Monday Night Football

Vikings considering replacing Chris Kluwe as punter

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is probably the best gay marriage advocate in the NFL. But so far this season, he's been far from the best punter, and it appears the Vikings are running out of patience.SEE ALSO: Chris Kluwe takes a stand [FEATURE] Yesterday, the Vikings brought in 22-year-old former San ... More >>

Hank Williams, Jr. coming to Grand Casino Saturday

Photo by Nikki Miller​So, are you ready for the country? Er, are you ready for some football? Uh, I mean, some country? Say what you will about his politics. I will say that they make my skin crawl, and that, in my experience, he's not shy about sharing them in his live performances. But... ... More >>

Leslie Frazier finally gets his "Super Bowl Shuffle" verses

Updated verses for the "Super Bowl Muffle"

Chris Kluwe tweets worries about frozen TCF Bank Stadium

Chris Kluwe over shares on Twitter.​Vikings punter Chris Kluwe appreciates the hard work everyone's done to try and get TCF Bank Stadium ready for tonight's Vikings-Bears game. Really, he does. But even so, he took to Twitter yesterday after practice to complain about the "trainwreck" of a fr ... More >>

Viktor the Viking and and Goldy the Gopher prep for Monday Night Football

Digging out.​Chris Kluwe notwithstanding, TCF Bank Stadium appears to be ready for tonight's Vikings-Bear's match. In order to that in just four days, workers managed to clear the field and stands of some 30,000 cubic yards of snow. And they managed to do it despite "help" from these two clo ... More >>

Snow emergencies declared in Minneapolis and St. Paul [UPDATES]

More snow. Oh boy.​Where in the heck are we going to put more snow? Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared snow emergencies again, as a fresh storm dumped a load all rush-hour misery all over the Twin Cities for the second time in just barely more than a week. Here's what you need to know:

Metrodome Collapse: Roof panel shot down with gun

MSFCThe Metrodome roof still isn't safe for repair crews.​Ice and snow have started to build up in the remaining collapsed roof panels over the Metrodome field, and workers today fired a shotgun round into one of them to bring it down as a precaution. Three of the panels dramatically gave way ... More >>

Brett Favre starts Monday Night Football [VIDEO]

Favre returns, but takes a hard hit.​Neither snow nor gimp nor sprain in shoulder kept Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre from starting in tonight's oddball outdoor Monday Night Football match against the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium. The start meant Favre tied the NFL record for ... More >>

TCF Bank Stadium: Video of "The Hopeful Shovelers"

Screw the cold. These folks love money and football.

No beer, not enough seats for Vikings vs Bears

TCF Bank Stadium: No beer here.​It's not clear when The Great Excavation at TCF Bank Stadium will be complete, but two other mysteries have been solved ahead of the Vikings hosting the Bears on Monday Night Football.

Joe Webb can jump higher than you [VIDEO]

Joe knows jumps.​Leslie Frazier hedged a little when he was asked yesterday whether Joe Webb will start at quarterback against the Bears on Monday night. But when Brett Favre was asked how tough it might be for Webb to make his first start on Monday Night Football, outside in the frigid TCF ... More >>

Metrodome panel collapses: Damage gets worse

More big trouble. Another hole opened in the Metrodome roof, following Sunday's collapse (above).​The Metrodome's Teflon roof, already deflated and defeated from the weekend blizzard, tore open a fourth time yesterday. There were workers on the field, but no one was hurt when the panel ripped ... More >>

TCF Stadium shovel squad: No more jobs today

Come back tomorrow.​You snooze, you lose. The University of Minnesota sent out notice a few minutes ago that there are no more openings for snow shovelers at TCF Bank Stadium today. But there's always tomorrow as the Vikings struggle towards making the Bank their home against the Bears on Mon ... More >>

Minneapolis winter parking restrictions start Friday

New rules for the rest of the winter.​The post-blizzard news keeps getting worse. Starting tomorrow, and until April 1 unless the City says otherwise, it will be against the law to park your car on the even-numbered sides of city streets. That is to say, about half of the available on-stree ... More >>

