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Leslie Frazier Closes Camp With Inspirational Speech

The Vikings closed camp Wednesday with one last Mankato practice, then Leslie Frazier gathered the team for one of his patented inspirational speeches (video via the Vikings’ Facebook page). Wow.…Read More

Mark Wilf on New Stadium Having Retractable Roof: “We’re Going to Try”

The Wilfs have made no secret of their desire to outfit the new Vikings’ stadium with a retractable roof. Not only would such a roof allow the football team to play in the sunshine now and then,…Read More

Hartman: Vikings Won’t Hire GM, Will Pursue Free Agents

Hoping for the Vikings to fill the obvious void at the top of their organization by hiring a new GM? Ain’t gonna happen, according to one veteran insider. The venerable Sid Hartman says Zygi Wilf…Read More

Hartman: Vikings Stadium Price Tag is Still $1 Billion

The other day Star-Trib writer Rochelle Olson tweeted a series of tidbits about the current state of the Vikings‘ stadium proposal, including a report that $200 million had been shaved off the price…Read More

Vikings Face Tough Test Against the Jets

And now we will take a little break from the endless giggly Brett Favre schlong picture coverage to discuss actual football – specifically, tonight’s National Football League game of football…Read More

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Joe Webb Has a Bandwagon. And Sid Hartman is Driving It.

There’s no need to worry anymore about the Vikings finding their quarterback of the future. They…Read More

Pour Some Sugarman on Me

The venerable and occasionally-coherent Sid Hartman reports that Vikings head trainer Eric Sugarman visited…Read More

Center Competition? I Didn't Know There Was One.

John Sullivan spoke to Sid Hartman about the battle to become the Vikings‘ new starting center: I…Read More

Kenechi Udeze is Primed for a Comeback

Kenechi Udeze is ready to make a comeback run, after missing the entire 2008 season while battling leukemia. …Read More

Gophers Coach Tim Brewster Selling Cutler to Chilly?

Just when you thought the Jay Cutler speculation couldn’t get any wackier…along comes Sid…Read More

Zygi Slams the Door on Favre

You can officially forget about harboring any last secret hopes that Brett Favre might reconsider his…Read More

Dear Gus: No One Cares

Gus Frerotte told Sid Hartman that he thinks he deserves a chance to return to the Vikings and be the…Read More

Get Ready for Another Year of Tarvaris and Chilly

I know a lot of people want Brad Childress fired and Tarvaris Jackson dumped, but neither looks like…Read More

Madden on the Vikes

John Madden is in Minneapolis to call tonight’s Bears-Vikings game for NBC.  Cue the local media…Read More

Vikings @ Jaguars

The Vikings continue their Florida swing today by facing the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team many, myself…Read More

Vote of Confidence

A member of the Wilf family, speaking under condition of anonymity, told Star-Trib columnist Sid Hartman…Read More

Down on T-Jack

A sampling of what columnists and commentators have been saying about Tarvaris Jackson in the wake of…Read More