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 Verdict in on Smith - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Football - Sports
Troubled Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith has been suspended by the NFL for the 2005 season for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Troubled Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith has been suspended by the NFL for the 2005 season for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
He wasn't charged, and the NFL has said possession of the device isn't enough to violate league drug policies.
www.boston.com /sports/football/articles/2005/06/08/verdict_in_on_smith   (207 words)

  
 Minnesota Vikings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On November 30, 2005 The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the 17 Minnesota Vikings involved in the scandal might avoid all charges, however, on December 15, 2005, Daunte Culpepper, Bryant McKinnie, Fred Smoot, and Moe Williams were charged with indecent conduct, disorderly conduct and lewd or lascivious conduct.
Minnesota became the 1st modern NFL expansion team to win an NFL Championship Game, which gave them a berth to the Super Bowl which the heavily favored Vikings dropped to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7.
However, the Vikes had little to celebrate when in the next week, not only did they lose to the Carolina Panthers 38-13 on the road, but they would also lose their star QB Daunte Culpepper for the season with a knee injury.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minnesota_Vikings   (2892 words)

  
 The Sports Network
A pair of teams hoping to find themselves in Super Bowl XL will play for smaller stakes on Friday night, as the New York Jets play host to the Minnesota Vikings in the second preseason game of 2005 for both teams.
The Jets and Vikings, a pair of 2004 playoff clubs who each made offseason personnel changes in the interest of making a push toward the Super Bowl, each opened their preseason slates with victories last week.
Top players battle in season's second WGC event
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 Minnesota Vikings Tickets at StubHub!
StubHub will donate part of every purchase of Minnesota Vikings Tickets to this worthy charity during the 2005-2006 NFL season.
As a result, Minnesota Viking tickets are a hot commodity, as the Metrodome, where tens of thousands of fans use their Vikings tickets for every home game, has always been the place to be when the team takes the field.
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 SI.com - 2005 NFL Football Preview - Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings' ninth-round draft pick in 1992, he was traded after the 1998 season.
The Vikings have one of the NFL’s deepest backfields, with several runners who could start for most teams and another -- rookie Ciatrick Fason -- who could be their own starter in a few years.
The Vikings targeted free agent nosetackle Pat Williams to replace Hovan, and Williams should be a lively playmaker even at age 32.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/specials/preview/2005/teams/nfcn/minnesota_vikings.html   (1590 words)

  
 2005 NFL Season Preview Picks Fantasy Football Trivia Schedule Teams Ranking Rumors Schedule
The Minnesota Vikings may have lost Randy Moss, but they upgraded their defence and should challenge the Eagles for the NFC title.
With most of the players on the 2005 Super Bowl team returning, Tom Brady and the Pats are heavy favorites to win a third straight NFL title.
The Eagles' defence is still one of the best in the NFL and Donovan McNabb and Owens should give Philly one of the NFL's best aerial combos.
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 2005 NFL Betting Season Open at PinnacleSports.com
Although the NFL just announced the 2005 regular season schedule on Wednesday, PinnacleSports.com has already opened betting on all 16 games taking place the first week of the NFL season in September.
Other key Week 1 games include: Nick Saban's NFL debut as Miami head coach, with the Dolphins (+5) hosting Denver; the Randy Moss-less Minnesota Vikings (-3.5) meeting Tampa Bay; and AFC runner-up Pittsburgh (-7) at home versus the Tennessee Titans.
The San Francisco 49ers are on the clock with the first pick in the draft, and the odds makers have listed Aaron Rodgers as a 4/7 favorite to be the first overall pick in 2005.
www.forrelease.com /D20050418/mxm001.P2.04182005105403.08849.html   (624 words)

