Dec 24th 2008 4:20PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: Vikings, NFC North, NFL Police Blotter, NFL RumorsI try not to get too involved in gossip-type stuff, but this one is too rich to ignore.

Minneapolis Star Tribune “gossip” “columnist” C.J. writes regularly for the newspaper and its website. You may have read about some recent journalistic work of hers.

Needless to say, she’s not going to threaten to steal Charles Gibson’s job or anything like that. She fills her role at the newspaper, and the newspaper is smart enough not to assign her to cover anything serious.

In her latest hard-hitting investigation, C.J. tracked down Vikings safety Darren Sharper as he was showing up for a television appearance at a Twin Cities station.

Sharper must have been late, because he parked in a handicapped space. While he didn’t respond to C.J.’s repeated attempts to get comment, she did track down a P.R. guy for the Vikings, who offered up a perfectly rational explanation.

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