Bryant McKinnie

“Just being here for the workouts and the running and the lifting, and getting a little extra film study in, allows me to be a little more comfortable and know the offense a lot better,” McKinnie said. “I’m here for the OTAs just so I ...  

LT Bryant McKinnie wants to play this season around 345 pounds. If he does, he is concerned about losing some power and strength. "I don't want to be too light," McKinnie said. "At the same time, that should help me bend more too. So more technique will ...  

TE Visanthe Shiancoe turns 32 in June and won't return. UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (not tendered offers) --RB Lorenzo Booker (not tendered offer as RFA) is not a high priority as a little-used No. 3 running back and an average kickoff returner who ...  

The people over at NOC (Network of Champions) put together this comdey piece featuring Baltimore Ravens LT Bryant McKinnie and recently-signed New England Patriots Brandon Lloyd playing what they say is the world's ...  

McKinnie's weight shot up to 400 pounds during the lockout last offseason, leading the Minnesota Vikings, the only team the 10-year veteran had known, to cut him. Now McKinnie is playing at 365 pounds and trying to lose 15 more. "That would be that perfect ...  

All that a new Minnesota Vikings stadium needs now is a shovel in the ground. The Minneapolis City Council on Friday voted to approve funding for a football / convention center facility, the final hurdle necessary to building a new downtown home ...  

By Ilya ShapiroThe collusion between big business and big government that fleeces the rest of us has struck again — Tim Carney, iMessage your office – this time in the sports world.  Minnesota governor Mark Dayton recently signed the midnight deal that state lawmakers struck with the owners of the state’s football team, the Minnesota Vikings, to build the team [...]Public Financing of Vikings Stadium a Bad Deal for Fans, Taxpayers is a post...  

We noted a month ago that the Ravens are urging left tackle Bryant McKinnie to get himself into better shape. McKinnie says that ideal shape for him means a slightly higher number on the scale than ideal shape for most of us. The 6-foot-8 McKinnie told the Ravens’ website that he thinks 350 pounds is…  

Last year's camp was highlighted by the arrival of quarterback Donovan McNabb and the release of an overweight Bryant McKinnie. This year, quarterback Christian Ponder will enter camp as the starter.  

He'll battle Devin Aromashodu, Greg Childs and Jarius Wright for the third receiver role. He could also start opposite Percy Harvin the first three weeks of the season while Jerome Simpson sits out due to a suspension. However, his role in the offense is ...  

Looking to get back into Pro-Bowl form, Baltimore Ravens tackle Bryant McKinnie is treating the team's voluntary offseason workout as if it was mandatory.  

(See: McKinnie, Bryant.) Now, he is being rewarded for his patience ... Kanavy cites second-year quarterback Christian Ponder, third-year backup quarterback Joe Webb, sixth-year defensive end Brian Robison and seventh-year linebacker Chad ...  

The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to the terms of a revised proposal for a nearly $1 billion football stadium for the team, clearing the way for the Minnesota Legislature to give its final stamp of approval to the measure. The bill calls for the Vikings to pay $477 million toward the cost. The state's share will be $348 million.  

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota state representatives advanced a $975 million plan on Monday to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis that would require a much higher contribution from the National Football League team than previously planned.  

Move over John Isner and Nicholas Mahut, here come... Brandon Lloyd and Bryant McKinnie? The self-described Network of Champions (NOC), a Youtube channel that focuses on "the personalities and lives of athletes" has released a new spoof video featuring the two NFL players engaged in a 77-year tennis match. Lloyd and McKinnie squared off for real this January in the AFC title game as their two teams - the New England Patriots and...  

MINNEAPOLIS, May 4 (UPI) -- The wife of former Minnesota Vikings football player Joe Senser was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide in the death of a Twin Cities-area chef. After the verdict was announced Friday, the law firm representing ...  

Lest we forget, but Minneapolis already had its Lakers basketball team move to Los Angeles (back in the early 1960s), so keeping the Vikings around is a big win for football fans. The team is getting a new stadium and the organization gets to remain in the ...  

While it is true that Vikings owner Ziggy Wlyff pulled a George Shinn by floating the idea that if the team didn’t get a new stadium there may not be football in Minnesota much longer, it was ultimately the fans who decided to pony up the cash to help ...  

The Minnesota legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million plan for a new stadium for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings that lawmakers hope will keep the team in the state for decades. State senators voted 36 to 30 to ...  

