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Vikings 35, Seattle 9

Favre nearly perfect in Vikes' romp

Rice hit

Brett Favre is doing things with the Minnesota Vikings that even one of the most decorated quarterbacks in league history has never done before.

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VikeCam: Outside the Dome

Crockett's five TDs lead Totino-Grace.

Floyd of Rosedale goes to Iowa -- again

Adam Weber (8)

For the second week in a row, the offense failed to score. And for the third year in a row, the prized pig trophy stays in Iowa.

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Jim Souhan, columnist

Blame for offense's collapse falls squarely on Brewster

Tim Brewster

The facts are not the problem. A Minnesota football team finishing 6-6, or 3-5 in the Big Ten, or losing 12-0 to Iowa in Kinnick Stadium -- those facts, the ones that provided a coda to the 2009 regular season, are the norm for this program, not jarring aberrations.

Portland 106, Wolves 78

Blazers rule after the half

Oleksiy Pecherov (left), LaMarcus Aldridge

Wolves coach Kurt Rambis hoped for better results this time out against the Blazers, but a second-half meltdown nixed that.

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By Monday he could be Joe MVP

Joe Mauer already has won batting titles, Gold Gloves and widespread adoration. Now he seems on the brink of another prize.

Photo right: Joe Mauer

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GameFaceMN.com: State football

Eden Prairie takes red-eye flight

Eden Prairie wins

As the clock neared midnight, Eden Prairie rolled past overmatched Mounds View to reach the Prep Bowl.

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Minnesota Duluth 3, Gophers 2

Bulldogs slip past Gophers

An unlikely bounce of the puck gave Minnesota Duluth a second one-goal win and a weekend sweep.

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Dennis Anderson, columnist

Going back to the shack

Deer shacks

Shelter doesn't get much cruder, but that's not the point: The seasonal sanctuary for deer hunters serves just fine as as a launch point, warming house and social dining room.

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