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| Vikings LB Greenway signs tender |
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03/01/2011 |
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| Eden Prairie, MN (MySportsbook) - Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway signed his tender offer on Tuesday. The 28-year-old stands to make $10 million in 2011 -- the average salary of the top five players at the position last season -- according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The Iowa product, whom the Vikings franchised on February 21, led the team in tackles for the third straight season, registering 149 stops in 2010. Greenway hasn't sat out a game since a knee injury forced him to miss his entire r |
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| Bills' Wang spreading football gospel in China |
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02/22/2011 |
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| by players such as their new Chinese-American star will help change that. During the clinic, about 70 student players practiced physical conditioning and ran passing drills before playing a high-spirited scrimmage. Joining Wang in instructing were Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Sidney Rice, along with former players Jack Brewer and Barrett Green. Among those taking part, Beijing university student He Xin said he started playing flag football after it was introduced in physical education class. It's now beco |
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| Vikings place franchise tag on LB Greenway |
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02/21/2011 |
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have placed the franchise tag on linebacker Chad Greenway. The Vikings announced the decision Monday. Greenway has led the team in tackles for three straight seasons. He was chosen the team's 2010 defensive MVP and had 149 tackles. Greenway will be entering his sixth season in the league, including a rookie season that he sat out with a knee injury. If the franchise tag designation stays in its current form in the next collective bargaining agreement, Gre |
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| Vikings franchise LB Greenway |
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02/21/2011 |
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| Eden Prairie, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Vikings have placed their franchise tag on linebacker Chad Greenway. The Iowa product led the team in tackles for the third straight season, registering 149 stops in 2010. Greenway, 28, hasn't sat out a game since a knee injury forced him to miss his entire rookie season in 2006. In 64 career games, Greenway has notched 6 1/2 sacks and five interceptions. |
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| QB situation unsettled, Vikings ramp up draft prep |
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02/16/2011 |
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - If the Minnesota Vikings were ever tempted to ignore the old take-the-best-player-available strategy and focus on a particular position in the first round of the draft, this would surely be the year. After their dramatic fall last season to 6-10, the Vikings have several areas to address. None are more pressing or prominent than a certain spot on the field directly behind the center. The guy with his hand on the ball for every single offensive snap. Asked if the need for a quart |
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| Board votes to open stadium talks with Vikings |
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02/15/2011 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A county commission has voted to begin negotiating with the Minnesota Vikings and the state over the possibility of building a new stadium for the team in a suburb northeast of Minneapolis. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 on Tuesday to go ahead with further study of a proposed site in the city of Arden Hills. The site is a former Army ammunition plant and is about 10 miles from the team's current stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Commissioners who back the plan say |
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| Falcons bring Bratkowski on board as QB coach |
NFL Football |
02/14/2011 |
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| Flowery Branch, GA (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Falcons have named Bob Bratkowski their new quarterbacks coach. The hiring fills the void that was created when Bill Musgrave left to become the Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator. Bratkowski had been fired by the Cincinnati Bengals two weeks ago after 10 seasons as the team's offensive coordinator. His offenses had some good seasons, particularly in 2005, when the Bengals finished fourth in the league with 26.3 points per game and won the AFC North. Cincin |
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| Appeals Court won't block Williamses' suspensions |
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02/08/2011 |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Appeals Court says it won't permanently block the NFL from suspending Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams. The players have long fought their four-game suspensions for violating the NFL's anti-doping policy. They tested positive for the banned diuretic bumetanide in 2008. Last May, a Minnesota judge ruled the NFL broke state law when it failed to notify the Williamses of their test results within three days. But the judge also ruled the NFL |
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| If Super Bowl goes to OT, new rules get 1st test |
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02/05/2011 |
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| ch team ``equal opportunity'' because the old way allowed for what he called ``kind of a cheap way to win,'' he also is ``a big fan of: 'You've got to stop them.''' The tweak was made in March 2010, two months after the New Orleans Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime in the NFC championship game. The Saints won the OT coin toss and drove to Garrett Hartley's 40-yard kick on the opening possession. As of now, the change is only for the playoffs, although NFL owners eventually could add it to t |
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| Arizona and Indianapolis have best fields in NFL |
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02/03/2011 |
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| st survey by the players union. The AFC champions ranked at the bottom when players were asked to evaluate the fields on a scale of three points for top choice, two for second and one for third. Worst among the artificial turfs is the one at the Minnesota Vikings' Metrodome, which collapsed during a blizzard in December and forced two games to be moved. University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, has the best grass field, while the best artificial turf is in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadiu |
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