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The Vikings have an interesting situation at the safety position.  We have two veteran starters who underachieved last year (Sharp and D-Smith) , an in-the-box-type presence coming off a season ending knee injury (Tank), and a young kid who showed a lot of upside last year (Greg Blizzle).  Unfortunately, in 2 or 3 years (the next time Childress […]

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The Wild have 7 games left in their regular season and things are looking interesting. The Wild with 95 pts are only 1 pt out of first place in the Division behind the Canucks. San Jose is up 1 pt and Dallas is down 1 pt, both are in mix for seeds. […]

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ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that the Gophers will sign University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith. The deal is said to be made official tomorrow and to be worth $1.8 million dollars per year. Finally, a step in the right direction, and a big step at that! Sky-U-Mah Tubby! Sky-U-Mah!

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The Timberwolves played the Lakers tonight on ESPN and a few things really caught my attention and made me a little more distrusting of the “entertainment league” called the NBA.  I don’t know if I can even call it a real sport, it’s one level away from the WWE.
Maybe its that I’ve just watched 2 […]

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With an RPI of 190, the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team narrowly missed out on making the field of 64 today.  Their outstanding record of 9-22 put them as the 9th seed in this weeks Big Ten conference tournament.  After their first round loss versus Michigan, Athletic Director Joel Maturi needs to do something to […]

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Following the comments of the “Paper Champs”, I too have noticed that hockey is running rampant through the “state of hockey”, and it could not come at a better time. Vikings fans have been eagerly awaiting free agency because of the amount of money available to spend on players. Now that it is here, fans […]

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Having just missed out on signing Patrick Kerney from Atlanta, the Vikings still need to address their pass rush.  Jamaal Anderson would be a great way to do so.
Jamaal is listed currently as #4 on Mel Kiper’s big board, making him the best DE available and probably not available to the Vikings at #7.  However, […]

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