#OTD in 1998, @USNIBooks author Tom Clancy confirmed that his group had signed an agreement to buy the Minnesota Vikings for $200 million. The deal fell apart due to his financial situation after a divorce. Oddly, Clancy's 1991 novel THE SUM OF ALL FEARS includes a storyline about the entire Vikings team being killed in a terrorist attack.

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