  
 Minnesota Vikings Football Tickets & Merchandise - Jerseys, Apparel, Hats - NFL 2005 Season Exclusive Fan Deals
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Improving a low-rated defense should improve the Vikings 8-8 2004 record with the addition of several talented free agents.
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 Walters Football Site: 2005 Mock Draft
Contrary to their NFC North foes, the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay has had the worst off-season in the league, excluding the Tennessee Titans.
Minnesota has easily upgraded their team the most this off-season, thanks to great acquisitions like linebacker Napoleon Harris, defensive tackle Pat Williams, cornerback Fred Smoot and safety Darren Sharper.
Pat Williams signed with the Minnesota Vikings, meaning there is a mammoth-sized hole at defensive tackle.
www.walterfootball.com /draft2005.php   (4081 words)

  
 Anchorage Daily News: SUPERBOWL XXXVIII
Moss caught two touchdown passes, making good on his promise to atone for walking off the field last week while his teammates were trying to win their regular-season finale, and the Vikings rolled to a 31-17 upset victory over the stunned Packers on Sunday.
The Vikings, joining St. Louis as the only 8-8 teams ever to win in the playoffs, will travel to Philadelphia after dominating the first postseason meeting with their bitter border rivals.
Minnesota Vikings receiver Randy Moss jumps into the arms of tackle Adam Goldberg after catching a 20-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter.
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 Mavericks coach hasn't forgotten Vikings' Pat Williams — Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) – 2005-08-10
Mavericks coach hasn't forgotten Vikings' Pat Williams — Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) – 2005-08-10
Williams, now 317 pounds, is clogging up the middle as a defensive tackle with the Minnesota Vikings.
Gordon, in his first season as Minnesota State's defensive coordinator, was an outside linebacker/safety at Blinn Junior College from 1993-94, when Williams, then 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds, was a linebacker at rival Navarro Junior College.
www.mnsu.edu /news/read.php?id=1123678591   (257 words)

  
 KFFL - Brad Johnson, QB, Minnesota Vikings
Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports Minnesota Vikings QB Brad Johnson is expected to take over as the team's starting quarterback for the remainder of the 2005 season due to the loss of QB Daunte Culpepper (knee).
Minnesota Vikings QB Brad Johnson will start at QB due to the season-ending injury to QB Daunte Culpepper (knee).
QB Shaun Hill will be the primary backup.
www.kffl.com /player/1820/NFL   (121 words)

  
 Fox Valley Football Association
The Minnesota Vikings, in what TWIPFB projected as a must win for both teams, got in the win column today to even their record at 2-2 on the season.
Detroit falls to 1-3 on the season while Minnesota is back in the hunt with a.500 record.
We will be starting our first season of league play using the 1979 NFL season disk and advancing through NFL history (only 1 season played per year).
www.sportsattic.com /fvfa/fvfa.html   (825 words)

  
 NFL.com - Kansas City at Minnesota Game Recap
Kansas City, like Minnesota, made a significant attempt to upgrade a lagging defense during the offseason.
Culpepper opened the preseason by guiding an efficient 65-yard touchdown drive, leading the Vikings to a 27-16 victory against the Kansas City Chiefs.
That's how Minnesota is going to have to move the ball without Randy Moss.
www.nfl.com /gamecenter/recap/NFL_20050812_KC@MIN   (865 words)

  
 Minnesota Vikings: Homepage
The Minnesota Vikings selected linebacker Chad Greenway with the 17 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft...
Read former Vikings Kicker Benny Ricardo's Spanish column on the 2005 Vikings...
Join the Vikings Season Ticket Waiting List and get in line for your tickets to an exciting 2006 season...
www.vikings.com   (117 words)

  
 SOHH.com Global Forum - Onterrio Smith faces ban for reportedly skipping drug test
Minnesota Vikings tailback Onterrio Smith has been apprised by the NFL that he faces a suspension for the entire 2005 season for a repeat violation of the league's substance abuse program, two sources with knowledge of his situation told ESPN.com.
The potential loss of Smith for the entire season is a blow to a Minnesota offense that Tice has insisted will refocus on the power running game the Vikings seemed to abandon at times in 2004.
Smith, 24, was present for the start of the Vikings' offseason program on Monday, was absent on Tuesday, then returned Wednesday.
forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=584371   (1036 words)

