Behind Enemy Lines: My Day at the Minnesota Vikings’ Training Camp

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Published: August 10, 2009

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... is purple, and smells of kettle corn.

This morning I had the pleasure to attend Vikings Training Camp in Mankato, MN—held on the beautiful and spacious Minnesota State University (Div II). Mankato is a wonderful town. Accessed by the "Laura Ingles Wilder Memorial Freeway," it is a bit bigger than in her day—a little smaller than Muskegon or Bay City.

Mankato is also the one-time home of Detroit Tiger, Curtis Granderson, who played for the Mankato Mashers (a summer league/college-aged team) when he was 19. I interviewed Granderson last year who said that Mankato is a "great town." He spent a lot of time at the local Buffalo Wild Wings.

Mankato also happens to be about 45 minutes from where I went to school, and where I currently produce and host a sports radio show.

It turns out, we're part of the Vikings' Radio Network.

And it turns out, there are perks.

This morning, I was not only in attendance, I was a VIP. I brought my good fri...

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