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Minnesota Vikings Ultimate Franchise Player Selection
This is the latest post in Kurt’s continuing series to identify the NFL’s Ultimate Franchise Player of All-Time. For an explanation of his methodology for choosing each franchise’s ultimate franchise...
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Early two-round 2013 Fantasy Football mock draft
Memorial Day weekend remains one of the best weekends on the sports calendar. You’ve got the NBA Conference finals, Stanley Cup Playoffs, junior hockey’s Memorial Cup, the Indianapolis 500, the NASCAR...
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Justin Morneau and the curse of Minnesota sports
I’ll make this introduction short. I’m from Minnesota, and for the most part I stand behind my home-state athletics. I won’t share my religious views, but I don’t subscribe to karma, because as a fan...
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NFC North well represented in the NFL Network’s Top 100 players
While more than two months remain between now and Week 1 of the NFL regular season, there are always fabricated storylines for the rabid football fans to discuss. This week’s hot topic came in the form...
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Fantasy Football 2013: Ranking the top 50 running backs
The NFL has become a passing game. While that is a true statement, top running backs will rule the first few rounds of fantasy drafts as much as ever. In fact, a typical draft in a 12-team league this...
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Greg Jennings: Packers “brainwashing” versus the facts
We are guilty as charged. For years now we have been brainwashed into believing the Green Bay Packers are far superior to their NFC North rivals. Lets look at the last 21 NFL seasons. In 336 regular...
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Fantasy Football 2013: Five bold predictions for the upcoming season
Fantasy football draft day is extremely near. For others, though there are still two or three weeks until you’re on the clock, but it’s never too early to kick off your many hours of laborious...
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Minnesota Vikings: Jerome Felton suspended for violating NFL’s substance...
Jerome Felton is having a horrible preseason and things just got worse. The NFL suspended the Minnesota Vikings’ Pro Bowl fullback for the first three games of the 2013 season for violating the...
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2013 NFL Predictions: NFC North Preview
The NFC North looks like a pretty unpredictable division. The Chicago Bears missed the playoffs in 2012 despite a 10-6 record, and the Detroit Lions went from reaching the postseason in 2011 to...
View ArticleWeek 14 Against The Spread Picks – Fantasy Football Playoff Edition
It is fantasy football playoff time. For many fans, it means devoting even more cognitive processes to America’s most beloved sporting empire. This weeks picks include a bombardment of important stats...
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Week 15 NFL Against The Spread Picks
Eight hundred and fifty-nine points. That is nearly 27 points per team from a record-setting Week 14. That number is specially amazing considering one game was played in a freak blizzard and four...
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Week 17 NFL Against the Spread Picks – Team MVP Edition
Week 17 will be more exciting than usual. There are still four playoff spots up for grabs, with just one team locked into a playoff position and likely resting its regulars. The end result will be one...
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: The top 10 events in the venue’s long history
I don’t think there are any good uses for nuclear weapons, but (this stadium) may be one… – Former Kansas City Royals pitcher Dan Quisenberry on the Metrodome. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome has...
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Kurt’s Annual NFL Prediction Spectacular
Now that fantasy drafts have been completed (I think), I can get down to prognosticating the final win-loss records for all 32 NFL teams for 2014. People continue to warn me against posting such...
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NFL Week 10 Against The Spread Picks: Separation Sunday Edition
A quick look at the NFL standings suggests a mad stretch run to the playoffs begins in Week 10. In the AFC, the current first place teams are New England, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver. The...
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