Minneapolis, Minnesota is home to the Minnesota Vikings, and has been since 1961 Many consider the Vikings to have one of the most colorful, if not the most colorful, team history of any team in the NFL

The Bear A simple word, that when mentioned in college football circles refer to arguably the greatest head football coach in the history of the game

The 2006 World Series winners, the Saint Louis Cardinals, finished with 86 wins last season and should be in the hunt for the playoffs in 2009 Injuries and inexperienced youth was the topic of sports talk most of last year but if the Cards can avoid any of those major injuries it can only translate into more wins and a greater chance of competing with the Chicago Cubs for the NL Central division

The New England Patriots have found themselves in an interesting position for the past few years; they have been winning For most of the Patriots existence they were, if not the laughingstock, at least the doormats of the league

Milestones Established in 1960 Were known as New York Titans 1958-1962 New York Jets 1963 onwards Home Field •Polo Grounds ( 1958- 1963) •Shea Stadium ( 1964- 1983) •Giants Stadium ( 1984- 2009) •Meadowland Stadium ( Schedule to open 2010) Affiliations •American Football League (1960-1969) •Eastern Division ( 1960-1969) •National Football League ( 1970 to present) •American Football League ( 1970 to present) •AFC East ( 1970 to present) Success in Championships Playoff Appearance --- 12 1

All football fans have their pre-game and post-game foods, like pizza and wings with beer A tradition at Arizona Cardinals games is for the fans to eat their teams' colors for the tailgate parties

The Detroit Lions are one of the oldest pro football teams in the National Football League They were originally based in Ohio in Portsmouth and were called the Portsmouth Spartans

Graduating 20 seniors, the LSU Tigers are approaching a 2009 college football season that some might call a rebuilding year ESPN ranked LSU’s 2009 recruiting class number one ahead of Alabama’s number two

Milestones Established in 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona Home Field •Chase Field (1998 to present) also called Bank One Ballpark (The BO

The Boston Red Sox have completely redefined themselves over the past several seasons For generations of fans the Red Sox were always also rans and almost hads