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Londoners not so interested in Vikings vs. Steelers

The Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers are in London right now getting ready for their game Sunday at Wembley Stadium. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Bruce Orwall about whether Londoners care. He was a reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for eight years and is now the London Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal.
by Cathy Wurzer

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NFL's a nonprofit? Author says it's time for football reform

Part sport, part national addiction, part cult, writer Gregg Easterbrook says, the "game that bleeds red, white and blue" could use some serious reform.

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Protesters:Vikings stadium funding could have helped poor people

Protesters:Vikings stadium funding could have helped poor people

The Minneapolis-based Welfare Rights Committee says Minnesota could have doubled welfare grants to poor people with the money the state banked on a new Vikings stadium just this year. The protesters charge that the state has not increased General Assistance grants, known as MFIP, or Minnesota Family Investment Program, since 1986. A family of two…
by Tim Nelson

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Should a new Vikings stadium be ‘woman friendly’?

Should a new Vikings stadium be ‘woman friendly’?

An article in the Atlantic today raises an interesting question: has the time come for better gender balance at NFL stadiums? Commentator Shawnee Barton says the NFL needs to  move beyond lingerie with NFL logos, pink jerseys and co-branding at Grand Central Station fashion shows. She wants a better stadium. She cites the NFL’s new bag…
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings roundup: London game, Vikings finances and stadium protest today

Vikings roundup: London game, Vikings finances and stadium protest today

Businesses that rely on the Vikings home games are going to feel the pinch of the team’s excursion to the United Kingdom, says the Strib’s Mike Kaszuba. The Vikings are playing the Steelers in London on Sunday. A story today details some of the losses, as well as some of the “meh,” as the team…
by Tim Nelson

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NCAA lifts some of the sanctions imposed on Penn State

The NCAA will gradually restore the football scholarships the school lost in the aftermath of the child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

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St. Cloud State building rare 24-hour all-Huskies sports channel

St. Cloud State building rare 24-hour all-Huskies sports channel

Joel Larsen, interim assistant athletic director for marketing and promotion for St. Cloud State University, tells the St. Cloud Times about the university’s plans to use $4.8 million to create a 24-hour sports channel:  “This is a platform that not even the University of Minnesota has. This a television channel that anybody that gets Charter Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Why, yes, that IS your father’s ride: return of the longboard skateboard

Why, yes, that IS your father’s ride: return of the longboard skateboard

You’ve probably seen them. You’ve probably thought to yourself, ‘what is a grown man doing riding a skateboard down the street?’ Welcome back the longboard, the terrestrial cousin to the surfboard, a toy that grew up and got a mortgage. “It’s guys that used to skateboard as a kid, and they want to get back…
by Tim Nelson

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Wilfs must pay $85 million in NJ real estate dispute, Vikings stadium moves ahead

Wilfs must pay $85 million in NJ real estate dispute, Vikings stadium moves ahead

Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf will have to pay a former real estate partner $84.5 million in damages in a dispute dating back to the construction of a 764-unit New Jersey apartment building in the 1980s. That includes $36 million in punitive damages, and about $48 million in compensatory damages, an attorney for the Wilfs Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Fan reaction to personal seat licenses at new Vikings stadium is mixed

The seat license plan is expected to give fans legal ownership of seats. They'll still have to buy tickets every year. It's not clear yet how much the Vikings plan to charge.
by Rupa Shenoy

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