Tuesday's Page 2 tipsheet

October 11, 2016 at 4:37AM
This is a 2013 photo of Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings NFL football team. This image reflects the Minnesota Vikings active roster as of Thursday, June 6, 2013 when this image was taken. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: NFLHS13
Peterson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

KNOW THIS

With a little patience, you can watch the Timberwolves play in the preseason. Though early games aren't televised, a Jumbotron feed of Saturday's 109-100 win over Miami was posted to YouTube. Check out startribune.com/randball to watch the full game that way.

WATCH THIS

There's really no such thing as a must-win game until a team reaches the brink of elimination, but let's be real: the Lynx NEED to win Tuesday at Target Center to square their WNBA Finals series after Los Angeles took Sunday's game on a buzzer-beater. 7 p.m., ESPN2.

RANDOM FANDOM

"It's fun to see a modern day, diversified NFL offense. I don't like to see anyone get hurt, but we would still be pounding into 8 man fronts out of power run formations if AP was in the backfield."

"amused83" commenting on startribune.com.

TWEETED

"Early overreaction: I don't know if a @Vikings team has been this good in my lifetime. That includes '98. Off, Def, ST all strong." — Blake Wheeler, current Winnipeg Jets forward and former Gopher.

@BiggieFunke

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