Minnesota Vixen
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The Minnesota Vixen are a professional women's football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that plays in the NWFA. The team has existed since 1999, making it the longest continiously playing women's football team in the United States. The team has been known as the Minnesota Vixens and Minneapolis Vixens prior to being known as the Vixen (note lack of "s"). The team has played games at Augsburg College's Nelson Field and Midway Stadium among other places in the Twin Cities. The team's home field in 2006 and 2007 was Hamline University's Klas Field.
The 2008 Home Stadium has not been announced.
The Minnesota Vixen is the country's longest-operating women’s professional tackle football team. The Minnesota Vixen were members of the original 1999 Barnstorming Tour and one of two original teams in the Women’s Professional Football League. The team will celebrate its 10th season in women's tackle football in 2008, a milestone in women’s football history.
After being in operation for eight consecutive seasons, Hot Dish Football Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Vixen was formed in 2007 with the intent to make the Minnesota Vixen player-owned.
The Minnesota Vixen joined the National Women's Football Association at the end of their 2007 season.
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| Baseball | MLB: Minnesota Twins, AA: St. Paul Saints, NwL: Alexandria Beetles • Brainerd Blue Thunder • Duluth Huskies • Mankato MoonDogs • Rochester Honkers • St. Cloud River Bats |
| Basketball | NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves, WNBA: Minnesota Lynx |
| Football | NFL: Minnesota Vikings, NWFA: Minnesota Vixen |
| Hockey | NHL: Minnesota Wild, NAHL: Albert Lea Thunder • Alexandria Blizzard • Owatonna Express, WWHL: Minnesota Whitecaps |
| Soccer | USL-1: Minnesota Thunder, WL: Minnesota Lightning, NPSL: St. Paul Twin Stars |
| Lacrosse | NLL: Minnesota Swarm |
| College athletics (NCAA Division I) |
University of Minnesota, Minnesota State University, Mankato (Hockey), St. Cloud State University (Hockey), University of Minnesota Duluth (Hockey) Bemidji State University(Hockey) |
