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Sam Ekstrom
Sam Ekstrom is an executive producer and host at Locked On Sports Minnesota. He's previously covered the Vikings for 105 The Ticket, Zone Coverage, Purple Insider, and the Associated Press. He grew up in Vermillion, S.D. rooting for the USD Coyotes (not SDSU) and graduated from Dordt (not "dork") University in Sioux Center, Iowa.
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THE MINNESOTA LINE: Colton Gets Reckless
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 16, 2019
Mike Gelfand, Colton Molesky and Sam Ekstrom share their thoughts on the chalky divisional round and turn their attention to the NFC/AFC Championship games. Colton gets crazy […]
Gophers Still Trying to Discern Changing Tournament Criteria
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 16, 2019
The old cliche in the physical Big Ten play used to be that teams needed to muck it up in order to win. Bruising, low-scoring matchups were […]
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Offensive Staff Turnover Continues For Vikings as Defensive Staff Stays Pat
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 15, 2019
The Minnesota Vikings added three to their offensive staff on Monday with potential to add a fourth soon, continuing the coaching staff carousel that’s seemingly been spinning […]
What Stood Out in Gophers Victory Over Rutgers
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 12, 2019
With an 11:30 a.m. Saturday start against a lower-tier Big Ten opponent, the Golden Gophers needed to generate early energy against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Hitting three […]
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REPORT: Mike Priefer Will Not Return as Special Teams Coordinator
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 11, 2019
Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer will not be returning to the team in 2019, per a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Priefer had held […]
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Stefanski: “We’re Going to Be a Physical Group”
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 11, 2019
No longer bound by the interim label after being named the Minnesota Vikings’ 2019 offensive coordinator, Kevin Stefanski spoke Friday for the first time about his vision […]
THE MINNESOTA LINE: Wild Card Wackiness
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 10, 2019
Mike Gelfand, Colton Molesky and Sam Ekstrom discuss the Wild Card round and make their plays on the Divisional playoff games. Will the favorites prevail? Music by […]
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Laquon Treadwell Wants to Be Back: “I Love Playing With These Boys”
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 10, 2019
This is the final article in our End of Season series, summarizing everything that came out of the final Minnesota Vikings locker session before the team disbanded […]
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FOOTBALL MACHINE: Hour 2 – Bring Him Back or Let Him Walk and Open Phone Lines!
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 9, 2019
Sam, Arif, and Tom play “bring him back or let him walk” to forecast the Viking’s roster future, the Thielen’s have another boy, and we do open […]
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FOOTBALL MACHINE: Hour 1 – Stefanski as Offensive Coordinator and Playoff Picks Rd. 2
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 9, 2019
Sam, Arif, Tom, and Producer Eric discuss the Minnesota Viking’s offensive line, Stefanski is officially OC, and the 2nd round of our playoff picks! In This […]
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REPORT: Vikings to Retain Kevin Stefanski as Offensive Coordinator
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 9, 2019
Per a tweet from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Minnesota Vikings will retain Kevin Stefanski as their permanent offensive coordinator after Stefanski interviewed twice for the Cleveland Browns […]
Free Throws Doom Gophers in Home Loss to Maryland
By Sam Ekstrom - Jan 8, 2019
After capitalizing on poor free throw shooting by the Wisconsin Badgers in their road win last Thursday, the Minnesota Golden Gophers gave away a winnable game against […]