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10,000 Takes: Dec. 18, 2025.

Henry Lake and Ahmad Hicks break down a busy day in Minnesota sports, including the Minnesota Twins announcement of their new limited partners, the Minnesota Wild being the hottest team in hockey, the Minnesota Vikings riding their first two-game winning streak of the season, and the latest with the Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team.

The Minnesota Vikings are on a two-game win streak after beating the Dallas Cowboys 34-26 on Sunday Night Football. They're 6-8 with three games left. Kevin O'Connell spoke with reporters on Monday and confirmed Jonathan Greenard will miss the rest of the season to have surgery on his left shoulder.

Vikings' players Josh Metellus, Aaron Jones, Jonathan Allen, Byron Murphy Jr., T.J. Hockenson, Justin Jefferson and Jalen Nailor react from the locker room after beating the Dallas Cowboys 34-26 on Sunday Night Football. The Vikings have won two straight, their first win streak of the season, and improve to 6-8.

J.J. McCarthy spoke with reporters after throwing for a career-high 250 yards and getting three total touchdowns in a 34-26 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. The Vikings are 6-8, and McCarthy is now 4-4 as the starting quarterback.

Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell spoke with reporters after a 34-26 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football to improve to 6-8 on the season. It's Minnesota's first two-game win streak of the season.

On today’s episode of “The Afternoon Shift,” FOX 9 sports reporter Pierre Noujaim joins Adam Llorens at the table to preview Sunday night’s Vikings-Cowboys game. Plus, highlights of Gov. Tim Walz’s press conference earlier today introducing Tim O’Malley as the state’s first Head of Program Integrity. Plus, could Anoka-Hennepin School District teachers soon go on strike? The union head joins the show to discuss the subject. And Evana Hershkowitz of Cecil’s Deli in St. Paul drops by to look ahead to Chanukah which begins this Sunday evening. And finally, FOX 9 meteorologist Jennifer McDermed previews this weekend’s frigid weather!

Enough Said hosts discuss whether Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy can keep the newfound momentum going into Sunday, concerns ahead for the Timberwolves' season and a have a Lightning Round like no other before.

Philip Rivers came out of retirement a 44 years old on Tuesday, and Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell was about to text him a happy birthday when he saw Rivers was signing with the Indianapolis Colts practice squad.

Philip Rivers came out of retirement a 44 years old on Tuesday, and Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell was about to text him a happy birthday when he saw Rivers was signing with the Indianapolis Colts practice squad.