Minnesota Vikings extend training camp to three weeks

The Minnesota Vikings will have a
longer training camp this year, the team said Wednesday.
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Jerome Simpson asks Minnesota Vikings fans for forgiveness

New Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson introduced himself on Monday to local fans in Monday’s St. Paul Pioneer Press by offering a mea culpa for his recent felony drug conviction.
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Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium to have retractable roof?

Now that the deal to fund the stadium is done the Vikings owners Mark and Zygi Wilf are thinking about footing the bill for a retractable roof on the new stadium to maximize the number of features they can get.
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Vikings fans finally can start to celebrate

It’s been a long, confusing process, but the Vikings and their fans can start to celebrate. The franchise isn’t going anywhere after the Minnesota Senate finally passed the stadium bill.
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Ex-Redskins LB Rocky McIntosh tries out with Vikings

Former Washington Redskins linebacker Rocky McIntosh had a tryout with the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday, a league source told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.
NFL.com

Notre Dame rookie duo vies for time in Vikings secondary

A pair of rookies out of Notre Dame were on the Minnesota Vikings’ first unit at safety, and could be starting for the team Sept. 9, when the 2012 season begins.
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Minnesota Vikings rookie OL Matt Kalil feels like freshman

Minnesota’s fourth-overall pick in the NFL draft said his first practice as a Viking reminded him of being a freshman in college.
NFL.com

Governor Dayton to hear Minnesota Vikings stadium plan

After calling a Republican-backed $ 975 stadium proposal a “hare-brained” idea, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton says he is willing to hear it out.
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Minnesota Vikings, lawmakers push stadium bill to full Senate

The $ 1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium
bill narrowly survived a skewering late Friday in the Senate Taxes
Committee, which moved the bill to the Senate floor as the team’s
decade-long push for a new home drew closer to a resolution.
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Vikings RB Caleb King arrested on suspicion of assault

Minnesota Vikings running back Caleb King was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault in the beating of another man outside a birthday party, the Anoka County
sheriff’s office said Saturday.
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Minnesota Vikings players visit state Capitol to push stadium

Vikings players Adrian Peterson, Chad Greenway and John Sullivan lobbied Minnesota lawmakers Wednesday to pass a stadium bill.
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Minnesota Vikings, WR Jerome Simpson agree to one-year deal

Free-agent wideout Jerome Simpson and the Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms on a one-year deal Tuesday, according to NFL Network contributor and Fox Sports Insider Jay Glazer.
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Leslie Frazier: Left tackles like Matt Kalil aren’t ‘game-changers’

Conventional wisdom that USC’s Matt Kalil will go to the Minnesota Vikings with the No. 3 overall pick in this week’s NFL draft could be losing traction after coach Leslie Frazier said left tackles aren’t the “game-changers” that teams are expected to choose so early.
NFL.com

Goodell, Rooney talk stadium with Minn. officials

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell served a “reality check” in regards to the Vikings stadium situation to Minnesota officials on Friday. Goodell says no threats were made at the session.
NFL.com

Jared Allen: Bounties not the cause of loss to Saints

The star-crossed Vikings and QB Brett Favre were on the losing end of Saints “bounty” practices in the 2009 NFL title game. Jared Allen says that doesn’t keep him up at night.
NFL.com

Bill Parcells talks ‘never happened,’ Vikings co-owner says

The Minnesota Vikings were temporarily linked to the pursuit of Bill Parcells, but Vikings owner Mark Wilf confirms that the talks “never happened” and the team has planned from the beginning to stick with GM Rick Spielman.
NFL.com

Spielman: Vikings might trade No. 3 pick, even at the last minute

Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman speculated about trading the No. 3 pick in this month’s NFL draft on Friday.
NFL.com

Ravens’ McKinnie owes millions in lockout loans

During the NFL lockout, some feared players would meet unprecedented financial and legal woes. That wasn’t the case, but one big error in judgment by Bryant McKinnie has come home to roost.
NFL.com

Vikings’ Percy Harvin delays surgery, citing family emergency

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin has delayed arthoscopic surgery to remove bone spurs from his shoulder, he announced Tuesday on Twitter.
NFL.com

Vikings’ Chris Kluwe shreds Gregg Williams’ speech

NFL players and coaches can’t seem to agree whether Gregg Williams’ speech was highly unorthodox or typical coachspeak. The Vikings’ Chris Kluwe clearly falls into the first camp.
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Minn. tribe wants to partner in new stadium, gambling business

A northern Minnesota Indian tribe is offering enough money to cover the state’s entire $ 400 million contribution to a new Vikings stadium in exchange for approval to build a gambling palace in the city.
NFL.com

Vikings WR Percy Harvin set for minor shoulder surgery Tuesday

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin tweeted on Wednesday that his shoulder surgery will be performed on Tuesday
NFL.com

Vikings WR Harvin to have shoulder surgery in near future

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin revealed Monday he needs shoulder surgery, and a source with knowledge of the situation said that although the operation hasn’t been scheduled, it will take place soon.
NFL.com

Vikings coach Frazier says Peterson to start running ‘on land’

Leslie Frazier said Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is “just beginning to run on land” this week, but the coach remains cautiously optimistic that his star player will recover from his knee injury by the 2012 season opener.
NFL.com

Vikings GM certain Peterson will regain his old form

Vikings GM Rick Spielman has never been around a player quite like Adrian Peterson, which is why he believes his star running back will come back as strong as ever from his serious knee injury.
NFL.com