With baseball season in full swing, plenty of NFL players and coaches have taken to the mound to make the ceremonial first pitch at a game. See which football figures hold ... The five most recent Super Bowl games are up to be voted on by fans.  

A man dressed in a purple Minnesota Vikings football shirt with the number 4 on the front and back and with the name Favre above the number on the back of the shirt is bowing down to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf after Wilf and his ownership group ...  

MINNEAPOLIS May 10 (Reuters) - The Minnesota House on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million plan for a new stadium for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis. State representatives voted 71 to 60 to ...  

TIMEMinnesota Vikings Set to Get New StadiumWall Street JournalBy MARK PETERS And JACK NICAS ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota lawmakers approved plans for a nearly $1 billion stadium for the Vikings to keep the National Football League team in Minneapolis for at least another three decades. The Minnesota House and Senate ...Minnesota Senate is last stop for Vikings stadiumBusinessWeekMinnesota Senate approves new stadium for VikingsLos Angeles...  

The 2012 session of the Minnesota Legislature will be remembered as the one that finally delivered a Minnesota Vikings stadium. The culmination of a decade-long debate over providing the National Football League team with a new, $975 million ...  

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota state senators advanced a $975 million plan late on Tuesday to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings that increased the National Football League team's proposed contribution to the project. State senators adopted ...  

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Minnesota House on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million plan for a new stadium for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis. State representatives voted 71 to 60 to approve a ...  

MINNEAPOLIS, May 10 (Reuters) - The Minnesota legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million plan for a new stadium for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings that lawmakers hope will keep the team in the state for decades.  

CBC.caMinnesota Senate approves Vikings football stadium planReutersBy David Bailey | MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota state senators advanced a $975 million plan late on Tuesday to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings that increased the National Football League team's proposed contribution to the ...Minnesota Senate gives Vikings stadium 2nd big victoryFox NewsMinn. Senate gives Vikings stadium 2nd big victoryAlbany Times...  

MINNEAPOLIS, May 4 (UPI) -- The wife of former Minnesota Vikings football player Joe Senser was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide in the death of a Twin Cities-area chef.  

The Minnesota House has approved a plan to build a $975 million stadium for the Vikings, but with a big boost in what the team would pay. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings took a giant step Monday night toward a new taxpayer-subsidized football ...  

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota state representatives advanced a $975 million plan on Monday to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis that would require a much higher contribution from the National Football League team than previously planned.  

The Minnesota Vikings moved a step closer to a new stadium as the Minnesota House passed a public subsidy package that would require the National Football League team to pay $105 million more than in the previous plan, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.  

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings are inviting fans and stadium supporters to the Mall of America on Saturday to hear the latest on efforts for a new football stadium. Vikings defensive end Jared Allen will join Gov. Mark Dayton, Minneapolis Mayor ...  

As a Los Angeles resident and football fan, I'm eagerly following the various stadium sagas going on with several NFL teams. It looks like the Minnesota Vikings still have a real possibility of picking up and leaving Minnesota for a brand new stadium (to be built )in Los Angeles after the 2012 NFL season. The bill that would fund the stadium project is currently being debated in the state capitol and the politicians have already started to...  

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings took a giant step Monday night toward a new taxpayer-subsidized football stadium when the state House approved legislation, but lawmakers upped the share the team would have to pay. On a 73-58 vote ...  

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota state senators advanced a $975 million plan late on Tuesday to build a new domed stadium for the Minnesota Vikings that increased the National Football League team's proposed contribution to the project.  

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) The Metrodome always felt like a rental property for Zygi and Mark Wilf, two New Jersey real estate developers who purchased the Minnesota Vikings in 2005 with the hopes of moving out of the place as quickly as possible.  

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Minnesota House on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million plan for a new stadium for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis.  

The White Earth Indian Nation says it's prepared to pay $400 million toward the cost of building a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium, in return for an agreement allowing the tribe to build a casino in the Twin Cities metro area.  

The Vikings are 2-0 in stadium bill votes after the Minnesota Senate backed a bill that calls for more than $500 million in public funding to construct a new downtown football stadium to replace the antiquated Metrodome.  

There is a proposal being discussed among some Republican legislators in Minnesota for an open-air stadium to reduce the cost of a new stadium for the Vikings.