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Minnesota Wants Better Rush For New Mexico State
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota defensive end D.L. Wilhite is a history major so passionate about his field he plans to pursue a Ph.D. and become a professor. He and the rest of the Gophers’ defense have...
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Vikings’ Defense To Be Challenged By Big Bucs
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Antoine Winfield shook his head and winced. As one of the NFL’s surest tacklers, he’s not used to whiffing. “That’s definitely not the example I want to set for the younger...
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Vikings Run Defense Faltering In Key Moments
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – For years the Minnesota Vikings’ defense has prided itself on one basic and unyielding tenet — smash the run game. You don’t run on us, they said. And opponents didn’t. What...
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Jared Allen Named ‘NFC Defensive Player Of The Month’
EDEN PRAIRIE (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October, the team announced Wednesday. Allen has been a bright spot on a...
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Vikings Will Put The ‘D’ In Offseason Development
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have much to improve upon after a 3-13 finish. Under particular scrutiny is the defense, where assistant coaches, players and even the scheme itself are...
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Vikings’ Cook Hopes To Win Back Team’s Trust
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chis Cook says his next move after a jury acquitted him of charges that he assaulted his girlfriend is to get ready for next season. Cook told reporters...
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Lynx’s Monica Wright Embraces Sixth-Man Role
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Lynx’s Monica Wright knows her role — she’s the team’s sixth man. It’s her job to react when her number is called. “It has its advantages, and its disadvantages,” she said....
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Vikings’ Run Defense Still Under Construction
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Preseason games can be difficult to analyze and often misleading, but no NFL team feels good about allowing 260 yards rushing in one night. That’s what happened to the Minnesota...
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Opinion: National Security Shouldn’t Get Lost In This Campaign
This month, we lost the 2000th American soldier in Afghanistan. It really has not made headlines. July was the deadliest month this year – we lost 40 sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers...
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Gopher Football: Defense Still Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Gopher football team is just one day away from kicking off its season at UNLV. Training camps bring optimism, and the Gophers traditionally fall into that category believing...
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Vets Still Guiding Vikings ‘D’, But Youth The Fuel
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — There’s plenty of experience left in Minnesota’s defense, despite the rebuilding project that has turned over so much the roster in the last year. If a mini-Mount Rushmore...
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Heated Exchanges Over Deadlines In Schaffhausen Hearing
HUDSON, Wis. (WCCO) — A father accused of murdering his three daughters in western Wisconsin headed to court Wednesday. Aaron Schaffhausen is accused of killing 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie...
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FCS Title Rematch A Do-Over For Both Offenses
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The FCS championship rematch between North Dakota State and Sam Houston State is something of a do-over for several key returning offensive players. They didn’t have much of a say...
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Beyond Bounds: Athletic, Artistic, Academic & Winning The Game Of Life
Between her on-ice prowess, her off-ice benevolence and her academic prowess, Gustavus senior Lindsey Hjelm’s the definition of success.(credit: Dan Coquyt, Gustavus Sports Information) I can’t believe...
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Prosecutor: Wis. Dad Was Sane When He Killed Girls
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who has admitted he killed his three young daughters was an angry, jealous person who decided that his “selfish desire for revenge” was worth more than his girls’...
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Vikings Pick DT, CB & WR In First Round Draft Shakeup
Vikings Select DT Shariff Floyd At No. 23 EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have taken Florida defensive tackle Shariff Floyd with the 23rd overall pick in the NFL draft. (credit: Sam...
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Vikings Planning On Erin Henderson At MLB
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings were widely expected to make a middle linebacker one of their high draft picks to address perhaps the largest void on an otherwise-promising roster....
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Allen: ‘Vikings Are Focused On Being More Consistent On Defense’
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At 31, Jared Allen is getting up there in defensive lineman years. He is set to play his 10th career season, looking ahead with the foresight to keep improving on the...
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Kaepernick, 49ers Defense Look Strong In 34-14 Win
Gallery: Preseason Week 3 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The familiar formula that carried San Francisco back to the Super Bowl last season for the first time in 18 years is on display again. Colin Kaepernick...
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Vikings Defense Tries To Regroup Against Bears
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings defense has two pieces of good news this week coming off a humbling loss at Detroit in the season opener. First, they expect defensive captain Kevin...