Brett Favre's "honor" ruined: Comment of the day

Favre has admitted sending messages to Jenn Sterger, but not pictures.​Brett Favre's record-breaking streak for regular season starts, 297, ended as the Vikings took the field Monday night in Detroit. We noted that whatever anyone thinks of his off-field problems -- and we've written about t ... More >>

Get paid to shovel TCF Stadium for Monday Night Football [UPDATED x2]

The Vikings need an army of snow shovelers.​Looking for a break from the crappy economy? Searching for a way to make some extra bucks to put presents under the Christmas Tree? The Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota need you.The Vikings are willing to pay anyone $10-$15 per hour in 6 ... More >>

Snow shovelers descend on TCF Bank Stadium: Photo of the day

Photo: FacebookLike a plague of locusts.​The Vikings and the University of Minnesota put out the call a little while ago for paid volunteers to start shoveling snow out of TCF Bank Stadium ahead of Monday night's Vikings-Bears match. And as you can see from the photo below, a plague of snow sh ... More >>

TCF Stadium shoveling video

Workers race to clear snow for Monday's Vikings game at TCF Stadium.​About 150 workers -- most of them hired from temp agencies around the region -- shoveled diligently today in an attempt to prepare the University of Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium in time for Monday night's Vikings game. "Snow tomor ... More >>

Metrodome collapse: Vikings play Giants tonight in Detroit [UPDATED]

Because the Vikings' 2010 season has been so tame . . .

Jenn Sterger threatens to "go public" on Brett Favre

More evidence?​Jenn Sterger's manager says that unless the National Football League punishes Brett Favre over the sexting scandal involving the former Jets sideline host, she'll "go public." Phil Reese tells TMZ that the evidence Sterger handed over to NFL investigators a few weeks ago "prov ... More >>

Brett Favre's junk was worth $12,000 [VIDEO]

A worthwhile investment?​We've long known that Deadspin paid an anonymous source for the cock shots and sexts it said Brett Favre sent to Jenn Sterger, just like it pays for other news. But until today we didn't know how much Favre's junk was worth. Now we do.

Conan O'Brien returns with Brett Favre's penis [VIDEO]

Coco's back, with Brett Favre for a prop.​The Brett Favre crotch shot saga just keeps spreading. Last night, Conan O'Brien couldn't resist getting in his 2 cents during the debut of his new TBS show, "Conan." Having emerged from the ashes of NBC's epic screw-over, first with a summer tour and ... More >>

Jenn Sterger readies legal blitz on Brett Favre?

Another headache for the gunslinger​Brett Favre took a pretty hard hit on Sunday against the Patriots, to the tune of eight stitches to go along with a 28-18 loss for the Vikings. Now it sounds like he's about to get blitzed by former Jets sideline host Jenn Sterger over the penis pictures he ... More >>

Michele Bachmann waives Randy Moss too

Via yFrogDoh!​Michele Bachmann, ever the clever congressional campaigner, wasted no time in finding herself a Vikings No. 84 jersey to honor the return of wide receiver Randy Moss -- and parading around for the cameras. We assume that the 6th District incumbent is burying that jersey deep in ... More >>

Brett Favre's Wranglers unzipped on SNL [VIDEO]

It's the perfect marriage of comfort and style.​Brett Favre is saying he didn't send pictures of his junk to Jenn Sterger, but that hasn't stopped Jason Sudeikis and Saturday Night Live from lampooning his Wrangler "Bad to the Bone" commercial.

Brett Favre 'We Want Some Pussy' video surfaces

Screen grab via RadarOnline.comBrett Favre: "We want some pussy!"​With the NFL looking into Brett Favre's alleged sexting, and his wife, Deanna, going on TV to say that faith is the only thing keeping her together, this new video can't be welcome news. It shows a boozing 23-year-old Favre in ... More >>

Jimmy Kimmel gets into Brett Favre's Wranglers [VIDEO]

Enough room for a photo.​Wrangler scaled back its "Bad to the Bone" ads featuring Brett Favre, so Jimmy Kimmel has generously stepped into the breach.

