Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe decided to pose for a gay magazine in order to speak out for gay rights.Kluwe claims he isn’t gay, but he feels very strongly about equality when it comes to the gay population in our country.I give Kluwe a lot of credit for going to this far for something he believes strongly in.Check out Kluwe’s interview with CNN below.
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October 17, 2012
Taking his support of same-sex marriage to another level, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has posed in the most recent issue of OUT Magazine.
Kluwe, who was photographed shirtless and wearing a pair of jeans, says he is not gay but that he is using the appearance in the magazine as a way to show his support for people who he believes are not treated equally by the law.
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October 15, 2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Receiver Jerome Simpson stood at his locker in the Minnesota Vikings' facilities at Winter Park on Monday as members of the media assembled around him.Fresh off a surprise inactive status in Monday's 38-26 loss, Simpson offered several one-word answers to questions about his health, and how tough it was to sit out Sunday's loss. Simpson, a week after...
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October 15, 2012
The Minnesota Vikings have been a fairly surprising team to this point in the season. Even after getting RGIII’d yesterday in the Nation’s Capital, the Vikings are 4-2 and just half a game behind the Chicago Bears for first place in the NFC North.The reason for the team’s surprising start, other than a weak early schedule, can be attributed to the offense finally using Percy...
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October 16, 2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings will be earning quite a few more frequent flier miles next season.The NFL officially announced Tuesday that the Vikings will play one of two games next season in London's historic Wembley Stadium. Minnesota, which had previously announced interest in being one of the teams to play a home game in London, will host the Pittsburgh Steelers...
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October 17, 2012
Jerome Simpson's deactivation Sunday cost him a chance to help the Minnesota Vikings against the Washington Redskins. It also cost the receiver a pretty good chunk of change.
Simpson says every time he is deactivated from a game it costs him $60,000 in bonus money. The Vikings built that clause into his contract because the former Cincinnati Bengal was coming off a drug arrest...
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October 15, 2012
The Minnesota Vikings will play a home game at Wembley Stadium in London next September, ESPN reported Monday. An official announcement is expected at Tuesday's NFL owners meetings in Chicago. The Vikings are not moving into their new $975 million stadium until 2016, so they could play a series of games in London before then. The league, however, wants to see how next year...
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October 15, 2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Veteran cornerback Antoine Winfield is credited with a speech that helped turn around the Minnesota Vikings, especially the defense, following the Week 2 loss at the Indianapolis Colts this season.Winfield pushed his teammates to be more physical and not fall into the same traps they did during last year's 3-13 campaign. Minnesota suffered its first loss...
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October 17, 2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. A.J. Jefferson's value to the Minnesota Vikings early this season has been limited since he was acquired following the preseason as the Arizona Cardinals tried to make moves to reach the 53-man roster limit.Jefferson was inactive his first game, and has slowly gained more playing time on special teams and as the fourth cornerback in recent weeks. He has one...
The Vikings were looking for solutions to their red zone problems after starting their 38-26 loss to the Redskins with three straight field goals. Leslie Frazier said they would go through their red zone struggles "with a fine-toothed comb."
Jerome Simpson believes he was ready to play Sunday, but Vikings coach Leslie Frazier made the decision to sit him because of a back injury.
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October 17, 2012
Which one of these NFC North teams will prevail with a division title at the end of the 2012 season? The pick I’ve chosen may surprise you more than the Vikings 4-2 start.Coming into the 2012 season, the NFC North division was regarded as one of the best/toughest divisions in football. Before the year had begun, many sports analysts pick three teams from the north division (the...
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October 16, 2012
It was announced on Tuesday at that the Minnesota Vikings have agreed to host a home game in London in 2013 against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Webley Stadium on Sept. 29, 2013. It will be considered an away game for the Steelers.
The Steelers have been linked as a team that could possibly play in Ireland in the future, but that game has yet to materialize and will not take place...
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