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49er Defense Must Stop Run, Create Turnovers To Defeat Seattle
By Jerrell Richardson Everyone saw this game coming, and it has finally arrived. When the season started, the only decision to be made when figuring out who would represent the NFC in the Super Bowl...
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Vikings Fans React To Hiring Of Mike Zimmer
Read More: Vikings Pick Mike Zimmer As New Coach MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – When the Minnesota Vikings let head coach Leslie Frazier go, many fans said they’d like to see a more fiery coach on the...
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Vikings Stay Focused On Defense In Late Rounds
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — One simple statistic has essentially driven an entire offseason strategy for the Minnesota Vikings. After watching the Vikings allow more points than any other team in the...
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Smith Learning From The Best In Vikings Secondary
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith might get a tip from head coach Mike Zimmer, or defensive coordinator George Edwards will have something to say. Defensive backs coach Jerry Gray is always...
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Vikings Sign Veteran Safety Chris Crocker
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Whenever Mike Zimmer has felt uneasy about the safety situation on his defense, he’s called Chris Crocker to come in and stabilize things. So it’s no surprise with the safety...
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Gophers Defensive Coach Claeys Looks To The Future
One of the keys to the Gopher football team’s defense is the man who runs it. It's largely because he has head coaching experience … for the Gophers!
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Renovated Vikings Defense Ready To Play For Real
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will have seven new starters in their base defense this season. The scheme itself is a lot different, too, using more man-to-man coverage, blitzing and...
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Wild Blog: Team Adds Size, Depth At Defense
Just when you thought maybe the Wild were done making moves and that this year’s NHL trade deadline would come and go with the Wild keeping their team as is, everything changed. The Wild first added...
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Vikings Bolster Defense With Free Agents Matthews, Mays
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms on contracts with linebacker Casey Matthews and safety Taylor Mays. Matthews played the past four seasons with Philadelphia,...
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Griffen Looking To Be A Leader, Playmaker On Vikings Defense
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Last year, Everson Griffen got a new contract with the Vikings, giving him a starting spot on the team with the departure of linebacker Jared Allen. This season, Griffen want to...
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Run Over In Week 1, Vikings Try To Rebound Vs. Lions
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and their defensive-minded head coach spent all offseason focusing on improving a run defense that was among the worst in the league. After getting run over by...
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Vikings’ Joseph Named NFC Defensive Player Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings can add another player honor to their tally this year: Defensive tackle Linval Joseph has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. Joseph, who is in...
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Vikings’ Newman Named NFC Defensive Player Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For the second week in a row, a Minnesota Vikings player has been named the NFC defensive player of the week. Vikings cornerback Terence Newman was honored for his performance in...
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Linval Joseph Is Vikings’ Defensive Anchor
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Restructuring the porous Minnesota Vikings defense started with one big move for coach Mike Zimmer in 2014: signing 329-pound nose tackle Linval Joseph. Looking for an anchor...
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Shabazz Muhammad Hoping To Step Up Role With Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Timberwolves are spending this season trying to figure out what they have to work with in the future. What they want off the bench is for Shabazz Muhammad to be a factor, every...
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5 Best MLB Catches So Far This Season
By Rich Arleo Baseball has been called a game of numbers for years, and for good reason. There are stats to judge almost everything a hitter or pitcher does these days, and while the ever-evolving...
View ArticleFantasy Football: Top 12 Sleepers By Position
By Tony Meale As much as people want to compare and contrast elite players at certain positions, the fact remains that – unless there’s an injury – you’re not going to win or lose your fantasy league...
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Fantasy Football: Top 10 NFL Defenses To Draft
By Andrew Kahn Will new “points of emphasis,” which may limit how defensive backs defend receivers, affect the physical Seahawks? Check back at midseason for an answer. For now, there’s no reason to...
View Article‘Seize The Moment’: Vikings’ DB Jayron Kearse Shines In Nail-Biting Win Over...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — All of the second half heroics from Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins would mean absolutely nothing if not for the defense. The Denver Broncos found some holes in the...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd Case: Attorneys For All 4 Officers File Objections To Court’s...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The defense teams for fired Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are requesting the court’s gag order be lifted. On Monday,...
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