The Minnesota Vikings’ popular mascot Ragnar was not present at the team’s home opener against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, and that is because he and the team are in a contract dispute. Seriously.

Before he was Ragnar, the most iconic Minnesota Vikings fan of all time, he was a young man named Joe with a double-bladed ax. Joe’s dad ran a machinery company that marketed sharp blades to process ...

Ragnar the Viking — the Minnesota Vikings' beloved bearded, motorcycle-riding unofficial mascot — missed his first home game since 1994 on Sunday after the team balked at his demand for a huge raise.

The Minnesota Vikings mascot rides a motorcycle on the field before the game against the St. Louis Rams at the H.H.H. Metrodome in Minneapolis, Aug. 10, 2007. Getty Images/David Sherman Minnesota ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Social media was buzzing Sunday and early Monday with Vikings fans wondering what happened to Joe Juranitch, better known as Ragnar. The madcap mascot, who has been on the field revving ...

The Minnesota Vikings have ceased to employ their mascot, Ragnar the Viking, who has allegedly been delighting fans for 21 years. Ragnar’s salary demands struck team management as unrealistic. Bill ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have faced plenty of worthy adversaries in contract negotiations over the years. It should come as no surprise that Ragnar the Viking was one of the most ...

The Minnesota Vikings have faced plenty of worthy adversaries in contract negotiations over the years. It should come as no surprise that Ragnar the Viking was one of the most ferocious. The Vikings ...