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Bleacher Report - Sat May 26, 8:00 am ET
It is no secret that Vikings fans need to have tempered expectations about their position in the NFC North this year. But how tempered are we talking? Pretty tempered, I'm afraid. Let's go with the common sports knowledge that usually an NFL team is only as good as their quarterback can be. Obviously, there are the million other variables such as defense, special teams, running game, blah blah ...
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Bleacher Report - Sat May 26, 9:01 pm ET
Looking back at the 2011 season for the Minnesota Vikings , it might seem difficult to pick out a point where things went in a positive direction. It might be easy to pick out a bright spot because there seemed to be so few, but a time when the season started to go right? A 3-13 team has very few bright spots. There is one game that, though the outcome was bad, pointed the Vikings on the right ...
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Bleacher Report - Fri May 25, 4:32 pm ET
The 2012 NFL draft was especially important to the Minnesota Vikings after a dismal 2011-2012 season that started with high aspirations. After making some crafty trades in the draft, the Vikes were left with a pretty impressive class that filled many needs. These guys are the most pressed to make an impression in the coming year. Begin Slideshow
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Pioneer Press - Sat May 26, 7:52 pm ET
Daddy has an owie. At least that's what Scott Kooistra tells 3-year-old Maddox when she wonders why he can't be her Play-Doh partner and human jungle gym anymore.
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Post-Bulletin - 2 hours 42 minutes ago
ST. PAUL — Their job will be to keep construction of a $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium on budget. They will hammer out details of a 30-year lease binding the team to Minnesota for another generation and
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NFL.com - Sat May 26, 10:09 am ET
Charlie Johnson is moving inside for the Minnesota Vikings, but the offensive lineman is prepared for the switch. The six-year veteran says it's easier to thrive at guard than at tackle.
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Bleacher Report - Fri May 25, 2:20 am ET
With the Minnesota Vikings ' OTA's set to begin May 30, the offseason is (for the most part) over. Barring an unexpected trade, the roster will be what it will be. The Vikings, for the most part, are still the same team that walked off the field on Jan. 1 and finished 3-13 in 2011. They made a few free-agent signings, none of which overwhelmed the NFL community. But where the Vikings made their ...
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sun May 27, 2:09 pm ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Their job will be to keep construction of a $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium on budget.
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South Brunswick Post - 55 minutes ago
The Cincinnati Bengals picked South Brunswick Vikings alumnus and Rutgers Scarlet Knights star wide receiver Mohamad Sanu in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft last Friday night.
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National Football Post via Yahoo! Sports - Sat May 26, 11:16 am ET
Stadium could produce big revenue for Wilfs
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Pioneer Press - Sun May 27, 12:58 am ET
It was getting close to 9 o'clock on the night of May 9, and Vikings and state officials meeting in the governor's office had resolved pretty much every issue standing between them and a new stadium. Except one.
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The SportsXchange via Yahoo! Sports - Sat May 26, 2:21 pm ET
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf is expected to receive about $15 million a year from the corporate naming rights of the team's new stadium.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sun May 27, 8:30 pm ET
The small merchants at Penn and Lowry on the North Side are giving the commercial hub new vibrancy and a welcome economic boost.
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MSNBC - Fri May 25, 8:33 pm ET
After months of premature cork-popping and unhatched-chicken-counting, it's now official. The Minnesota Vikings will be getting a new stadium. In Minnesota.
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Forbes - Fri May 25, 2:38 pm ET
(Image credit: Getty Images North America via @daylife) The San Francisco 49ers will likely be the favorites when they host the Minnesota Vikings in the first preseason game this year. But in the stadium financing game the Vikings have already beaten their National Football League rivals. Today the Minneapolis City Council approved plans
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Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 11:53 am ET
The $1 billion public-private plan to build a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings took one of its final steps toward reality Thursday, as a slim majority of the Minneapolis City Council voted in favor of a sales tax shift to help pay for it.
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KAAL Austin - Sun May 27, 3:59 pm ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A new stadium authority will keep Vikings stadium construction on a $975 million budget, work out a 30-year lease with the team and run the new arena.
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Bleacher Report - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
By just looking at the available free agents on the open market, it's rather surprising to see the talent that's just sitting there as unemployed—but it's more to it than just talent. We all know that Plaxico Burress is one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL , but many question his work ethic and his attitude—and the Jets are beginning to question his ability to work with quarterback ...
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La Crosse Tribune - Sun May 27, 5:23 pm ET
CHICAGO — If you want to know what Mike Tice's Bears offense will look like in the fall, it isn't a crystal ball you need.
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NFL.com - Sun May 27, 7:09 am ET
Former Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns running back Jamal Lewis has filed for bankruptcy in Atlanta with debts of more than $10.5 million, TMZ.com reported on Sunday.