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Vikings avoid blackout

Sunday's game against Denver will be televised locally. This will be the team's 142nd consecutive sellout at the Metrodome.

By Mark Craig

December 1, 2011 at 6:55PM

The Vikings announced this morning that Sunday's game against Denver will be televised locally (noon, Ch. 9) because enough tickets have been sold to avoid a blackout.

This will be the team's 142nd consecutive sellout at the Metrodome.

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Mark Craig

Sports reporter

Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).