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Vikings reporter's Harrison Smith/Prince tweet is lampooned on Twitter

Originally posted on FanNation Bring Me The Sports
By Adam Uren | Last updated 3/15/23

As the Minnesota Vikings go about conducting their free agency business, spare a thought for Pioneer Press reporter Chris Tomasson, who is now the subject of widespread lampooning over a tweet concerning Harrison Smith.

Tomasson passed on news of a text exchange regarding the future Ring of Honor safety, who apparently responded to Tomasson's inquiry with a photo of Prince.

Cue Tomasson, a long-serving Vikings reporter for the St. Paul newspaper, attempting to discern meaning from the tweet:

This in turn sparked a flurry of parodies steeped in Minnesota history, with Tomasson's tweet serving as a new meme template as Vikings fans awaited news on Smith's future: