A generation ago, Minnesota sports embarked on a golden age. While no championships were won between 2000 and 2004, each of the Vikings, Twins, Wild and Timberwolves played in a league championship game or series in that span.
Playoff berths were plentiful. Optimism was off the charts.
And two budding stars were at the center of it all: Kevin Garnett for the Wolves and Randy Moss for the Vikings. In 2000, as both stars were about to enter their primes, they posed for an iconic photo that graced the cover of Sport magazine.
KG donned an 84 Vikings jersey; Moss wore the 21 Wolves jersey. Their youthful exuberance was as evident as their talent.
It’s only fitting that nearly a quarter-century later, with Minnesota perhaps already in the midst of another golden age of sports, arguably the two biggest stars leading the charge now recreated that iconic photo.
It sure seems like the Wolves’ Anthony Edwards and the Vikings’ Justin Jefferson had fun along the way in posing for the ESPN Magazine photos and sitting for an interview.
Edwards, 23, and Jefferson, 25, are similar in ages to Garnett and Moss at the times of the shoots. Edwards comes off as the brash one in the interview, with a personality perhaps more akin to Moss. He brags that he could play in the NFL, with Jefferson razzing him about the possibility.
