseason opener against Cincinnati. So...
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Alex Boone’s journey: Rock roadie, rock bottom … rock solid
MANKATO, Minn. — Alex Boone was destined for center stage long before the charismatic left guard became the Vikings’ new 6-foot-8, 310-pound tattooed block of offensive granite. Imagine this...
View ArticleZimmer’s ties make next week’s Cincinnati practices possible
MANKATO, Minn. — For the first time in almost a decade, the Vikings will take their players on a training camp field trip next week to Cincinnati, a rare opportunity to practice against a preseason...
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Brian Murphy: NFL squeezing humanity out of officiating
MANKATO, Minn. — In 1974, NFL referees wore wireless microphones to announce penalties and explain rules to fans in stadiums and watching on television unable to interpret primeval hand signals. Three...
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For Vikings’ Rudolph, time for production to match potential
MANKATO, Minn. — The Pied Piper of West Cincinnati is going home again this week, and what do you know? Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph might actually play at Paul Brown Stadium. A handful of snaps in...
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Vikings see larger role for Jerick McKinnon
MANKATO, Minn. — Adrian Peterson enters his 10th season as the Vikings’ star running back knowing his snaps might diminish as the team finds more ways to get the ball into Jerick McKinnon’s hands....
View ArticleVikings flee, er, break camp in Mankato
MANKATO, Minn. — The Vikings did not really break camp Tuesday morning, they evacuated just ahead of a thunderstorm that drenched Minnesota State University and cut short the team’s final practice of...
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Becoming Max Kepler, the Twins’ feel-good story of 2016
Max Kepler calls himself a mutt despite matinee-idol looks, a gorgeous left-handed swing and sudden fame providing the Twins a summer antidote to their toxic season. Self-awareness is included with...
View ArticleBrian Murphy: Playoff loss was prologue for promising Vikings
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then the Vikings are seven months and 90 degrees late to their reunion with the Seahawks, who high-stepped their frostbitten feet out of TCF Bank Stadium on Jan....
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Murphy: Teddy Bridgewater shows there’s no reason for Vikings panic
Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater gestures to a teammate from the sidelines in the fourth quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)Minnesota Vikings...
View ArticleVikings rookie’s celebration earns scolding from Zimmer
Mackensie Alexander had quite the adventure late in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 23-10 exhibition victory over San Diego on Sunday. In a span of three snaps the Vikings’ rookie cornerback dropped...
View ArticleMurphy: Mike Zimmer needs to convince Vikings all is not lost without...
Wailing sirens pierced a lazy summer afternoon as the ambulance barreled into Winter Park on Tuesday to medevac fallen Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to a hospital, leaving teammates, coaches...
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Vikings’ blueprint for success: Kurt Warner’s Cinderella season in 1999
The savior quarterback collapsed in the pocket writhing in agony, his left knee shredded, along with the team’s hopes for a special season, as distressed teammates threw helmets and pounded their fists...
View ArticleVikings: Jarius Wright back on field, and radar
There was a Jarius Wright sighting Thursday night at U.S. Bank Stadium — three of them, actually. The veteran slot receiver started and was targeted a half-dozen times in the Vikings’ preseason finale...
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Brian Murphy: It’s business as usual for spurned Shaun Hill
Quarterbacks Shaun Hill, left, and Sam Bradford slap hands with receivers as the Minnesota Vikings held practice in Eden Prairie on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi)Minnesota...
View ArticleVikings rookies know pro debuts ‘a big moment’
Vikings defensive backs Mackenzie Alexander and Jayron Kearse each had a pair of interceptions during the preseason, so does anyone want to bet which rookie is going to snatch the first pick that...
View ArticleFor Vikings’ Norv Turner, quarterback shuffle just a bump in the road
Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner has been here before, preparing a newly acquired veteran quarterback with game day fast approaching in a coaching kitchen full of chefs. In November 1993,...
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