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The Super Bowl is coming up, and of course the Vikings won't be there — but they did make some news this week.

With more on that, host Cathy Wurzer was joined by Wally Langfellow, founder of Minnesota Score magazine and co-host of the "10,000 Takes" sports talk show, and Eric Nelson, the other host of "10,000 Takes" and the Minnesota Vikings reporter for CBS Sports Radio’s "Eye on Football."

 — Princeton-educated former Wall Street trader Kwesi Adofo-Mensah — who was hired away from the Cleveland Browns.

Plus: A high schooler’s economic argument for 

changing Super Bowl Sunday to Super Bowl Saturday

 gains traction, the Timberwolves are still looking good and former Minnesota Twin David Ortiz (the one that got away) is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The Vikings have hired an Ivy League-educated data expert with Wall Street experience as their new general manager — how will Kwesi Adofo-Mensah fare? That and more in another Minnesota sports round-up with Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson.

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