Mayor touts council majority for Vikings stadium plan

The Vikings stadium bill, stalled for nearly two weeks at the Capitol, got a new push Monday when
Minneapolis’ mayor said he’d lined up city council support for the $ 975 million plan to rebuild on the site
of the Metrodome.
NFL.com

Vikings release DT Ayodele, agree to terms with OL Schwartz

The Minnesota Vikings have dumped another
veteran starter, releasing nose tackle Remi Ayodele one
unproductive season into a three-year contract.
NFL.com

Vikings’ Kluwe: NFL must ban Vilma, Williams for life

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe saw the Saints pummel Brett Favre first-hand during the 2009 NFC Championship. What he learned later shocked him, and he thinks the players involved must pay dearly.
NFL.com

Frazier understands slow rebuild won’t fly with fans

Vikings coach Leslie Frazier knows the word “rebuild” doesn’t sit well with fans. So, he said, he’s ready to win now in an unforgiving league that has cost many a coach his job.
NFL.com

Backfield help: Vikings sign RB Hilliard to one-year contract

Former Miami Dolphins running back Lex Hilliard has signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
NFL.com

Vikings CB Cook acquitted of assaulting girlfriend

Jurors on Thursday acquitted Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook of all charges that he assaulted his girlfriend last October.
NFL.com

Ponder ready for anything, even Vikings drafting another QB

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder told the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Saturday that “in the NFL, there’s nothing ever guaranteed.” So he’s preparing himself for the possibility that the team might draft a quarterback to compete for his job.
NFL.com

Vikings release longtime OL Hutchinson, Herrera, CB Griffin

The Minnesota Vikings released starting offensive linemen Steve Hutchinson and Anthony Herrera and cornerback Cedric Griffin, the team announced Saturday.
NFL.com

Layers of Favre Twitter mystery slowly peeled away

Brett Favre’s foray into Twitter has been as rocky as his final season in the NFL. On Thursday, the ol’ gunslinger sent out a press release telling the public his account had been hacked.
NFL.com

Opening statements heard in assault case against Vikings’ Cook

Opening statements were heard Wednesday in Minneapolis in the domestic assault case against Vikings CB Chris Cook. Minnesota held Cook out for most of last season pending his trial.
NFL.com

Favre happy ‘the truth comes out’ on Saints’ practices

Brett Favre isn’t angry about being targeted by the Saints in the 2009 NFC Championship Game, but the retired QB is pleased New Orleans’ illegal practices were brought to light.
NFL.com

Favre says he’s not upset about being targeted by Saints

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre told Sports Illustrated Friday that he wouldn’t be especially upset about Saints players having been paid extra to try to injure him.
NFL.com

Father: Vikings RB Peterson takes next step in knee rehab

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson continues to be on schedule in his rehabilitation from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
NFL.com

Vikings near deal to play games at TCF Stadium

The Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota have struck a tentative deal on how much the team will pay the school to play at TCF Stadium while a new Vikings stadium is built.
NFL.com

Vikings cool to new state GOP plan for Vikings stadium funding

A group of Republican state lawmakers
proposed a new Vikings stadium plan Thursday that would drastically
reduce the size of the taxpayer contribution, arguing it was the
only way the team’s stadium push could make it through the
Legislature.
NFL.com

Fisher-Moss reunion doesn’t sound impossible with Rams

New St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher might be
willing to pick up receiver Randy Moss the way he keeps praising his time with the wide receiver.
NFL.com

Vikings RB Peterson says knee rehab ahead of schedule

With his knee gradually regaining its strength and a Feb. 28 date to begin running again, Vikings RB Adrian Peterson isn’t afraid to be optimistic about when he could play again.
NFL.com

Hutchinson faces possible release as Vikings turn to youth

Minnesota Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson acknowledged he might be released or forced to redo his contract in order to stay with the team next season.
NFL.com

Report: Vikings will split tab for new stadium with city, state

Multiple anonymous sources told the Minneapolis Star Tribune Friday that a preliminary agreement has been reached on funding for a new stadium to be built for the Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis.
NFL.com

Vikings want playmakers for Ponder; Peterson’s rehab going well

General manager Rick Spielman confirmed Thursday that the Vikings will not be in the market for wide receiver Randy Moss, but he does plan to sift through a rich, deep talent pool in free agency and the draft to acquire more big-play threats to help quarterback Christian Ponder.
NFL.com

Vikings: ‘No point’ in filing notice to relocate

A Minnesota Vikings
executive says the team hasn’t filed a notice of relocation with the NFL and it
doesn’t appear they will.
NFL.com

Paton spurns Rams to remain with Vikings as assistant GM

The Vikings announced on Saturday that George Paton is being promoted from director
of player personnel to assistant general manager. Paton has been one of GM Rick
Spielman’s most trusted advisors for years. He worked with Spielman in Chicago
and Miami before coming to the Vikings in 2007.
NFL.com

Released by Raiders, CB Routt drawing interest from five teams

Veteran cornerback Stanford Routt was released by the Oakland Raiders Thursday in the first surprising move of the offseason, and it hasn’t taken long for potential suitors to start lining up.
NFL.com

New Vikes stadium could be built on parking lot near Metrodome

The latest Minnesota Vikings stadium plan would place it just east of the
Metrodome on a parking lot.
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Vikings’ Hutchinson will try to continue career after concussion

Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson, who suffered a season-ending concussion in 2011 after missing the end of 2010 with a broken thumb, wants to play one more NFL season.
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