  
 The Minnesota Vikings - Foreign Corner
The 2005 NFL Europe League season will mark the first for the Hamburg Sea Devils, who kick off their inaugural season at Cologne.
NFL Europe alumni were no strangers to the playoffs in 2004, as 83 took part in the postseason, highlighted by 15 Europe Leaguers on the rosters of Super Bowl XXXIX participants New England and Philadelphia.
The NFL Europe League kicks off its 13th season this Saturday with six teams - the Amsterdam Admirals, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils and Rhein Fire - beginning the race to World Bowl XIII.
www.vikings.com /foreigncorner_detail_objectname_NFLEL05Season33005.html   (1036 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Vikings' Smith suspended for 2005
Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith for the entire 2005 season, for violating its substance abuse policy.
Smith, 24, served a four-game suspension last season for a similar offence, and, on April 21, was detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, when authorities found several vials of dried urine and "The Original Whizzinator," a device used to beat drug tests.
Smith totalled 579 yards and five touchdowns on 107 carries in 15 games (three starts) as a rookie after being drafted out of Oregon in the fourth round — 105th overall — by the Vikings in 2003.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/06/07/Sports/smith050607.html   (220 words)

  
 Randy Moss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On February 23, 2005, Randy's agent, Dante DiTrapano, reported that Moss was going to be traded to the Oakland Raiders from the Minnesota Vikings for linebacker Napoleon Harris, the 7th overall pick and a 7th round pick.
Moss has had 3 seasons where he averaged at least one receiving TD a game.
At the end of the 2004 season, Moss was averaging 82 yards per game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Randy_Moss   (1664 words)

  
 ABC News: Why NFL Stars Hung 'Em Up Early
Smith holds many of the Vikings' all-time rushing records, even though he retired at the age of 28, after his best season.
However, Robert Smith, a two-time Pro Bowl running back with the Minnesota Vikings, says he understood.
8, 2005 — It was in the last week of July, just seven weeks before the start of the National Football League season, that Miami Dolphins star running back Ricky Williams abandoned his pro football career and his team.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/story?id=389468&page=1   (391 words)

  
 Fantasy Football - The Official Website for Fantasy Football
Burleson averaged 14.8 yards/reception last season and has become a viable deep threat for a strong passing attack in Minnesota.
Bottom Line: Burleson is a great young talent and will have the opportunity to shine as the primary receiver for the Vikings in 2005.
With Randy Moss gone, Burleson is expected to step into the WR1 slot in 2005 and could enjoy a strong season, if he plays to his potential.
www.fantasyfootball.com /players/playerpage.php?id=1221   (232 words)

  
 The Complete History of African American Quarterbacks In The NFL
As of August of 2005 Current African American Quarterbacks in the NFL include: Starters - Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons, Daunte Culpepper of the Minnesota Vikings, Byron Leftwich of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Aaron Brooks of the New Orleans Saints, and Steve McNair of the Tennessee Titans.
In 1997 there were six starting quarterbacks for NFL teams, more than at any time.Starters included Randall Cunningham for Minnesota Vikings, Warren Moon for the Seattle Seahawks, Kordell Stewart for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jeff Blake for the Cincinnati Bengals, Steve McNair for the Tennessee Titans, and Charlie Batch for the Detroit Lions.
He continued to play until 1976, playing with Detroit, San Diego and ending his career with the New England Patriots.Unfortunately Briscoe never got to achieve success at the quarterback position after a stellar rookie season in 1968.He later beat drug addiction and now counsels and coaches children in the Los Angeles area.
www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_01018.shtml   (2127 words)

