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A Vikings fan in Wisconsin was stabbed seven times Sunday after confronting a man with a box cutter trying to slice up the Minnesota fan’s air-filled lawn decoration, Madison TV station News 3 reported. PHOTOS: The worst of sports fans “He probably thought it was funny, and maybe his buddies thought it would be cool to come slice it up,” said Dave Moschel, 36, of Stoughton, 80 miles west of Milwaukee and some 150 miles south of Green Bay....

Minnesota finished 10-6 and advanced to the NFC divisional playoffs last year, and Kirk Cousins will try to build on that in his third year as the team’s starting quarterback. The schedule is tougher this season — especially on the road — and Gary Kubiak is now the full-time offensive coordinator after Kevin Stefanski left for Cleveland. Here is a complete breakdown of the Minnesota Vikings’ 2020 schedule, including dates and start times for all 16 games and our early prediction....

In a few years, a number of the players drafted will inspire puzzled looks or laughter and the inevitable question: They picked him over Saddiq? In his two seasons at Villanova, Bey did not make first-team All-American or average 20 points. He did not play in a Final Four, although there’s a fair possibility he would have if the NCAA Tournament had been contested in March 2020. What Bey did, though, was demonstrate an inherent toughness that helped Villanova quickly rebuild after the loss of the top six players from the 2018 NCAA championship team and claim a share of the 2020 Big East regular-season title....

More and more inclusion has been shown in video games over the recent years, which only brings more players to the video game scene. One of these characters being shown are non-binary, which is someone who doesn’t relate to a specific gender such as male or female. Here are just some characters in the gaming scene that are non-binary. 6 Bloodhound – Apex Legends The beloved tracker in the battle royale game has been confirmed as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns....

RELATED: Television Characters Who Were Recast Between Seasons While some recasts go largely unnoticed by western fans, the rest tend to be accepted without too many complaints, with players seemingly more interested in the characters themselves than the actors who are providing their voices. This isn’t always the case, however, with one or two recasts having caused their fair share of controversy over the past few years. Some popular video game characters have even changed voice actors multiple times....

Connecticut-based mom Cami Boehme has a TikTok account called Boehmetwins where she showcases the shenanigans of her adorable infant twins, Ivy and Jack. Posting a clip on January 13, which has since gone viral on the app with 23 million views, we can see how the toddlers communicate in their special “twin language.” Filmed on home surveillance via a nighttime camera, the video begins by showing the two twins in their cots, which are situated next to one another....

Do cats dream and, if so, what do they dream about? These are the kind of questions most pet lovers will have pondered at some point in time. The answer, as it turns out, is a resounding “yes.” According to Kelly St. Denis, current president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners: “Cats, like most other mammals, do dream.” St. Denis told Daily Paws: “Studies on the electrical brain patterns in rats when they’re asleep compared to performing regular tasks when awake show striking similarities....

If you’re a fan of the North Carolina Tar Heels, you get that feeling watching the postgame celebration following UNC’s 79-65 upset road win over top-ranked Michigan State. If you like still life better, the following are photos from photographer J.D. Lyon, who did his part to commemorate the moment. The Tar Heels now own wins over the No. 1 ranked team in the country, and the defending national champion Louisville Cardinals....

Those looking for proof of Street Fighter 5’s relevance need look no further than the fact that legendary gamer Daigo “The Beast” Umehara is hard at work winning as many of the game’s tournaments as he possibly can. Although the man that many consider to be the greatest fighting game player of all time has been met with much stiffer competition these days than when he was basically an unstoppable force over a decade ago, he still has what it takes to beat the game’s very best....

On May 15, Roling was with three children at the Weisser Park Elementary School playground in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her 13-year-old son told her that a Black boy had hit him. Cell phone video showed Roling verbally confronting the child and then running after him with a knife while shouting the n-word, an anti-Black slur. “Why you running [n-word]?” Roling said in the video. The boys in the video tell her to put the knife down and ask her why she’s saying the n-word....

Green Bay’s ABC-affiliated WBAY-TV posted the video taken by someone on the scene. It shows the manhole cover wobbling, gradually shaking more in intensity, and then finally popping off and releasing a geyser-like spray of water. The site for the unusual occurrence was Menasha, a town located about 30 miles away from Green Bay. WBAY shared the video on its website, as well as on social media. It attributed the camera work to one Susan Boettcher....

One of the key features that Unreal Engine 5 boasts is the underlying technology allowing modern machines to render scenes in real time at an insane level of detail, rivaling the production quality of movies and television shows. There’s a reason why many game developers choose to build their next title using Unreal Engine 5 such as the new Witcher game, and given the stance of Epic Games on allowing everyone to download the engine freely, it’s no wonder that someone attempted to propel Skyrim forward into the future....

The tornado touched down around 7:30 p.m., local time, and tore through the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and parts of St. Bernard Parish, which is southeast to the city—before moving eastward around 7:50 p.m., according to the National Weather Service (NWS) New Orleans. As residents emerged Wednesday morning to assess the damage, photos and videos of the tornado and its aftermath showed homes with their roofs ripped off, cars flipped over, and debris cluttering the streets....

In the video Nichols is repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper sprayed after being stopped by police whilst driving on January 7. Five police officers have been fired and arrested over the incident, and have been charged with a number of offences including attempted murder. So far, lawyers for two of them have said they intend to plead not guilty. Protesters took to the streets across the country following the footages’ release, with demonstrations taking place in cities including Memphis, New York, Washington D....

Former Arsenal captain Vieira has been linked with the Gunners job since Arsene Wenger’s departure in 2018, but Mikel Arteta instead took over after Emery was sacked in November. The Frenchman says there were no talks with Arsenal on this occasion, although the Nice coach is adamant he would have turned down any offer regardless. “No, but there is no place in my mind to have those kind of conversations,” Vieira told the Daily Mail....

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While one week does not represent a season, the Vikings and GM Rick Spielman are the early winners in the 2018 free agent sweepstakes, courtesy of strong performances by quarterback Kirk Cousins and defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson in the opener. Cousins was perhaps the most high-profile free agent on the market when Minnesota stepped up and signed him to a groundbreaking, fully guaranteed $84 million contract over three years. Richardson gambled on himself by signing a one-year, $8 million deal with some potentially lucrative incentives....

The Minnesota Vikings radio broadcaster expressed remorse for his missed call on the team’s last-second field goal that went viral after Minnesota’s 34-33 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Allen initially called Greg Joseph’s 37-yard attempt good before realizing the kick sailed wide right. The kick would have won the game yet sent Minnesota to 0-2. “It is GOOD!” Allen called. “No he missed it! He missed it right!” The call spread broadly online as fans could not believe the veteran broadcaster’s gaffe....

More specifically, he was watching Maryland game film to critique himself. MORE: SN’s Draft Central | Jets send message to Smith | Pats surprise with Navy long snapper pick “I was watching to continue to get better,” Diggs told Perform Media on Saturday. “I try to do anything I can to quicken things up. I don’t just study my opponent, I study myself. It’s something you have to do to get better....

StarTribune.com reports Johnson, 31, is seeking $75,000 in federal court, claiming officers Patrick McCarver and John Laluzerne violated his civil rights via excessive force, false arrest and unreasonable seizure. Johnson was acquitted last June of all charges stemming from the confrontation at Seven, a Minneapolis restaurant and nightclub often frequented by professional athletes and where the off-duty policemen were serving as security. Accused of refusing to leave the establishment after closing hours, Johnson eventually was charged with misdemeanor trespassing, disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer....