Fmr. Vikings Linebacker Fred McNeill Dies At 63
Long time Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill has died. McNeill had slowly been slipping away from ALS and was diagnosed with dementia caused by the effects of NFL violence.
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Long time Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill has died. McNeill had slowly been slipping away from ALS and was diagnosed with dementia caused by the effects of NFL violence.
Minnesota's botched finish against Michigan, leading to the loss of the Little Brown Jug trophy, will linger for a while with the Golden Gophers. There's no time to fret, though, with a trip to top-ranked Ohio State on tap.
A Minnesota gymnast who just won Gold with Team USA returned home on Tuesday to a warm welcome by fellow gymnasts from Twin Cities Twisters. That's Maggie Nichols' home gym. The Olympic hopeful from Little Canada just competed with Team U-S-A in the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Scotland.
Minnesota Wild assistant coach Darryl Sydor has returned to the team following a drunken driving incident this summer. Sydor took the ice for practice Tuesday, his first this season with the Wild.
Minnesota Wild right wing Justin Fontaine has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee that's expected to keep him out four to six weeks. The Wild announced Fontaine's diagnosis on Tuesday. He was injured in the game on Friday against Chicago.
Monday night friends, fans and competitors of Flip Saunders said thanks to the former Timberwolves coach who died last week. Monday was the first home game for the Timberwolves since Saunders' death.
Damian Lillard had 34 points and seven assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Minnesota 106-101 on Monday night after the Timberwolves honored fallen coach Flip Saunders with an emotional pregame tribute.
That line in the NFL between winning and losing a particular game is often so thin. The Minnesota Vikings have begun to figure out the formula for staying on the right side of it.
Minnesota United says it is expecting half of its soccer fans in a new St. Paul stadium to get to games using mass transit.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are ironically coping with the death of Flip Saunders by playing basketball. It helps when you go 2-0 on the road to start the season, creating some optimism.
The Minnesota Twins will have four pitchers become free agents.
The top spot in the NFC North Division could be at stake on Nov. 22 when the Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers at TCF Bank Stadium. The Vikings announced Monday that the game has been flexed and moved to a 3:25 p.m. kickoff to allow for it to be broadcast on national television.
The Minnesota Timberwolves face the Portland Trail Blazers Monday night in the home opener for the Timberwolves. It will be the first time the Timberwolves have played in the Target Center since the death of Flip Saunders, the head coach and president of basketball operations.
It's been a week since Timberwolves Head Coach Flip Saunders passed away. Those close to him celebrated his life in a private funeral in Plymouth over the weekend. Now, the team has something planned for their home opener Monday evening.
At the end of a quiet little cul-de-sac in Woodbury, it's about as quintessentially suburban America as it gets. But find the right row of townhouses, and you'll see where a number Minnesota United players have carved out their own little slice of Brazil.
