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| Eller appears in court, trial date set |
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05/19/2008 |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller appeared in court Monday on charges stemming from an alleged scuffle with police last month. Eller agreed to appear at a pretrial hearing July 29, and a trial date was set for November 4. He hasn't entered a plea. The charges against Eller include assault on a police officer and making terroristic threats. He was arrested at his home April 9 for alleged drunken driving. Eller, who appeared with his attorneys, declined to comment after the brief heari |
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| Packers release Koren Robinson |
NFL Football |
05/09/2008 |
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| y, and he responded with 21 catches for 241 yards and one touchdown in nine games last season. He was also second on the team with 25 kickoff returns for 596 yards. Robinson previously played four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks and one with the Minnesota Vikings. He was suspended four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy in 2004 and pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in 2005. He also led police on an alcohol-fueled high-speed car chase in Minnesota in 2006, which resulted in |
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| Randle among six selected to Divisional College Hall of Fame |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/07/2008 |
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| July 18-19 in South Bend, Indiana. Randle, already a member of the Division II Football Hall of Fame, was a first-team All-American in 1988 and helped Texas A&I to a pair of Division II playoff appearances. He played 14 years in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks and retired as the NFL's all-time leader in sacks by a defensive tackle with 137 1/2. McKinnon is the only defensive player to win the Harlon Hill Trophy as the top player in Division II, and led North Alabama to three straight |
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| Vikings' Udeze to miss year recovering from leukemia |
NFL Football |
05/02/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Vikings officially placed defensive end Kenechi Udeze on the non-football injury list Friday, ruling him out for the 2008 season. Udeze is recovering from an acute form of leukemia. Under NFL rules, the Vikings are not responsible for paying Udeze's 2008 salary because his "injury" is not football-related, but coach Brad Childress told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the team will continue to pay him. "What he can do is focus on getting well," Childress told th |
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| Former NFL player shot and killed |
NFL Football |
04/29/2008 |
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| e on Monday. He was 41. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Caesar was found about 12:40 a.m. and investigators believe there were witnesses inside the room when he was attacked. The Boston College product was a linebacker who played 14 games for the Minnesota Vikings in 1991. Caesar, who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, also played for the Tampa Bay Storm, Portland Forest Dragons and Milwaukee Mustangs in the Arena Football League. "I know he had a lot of demons," his ex-wife Robyn Caesar told the newspaper. |
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| Around FCS: Flacco Waiting For NFL Draft Call |
Division I-AA College Football |
04/23/2008 |
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| ve fallen in love with Flacco's cannon of an arm - the best one in this draft - and his Ben Roethlisberger-like physique. Among the teams that have entertained him during this strange courtship ritual have been the Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers and New York Jets. "They already knew a lot," Flacco said of the individual workouts. "They just want to see for themselves." And most of the teams have apparently liked what they have seen. The question now is w |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Mock Draft 4.0 - Blowing Up the Board? |
NFL Football |
04/23/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Thanks to the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs, the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft just got markedly more interesting. In case you missed it, the Vikings and Chiefs reportedly completed a trade on Tuesday night that sent Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen to the Twin Cities in exchange for Minnesota's first-round draft pick, two third-round picks, and a swap of sixth-round picks, all in 2008. The move makes Kansas City the second team in the league with two 2008 fi |
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| Report: Chiefs deal DE Allen to Vikings |
NFL Football |
04/23/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - The Kansas City Chiefs have reportedly agreed to deal Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for three picks in the upcoming NFL Draft. The Kansas City Star reported the deal late Tuesday night, which was brought together that evening when Allen negotiated one of the largest contracts ever for a defensive player with Minnesota -- six years for about $74 million, with $31 million guaranteed. The Vikings will send their first-round pick, 17th ove |
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| Former Vikings great Carl Eller arrested |
NFL Football |
04/09/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (Best E Casino) - Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Carl Eller was arrested for an alcohol-related driving offense, according to WCCO-AM. Police spokesman Sgt. Jesse Garcia told the radio station that Eller was involved in the incident and then assaulted a police officer in north Minneapolis early Wednesday. Eller was previously arrested in Golden Valley, Minnesota in 2006 and charged with driving under the influence. He later pleaded guilty to fourth-degree drunken driving, a misdemeanor. |
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| Cardinals re-sign Brown |
NFL Football |
04/02/2008 |
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| Tempe, AZ (Best E Casino) - The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed free agent cornerback Ralph Brown to a one-year contract. As per club policy, terms of the pact were not disclosed. Since he was drafted in 2000, Brown has amassed 163 tackles, four interceptions, one sack, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery while playing for the Cardinals, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns. |
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