Cue The Snow: Bears-Vikings Take It Outside
Thermal underwear, check. Turtleneck and sweater, check. Wind pants, gloves, absolutely. Insulated boots and hooded jacket -- with Vikings logo, natch -- done.
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Thermal underwear, check. Turtleneck and sweater, check. Wind pants, gloves, absolutely. Insulated boots and hooded jacket -- with Vikings logo, natch -- done.
Brett Favre talked his way back into the starting lineup, hoping a snowy Monday night game would be just the setting he needed.
Brett Favre's surprise return ended quickly and Devin Hester set an NFL record with his 14th career return for a touchdown, leading the Chicago Bears to a 40-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night at snowy TCF Bank Stadium.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell requested a meeting earlier in the day with Minnesota Gov.-elect Mark Dayton regarding the team's drive for a new stadium. The Vikings had been lobbying for a new place to play for more than a decade before the Metrodome's roof collapsed under the weight of last weekend's blizzard.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he's still "following up" on some of the information in the Brett Favre investigation to make sure it's thorough and reaches "the right conclusion."
Minnesotans often brag about surviving the state's brutal winters, but for the past three decades, their pro football team has played in the shielded warmth of the Metrodome.
Brett Favre won't play in Minnesota's game Monday against Chicago.
The Chicago Bears would like the game to be played at a neutral sight and it has little to do with the playing conditions -- they want to take away the home field advantage.
Thanks to a new tear in the roof of the Metrodome, it could be a while before there is any progress being made toward repairing it. A fourth panel of the roof caved in Wednesday night. Now officials have called off all work being done at the Dome because of safety reasons.
Brett Favre sounds like a quarterback who's thrown his last pass, at peace with the way his storied career could end on a blindside hit that slammed him to the turf and ended his all-time record durability streak.
The NFL appears satisfied that TCF Bank Stadium can host a Minnesota Vikings-Chicago Bears game on Monday night.
The Minnesota Vikings have announced the ticket policy and game logistics for Monday's game against the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Vikings have been trying for years to convince lawmakers to help pay for a new stadium. So far, they haven't been able to make it happen.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is close to announcing whether the league will punish Brett Favre for sending inappropriate photos and phone messages to a former New York Jets game hostess.
While TCF Bank Stadium was getting ready for Monday's Vikings game against the Chicago Bears, crews on cranes spent the day at the Metrodome where the roof will have to be repaired before anything can go on under the now-collapsed white roof.
Backed by fleets of dump trucks, dozens of workers hoisting shovels and blowers attacked the snowdrifts covering the University of Minnesota's outdoor stadium Wednesday in a determined push to have it ready for to replace the snow-damaged Metrodome for next week's matchup between the Vikings and Bears.
The Minnesota Vikings say they're getting the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium ready as a backup if the torn Metrodome roof can't be repaired prior to Monday's game versus Chicago.
Brett Favre's career isn't quite over yet. Minnesota Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier says the team is hoping to have Favre back this season -- and possibly this week.
Every Sunday he was there, starting on Sept. 27, 1992. Freezing rain, sleet, blowing snow. Nothing stopped Brett Favre.
The Minnesota Vikings were already cracking under the weight of conflict, expectations and injuries this year before a snowstorm roared into town and the roof of their domed stadium literally collapsed.
Officials at the University of Minnesota are considering what it would take to host the Minnesota Vikings next Monday if the Metrodome roof isn't fixed.
It took a little more than two hours to give away free tickets to tonight's Vikings-Giants game in Detroit.
The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.
Aramark, the Minnesota Vikings' food preparer, is donating all the food prepared for the postponed game between the New York Giants and Vikings to a food shelf.
The weight of all the snow that fell Saturday has caused the roof of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis to collapse.
