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Vikings counting on Guion but knee injury persists

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings were excited about the progress Letroy Guion was making in his transition from one defensive tackle spot to the other. He showed up...

sports Wed, Aug 22, 2012 - 10:24pm

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson runs with the ball during training camp recently. The Vikings have expressed a desire to give Peterson some preseason carries to give his mind, his body and his surgically repaired left knee more confidence for the games that count starting in September. But now they’re backing off, not wanting to expose Peterson to a freak hit in a meaningless exhibition that could negate all the progress he’s made. Jerry Holt | Star Tribune

Peterson tells Vikings their no-preseason plan is OK

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have a better idea about how to finish preparing Adrian Peterson and his surgically repaired left knee for the season. The plan, simply,...

sports Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 10:49pm

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Audie Cole (57) is congratulated by teammates after scoring on an interception against Buffalo Bills quarterback Vince Young in the second half of their preseason game Friday in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 36-14. Genevieve Ross | Associated Press

Interceptions must increase for Vikings to improve

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings tied for the league lead last season in sacks, so opposing quarterbacks should’ve been flustered into forcing plenty of bad throws that the...

sports Mon, Aug 20, 2012 - 11:33pm

Minnesota Vikings running back Jerome Felton (42) scores a touchdown as Buffalo Bills linebacker Nick Barnett (50) looks on in the first half of their preseason game Friday in Minneapolis. Genevieve Ross | Associated Press

Ponder thrives for Vikings in 36-14 win over Bills

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Ponder isn't a rookie anymore. In his second preseason with Minnesota, he looks a lot more polished than that. Ponder threw a first-quarter touchdown pass in...

sports Fri, Aug 17, 2012 - 11:24pm

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson runs during training camp Tuesday in Mankato. Peterson says he’s always planned on suiting up and playing in the first regular season game this year. Jerry Holt | The Star Tribune/AP

Peterson has never doubted playing in Vikings opener

MANKATO (AP) — The NFL season starts for Minnesota on Sept. 9, barely eight months after Adrian Peterson had reconstructive surgery on his ripped-up left knee. Despite the medical advances...

sports Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 11:20pm

Vikings' run defense still under construction

MANKATO (AP) — Preseason games can be difficult to analyze and often misleading, but no NFL team feels good about allowing 260 yards rushing in one night. That's what happened...

sports Tue, Aug 14, 2012 - 2:44pm

Editorial: Vikings fans: It's time for football

The sunrise looked like it had a purple tint this morning as it shed light upon the football fields of Mankato. And it should as the Minnesota Vikings opened training...

opinion / editorials Fri, Jul 27, 2012 - 8:41am

Vikings stadium one step from reality after Minnesota governor signs bill

ST. PAUL -- Rep. Morrie Lanning knows how to win elections and football championships, and says getting a new Vikings stadium is much the same. "I'm a former football player...

news / sports Tue, May 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Vikings owners and politicians watch Gov. Mark Dayton sign a bill Monday authorizing a $975 million downtown Minneapolis stadium. (Don Davis?Forum Communications Co.)

Dayton signs stadium bill

ST. PAUL -- Rep. Morrie Lanning summed up a stadium bill signing in three words: "We did it." That pretty much was the attitude of a couple hundred cheering Minnesotans,...

news / state Mon, May 14, 2012 - 1:15pm

Horns on the head of a Vikings fan frame debate Thursday in the Minnesota House to build a stadium. The stadium, which ultimately was approved, drained the energy to accomplish much else in the Legislature this session, some lawmakers say. (Don Davis/Forum Communications Co.)

Vikings stadium debate loomed over session

ST. PAUL -- Democrats' term for the just-completed Minnesota legislative session is "do nothing," but if that is true, the House speaker said it is because of what he calls...

news / state Sat, May 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota Vikings fan David Gunderson, in face paint, on Thursday em-braces fellow fan Larry Spooner in the hallway of the Capitol in St. Paul after the Vikings stadium bill passed in the Senate. Lawmakers approved a nearly $1 billion plan to construct the stadium in downtown Minneapolis. AP photo/Renee Jones Schneider

Lawmakers agree on funding plan, clearing way for Vikings to construct stadium

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings and their fans have something to cheer about. And they did cheer and sang "Skol, Vikings," the team's fight song, during a Thursday evening...

news / sports Fri, May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

How area west central Minn. area lawmakers voted on Vikings stadium

Lawmakers in west central Minnesota split on their votes on legislation to construct a Vikings stadium. Here is how the four west central Minnesota area state representatives voted on a...

news / state Thu, May 10, 2012 - 5:22pm

Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate; House adjourned

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60. Representatives debated the stadium bill an hour and...

news / state Thu, May 10, 2012 - 7:52am

Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60. Representatives debated the stadium bill an hour and...

news / state Thu, May 10, 2012 - 5:50am

Vikings would pay more as final voting for stadium plan is near

ST. PAUL -- The final Minnesota Legislature votes to build a Vikings stadium are coming after a decade of discussions. Private meetings throughout Wednesday yielded a compromise between plans the...

news / sports Thu, May 10, 2012 - 12:00am

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