Brett Favre's Wrangler ads cut from NFL broadcasts

Brett Favre's still in hreavy rotation on the Wrangler homepage.​It looked like Wrangler was sticking with Brett Favre in the immediate wake of the Jenn Sterger sexting allegations, but that's changed. Citing an outfit called Front Row Analytics, CNBC says that no Favre Wrangler ads, featurin ... More >>

Gregory Favre disavows cousin Brett's penis

Brett and Gregory Favre: Cousins.​Anyone with an awkward relative can surely relate to the predicament of Gregory Favre: His cousin Brett, the famous quarterback, is under investigation for allegedly sending a woman unwanted photos of his junk. How's that for a family reunion show stopper?

Charles Barkley says Brett Favre "handled himself perfectly"

Charles Barkley, Freudian slip Hall of Famer.​We know that Charles Barkley doesn't think he's role model. He's blown millions of dollars gambling, after all. He's a convicted drunk driver. He's spat at fans. So the NBA Hall of Famer is just the guy you want riding to Brett Favre's rescue. Th ... More >>

Favre's penis can't catch a break [VIDEO]

Brett Favre takes one in the nuts.​Bad enough that Brett Favre's little quarterback has become front page news all over the country thanks to the sexting allegations from Deadspin. Now he's really taken a hit in the nuts. Literally. This guy's penis just can't catch a break -- or a ball. And ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on Brett Favre's jock [VIDEO]

Colbert reminds us there's no hard evidence against Favre.​Stephen Colbert rolled Brett Favre's crotch, ankle and Crocs into one big happy package with a turtle last night. Who knew sexting stories and reptiles could be so much fun?

Brett Favre's still bad to the bone for Wrangler

Nothing's coming between Brett Favre and his Wranglers, yet.​It's going to be hard looking at those Brett Favre Wrangler ads anymore without rolling the eyes as "Bad To The Bone" plays in the background. But so far, Wrangler's keeping Favre at the center of its ad strategy despite the sextin ... More >>

Brett Favre sexting story eclipses 500th TD pass

Brett Favre's joyous return to the Vikings seems like years ago.​Brett Favre broke two big records last night, despite leading the Vikings to a 20-29 loss against the Jets. He's now the first player in NFL history to throw 500 (and 501, and 502) touchdown passes, and the first to reach 70,000 ... More >>

Favre sexting on Monday Night Football

Brett Favre's sexting allegation isn't going away.​If there was any questions left whether the Brett Favre sexting allegations are a legitimate new story, they were answer tonight when Monday Night Football devoted over a minute to discussing the issue prior to the kickoff of the Vikings game agai ... More >>

This Week's Cover: Brett Favre, Artist of the Year

Great art inspires, and no one inspired us this year quite like the Vikings quarterback.

KSTP scores big ratings with Vikings-Packers showdown

Pretty much everybody watched the game, and we have the stats to prove it.

Favre's vengeance

But will it come in this life -- or the next?

Hank Williams, Jr. has a rowdy time at Mystic

Hank Williams, Jr. hit the campaign trail with a stop in Minnesota on Sunday night. Naw, I'm just pullin' your leg.

New dish on D'Amico Kitchen

Guess which original Cucina chef is coming back to D'Amico Kitchen?

Favre in Purple

The story that wouldn't die isn't dead. Brett Favre is a Viking.

Breakfast of Champions: 12/18

A gold rush towards the postseason?

Breakfast of Champions: 12/4

9/28 Morning Communiqué

'Monday Night Football' Moving to ESPN

It's Not Miller Time

Who's in the mood to watch Mussolini debate Eugene Debs on 'The View'?

The Heart of Monday Night

The beautiful drama of broadcast football

Christmas in the Big House

Out of Stillwater's 1,300 or so inmates, 80 attended this year's holiday service, which Chaplain Steve Hokonson calls "pretty good": "You're talking Monday evening. Monday Night Football--there's a little bit of competition there."