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Vikings-Cardinals Game Moved To Sunday Night

The Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals game in week 13 will move to Sunday night on NBC at 7:30 p.m. The Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots will move out of the slot, giving way for the Vikings-Cardinals match up.

Realistic Options? Feliz, Lopez and Sheets?

Howard Sinker (Fan’s View Blog @ Star Tribune) listed a few players he believes are realistic options for filling the Minnesota Twins’ roster. Here is a list of players he considers “affordable,” or at least a fix without spending huge money. Third Base – Pedro Feliz:  Sinker said the Twins should and could sign Feliz [...]

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Childress Gets New Contract

Update: Various reports say Childress agreed to a deal that will have him under contract through the 2013 season.  He will earn $4 to $5 million annually. New Contract For Childress Soon? Clark Judge (CBSSports.com) reports Minnesota Vikings’ coach Brad Childress is nearing a new contract extension that could at least double his current salary. [...]

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Wilf Wouldn’t Mind Favre Returning

Judd Zulgad (Star Tribune) reports Minnesota Vikings owner and President Mark Wilf would be happy if quarterback Brett Favre returned next year as the team’s starting quarterback. When asked about Favre’s potential return, Wilf said to the Star Tribune: “That is the hope. You’d have to ask him down the road. I’m sure that’s a [...]

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Winfield Not Expected To Play Against The Lions

Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback Antoine Winfield is not expected to play this Sunday against the Detroit Lions, while the team is eying his return for week 11, according to various Internet sources. This is not exactly new news to us.  We predicted that Winfield would sit out against the Lions because of his importance to the [...]

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Perkins Drops Grievance

Joe Christensen (Star Tribune) reports Minnesota Twins and pitcher Glen Perkins reached a settlement this week, avoiding a arbitration hearing scheduled for Friday in New York, and not qualifying him for arbitration. The settlement will prevent Perkins from continuing on with his grievance hearing, with his argument that he should have been kept on the [...]

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Shiancoe Plans To Do Push-Ups After Catching Touchdowns

Minnesota Vikings’ tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said on his Ustream broadcast on Wednesday that he plans on doing push-ups when he catches touchdown passes during games. Shiancoe said he will do as many push-ups as the total touchdowns he has for the season.  Shiancoe currently has six touchdowns this season, so if he catches his [...]

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‘Realistic’ Free Agent Options For Third Base

Aaron Gleeman (AG.com) posted a blog listing five free-agents he believes are “realistic” options for the Minnesota Twins’ starting third base position. Gleeman took into account the overall market and despite the Twins’ history of bargain-shopping for “washed-up” veterans, he considers these five free-agents as players the Twins should pursue. Here are the players he [...]

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Vikings-Bears Game On Nov. 29 Moved To 3:15 p.m.

The Minnesota Vikings’ game against the Chicago Bears on Nov. 29 has been moved from noon to 3:15 p.m. Before the time change, no game was previously scheduled for 3:15 p.m. on that day.  Moving the Vikings back will allow the Fox network to have a double-header. Based on how well the Bears have been playing [...]

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Twins Started Talks With Mauer

Charley Walters (Pioneer Press) reports the Minnesota Twins have started contract talks with catcher Joe Mauer and his agent. Walters said Mauer could cost as much as $25 million a season, but Twins’ top executive under the Pohlad family ownership, Jerry Bell is confident the team will have good negotiations with Mauer. “I’m past the [...]

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