  
 BillickBrian.doc
Here’s a review of Brian’s coaching career prior to the Ravens: 1992-98 (Minnesota Vikings): Was the architect of a Minnesota offense that in 1998 eclipsed the NFL record for most points scored in a season (556), breaking the old mark (541) set by the 1983 Washington Redskins.
Billick, whose 6-year record entering the 2005 season is 61-42 (.592), became the 2nd head coach in Ravens history when he accepted a 6 year contract from then owner Art Modell on Jan. 19, 1999.
Brian’s ability to keep the team unified and focused that October, when the Ravens did not score a touchdown (5 straight games) and suffered a 3 game losing streak, is notable.
washingtonspeakers.com /SpeakerInfo/Billick_Brian/Bio/BillickBrian.doc   (2768 words)

  
 ESPN Search: mike tice
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice paces the sidelines during the fourth quarter of their game against the Green Bay Packers Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, in Green Bay, Wis. The Vikings won 20-17.
Mike Tice said that if the MRI exam shows he needs surgery on the knee, he will wait until after the season to have it done.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Mike Tice vowed that a sprained knee won't keep him off the sideline for Minnesota's...
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 Daunte Culpepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His first two games of the 2005 season were a disappointment, as the Vikings went 0-2 while Culpepper threw no touchdown passes, eight interceptions, and fumbled twice, but Culpepper rebounded in the third week, throwing for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns while beating the New Orleans Saints 33-16 at home.
Culpepper was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft (11th overall) out of the University of Central Florida.
Culpepper also appeared on the cover of the Madden NFL 2002 video game, and subsequently proceeded to have the worst year of his career until 2005, keeping with the superstition of the 'Madden curse'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daunte_Culpepper   (1296 words)

  
 Oakland Raiders Rap
Former Raiders defensive end Lance Johnstone, who played the past five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, re-signs with Oakland.
A winless record against AFC West opposition is among the lowlights of Oakland's 2005 season.
Art Shell, fired by Al Davis after the 1994 season, is hired for his second tour of duty as Raiders coach.
www.raidersrap.com   (214 words)

  
 KFFL - Fred Smoot, CB, Minnesota Vikings
Sean Jensen, of the Pioneer Press, reports Minnesota Vikings CB Fred Smoot has bulked up and he's ready to put the 2005 season behind him and start the 2006 season fresh.
Jeff Zulgad, of the Star Tribune, reports Minnesota Vikings CB Fred Smoot switched numbers, going from 27 to 21.
Smoot, whose listed weight last season was 178 pounds, currently weighs 200, but he said his playing weight might be 195.
www.kffl.com /player/1904/nfl   (226 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Michael Silver: Favre, Tice can't help but admire their NFC North enemies - Friday November 19, 2004 11:38AM
Tice, the league's lowest-paid coach, has a contract that expires at the end of the year, though Vikings owner Red McCombs indicated last month  that he planned to pick up a club option for 2005.
That's why, even as the Packers were completing a remarkable revival, capturing their fourth consecutive victory to tie the Vikings atop the division at 5-4, Favre was empathic enough to understand the sting of Minnesota's three-game losing streak on the man who is large (6-foot-8) and in charge.
Last year's late-season collapse after a 6-0 start kept the Vikings from reaching the playoffs, and now there is concern in the Twin Cities that Tice's team is running a fade pattern once again.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/writers/michael_silver/11/19/silver.favre   (1396 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Don Banks: Vikings reach tentative deal to trade Moss to Raiders - Wednesday February 23, 2005 7:47PM
DiTrapano said the Raiders have agreed to assume Moss' current contract in Minnesota, adding he planned to seek an extension of Moss' eight-year, $75 million deal from the Raiders sometime before the 2006 season.
But a source of the trade talks between the Raiders and Vikings said a trade is "likely" and that compensation has been agreed to.
DiTrapano said Moss' first choice was to be traded to either Atlanta or Baltimore, but neither team gave the Raiders serious competition in trade talks with the Vikings.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/writers/don_banks/02/23/moss?cnn=yes   (588 words)

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