Sports

The Minnesota Vikings made headlines in 2005, with their "sex boat" scandal and run for the NFL playoffs. But there are plenty of other sports teams worth talking about in our annual review of the year in Minnesota sports.
The search is on for a new head coach for the Minnesota Vikings. Mike Tice was fired shortly after his team won its last game of the season over the Chicago Bears. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Sean Jensen, who covers the Vikings for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper will miss the remainder of the season, and perhaps part of next season, because of a severe injury to his right knee.
On Sunday the Minnesota Vikings beat their archrivals, the Green Bay Packers 23-20, and lifted the cloud caused by the team's last two dismal performances, and the allegations that some Vikings players engaged in lewd behavior aboard charter boats on Lake Minnetonka.
What do baseball great Lou Gehrig and the biblical history of the modern-day Middle East have in common? Well, admittedly, not much, except that two nationally renowned authors who wrote books on those subjects were in town Sunday to talk about their books.
The Minnesota Twins sued their Metrodome landlord Tuesday, asking a judge to rule that the team is under no long-term obligation to play baseball in the stadium.
Minnesota Vikings' owner Zygi Wilf is pledging to turn around the team's performance, both on and off the field. Wilf has spent the past two days traveling the state outlining his plans for the troubled Vikings before civic groups. Wilf is speaking to groups around the state, trying to repair the team's repuation in the wake of an off-field scandal.
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf, in his first comments since allegations of sexual misconduct by several players while on a charter boat cruise, said Friday the team will institute a code of conduct to try to prevent such behavior in the future.