Bud Grant is having yet another garage sale

The Vikings coach has turned his family's garage sale into an annual event. This one starts May 18.

May 4, 2016 at 5:53PM
Former Minnesota Vikings head football coach Bud Grant signs a poster during his three-day garage sale in 2014.
Former Minnesota Vikings head football coach Bud Grant signs a poster during his three-day garage sale in 2014. (Stan Schmidt — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

About a decade ago, former Vikings coach Bud Grant decided to get rid of a bunch of old stuff by having a garage sale. But there's been enough to get rid of -- or maybe more things were dug up -- that Grant has turned the sale into an annual event.

In 2014, Grant decided to use social media (and other media) to get the word out. And this week he's using Twitter to let people know that his 2016 sale is scheduled for May 18-20 in Bloomington.

No early birds, please.

The address is 8134 Oakmere Road in Bloomington.

Here's a look back at the 2014 sale, the first one that was heavily advertised.

In case you're wonderinng: When you've coached a Minnesota football team in four Super Bowls, we'll publicize your garage sale, too. (And you don't even have to win any of them.)

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Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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