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Eric Perkins

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Owner Perk at Play Productions, Content Creator, Emcee, Public Speaker, Podcast Host @rankyoupod

Minneapolis/St. Paul
Joined March 2009
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Eric Perkins
2 years
TNT crew cracking on the Wolves for excessive celebration doesn’t understand the pain this franchise has endured.
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Eric Perkins
3 years
It’s with gratitude that I announce my decision to say goodbye to KARE.  I’m so thankful to all the viewers who have joined me on this journey for the past 25 years. But the time is right for me to find a new path that allows for new opportunities and more time with my family.
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Eric Perkins
2 years
It physically hurts to be a Minnesota sports fan.
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Eric Perkins
7 years
UMBC - University of My Bracket’s Crushed #UMBC
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Now that I’m not a sports anchor anymore, I don’t have to edit myself as much. Go Gophers! Kick some Buckeye ass!!!!!!
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Super grateful for the love at today’s game! Thank you @Vikings 🙏 💜 #Skol
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Eric Perkins
2 years
Has anyone on here ever been to South Dakota?
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Eric Perkins
4 years
If the baseball season gets scrapped I think the championship should go to the team that has scored the most runs. 😊 #Twins
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Eric Perkins
3 years
😂
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Courtney Kueppers
3 years
An occasion that calls for the greatest video of all time. Congrats @PerkatPlay — big time now.
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Am I the only one who is totally fine with Moss keeping the record?
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Eric Perkins
2 years
When my son started playing football 🏈 I would joke with @rshaver11 that someday he’d have to read his highlight on the Prep Sports Extra. I just didn’t think it’d be week one of his sophomore season! 🤯 @GeorgePerk2025
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Eric Perkins
5 years
The Vikings are 2 wins away from the Super Bowl. Good morning. #Skol
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Drove by @lordfletchers and saw a sea of cars in a line picking up walleye dinners. The restaurant was giving away 500 meals to laid off workers and people in need. ❤️ #WeAreInThisTogether
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Eric Perkins
4 years
This isn’t a time to declare these athletes should “play the games they get paid millions to play”. That stick to sports narrative is tone deaf. Please listen to them. Really listen to them.
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Eric Perkins
2 years
Tonight’s Kirko Chainz concert is going to be INSANE!!!
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Borderline nervous for my first time playing the Initials Game on @PowerTripKFAN
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Has to be the greatest play in Vikings history. Seriously, any single play bigger or better? #BringItHome
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Eric Perkins
7 years
This is more inciteful than it is insightful. Ill timed tweet. This state has busted its collective ass and we are proud as hell of @MNSuperBowl2018 and the #BoldNorth #BackOff
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Darren Rovell
7 years
This will be the last Super Bowl for Minnesota. Too much money at stake on Friday and Saturday for cold to keep corporate money away. League can’t afford to do it with sponsors needing to activate effectively.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
NFC North today
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Eric Perkins
5 years
You should be awfully proud of how you represented your University and state @GopherSoftball
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Eric Perkins
7 years
I hope Keenum finds even more success in Denver. Rooting for the guy. Hope this past season wasn’t a fluke but rather a jumpstart to a great run. And...I hope he gets PAID 💰
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Everson Griffen’s statement
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Ok @netflix We are too stir crazy to wait until March 27th. Please release Ozark season 3 NOW. RT if you’re with me people
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Hey #Saints fans, was that more painful than the Minneapolis Miracle? #WhoDat
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Eric Perkins
6 years
There better be a lot of May flowers
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Eric Perkins
2 years
I don’t care if he’s triple teamed, throw to Jefferson once on that final series.
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Eric Perkins
10 years
Selfie while waiting for Favre in Hattiesburg, MS #WorthTheWait The conversation coming up after the game @kare11 http://t.co/DrIFDQIoM5
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Devastating end to this season, but it really was a heckuva ride. Pretty fricking great season.
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Class move by the Timberwolves at the media entrance. Rover covered so many Wolves and Lynx practices and games over the years.
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Feel bad for storied rivalries. Johnnies/Tommies broke ground. ESPN College Gameday, 37,000 fans at Target Field, packed house this fall at Allianz Field.... That matchup alone brought immeasurable exposure in just the last few years, not to mention the decades prior. #MIAC
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Too few characters on Twitter to thank everyone I need to thank. My LinkedIn and Facebook posts scratch that surface. But this should add some context.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Bye Eagles Bye 👋 🦅
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Eric Perkins
7 years
I'm still trying to piece together the last 5 minutes of my life
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Too mad to tweet #Dozier
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Now is a time to heal. Now is a time to mend what is so broken. Now is a time to come together. Please no more destruction or division. Let’s let love win from here on out.
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Eric Perkins
8 years
They just served ice cream in the press box. And so naturally....
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Kid asked me today why the ice in Iced Coffees isn't made out of frozen coffee so it doesn't water down the drink. Didn't have an answer.
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Our crews our doing amazing work right now
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bengarvin
4 years
Law enforcement showing up in large numbers now, heading towards fifth precinct. People running away. Show of force.
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Eric Perkins
5 years
I had the privilege to do a couple feature stories on Gabriele Grunewald over the years. Her story was remarkable. Her fight was unmatched. My heart goes out to her family and friends. #BraveLikeGabe
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Cut. To. The. Chase.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Awesome moment when @RandyMoss sees Vikings super fan and VWO President Syd Davie when he walks into the Enshrinement Ceremony here in Canton, Ohio #PFHOF18
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Eric Perkins
5 months
So glad I don’t have to see Christian Braun flex every time he makes a shot anymore.
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Eric Perkins
6 months
What an unbelievable accomplishment. Congrats to Minnesota State University Mankato men and women for their tandem titles.
@CBSSportsCBB
CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀
6 months
WHAT A SHOT WITH 0.6 LEFT 😱😱 WILLINGHAM FROM THE CORNER @MinnStMBBall !!!!
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Eric Perkins
4 years
I’ve had several people ask me about the baseball behind me in the home studio I’ve been broadcasting from. It’s actually the first over the fence home run my son ever hit. #ProudDad #straightawaycenter
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Amazing video from @TaylorNikolai from Pineapple Hill, a Vikings bar in Sherman Oaks, California @kare11 #Vikings #Skol #GoGetIt #YouLikeThat
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Case Keenum about now
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Dude behind me on this flight #Skol #BringItHome
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Eric Perkins
5 years
You’re awesome ⁦ @janashortal
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Eric Perkins
6 years
One of your best ever. Damn you make me laugh more than any account out there
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Super 70s Sports
6 years
Today in 1979, some kid excitedly fishes around the box only to pull out a Wayne Nordhagen. Those flakes were frosted with disappointment.
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Last week was Back to School.... This week its Back to Skol
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Eric Perkins
5 years
If Dobnak starts Game 3 at Target Field, we need an eyeglasses giveaway @Twins
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Greatest 5 day stretch of Minnesota football I can think of. #Gophers #Vikings #Skol #RTB
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Eric Perkins
2 years
How many people scrambled to find their remote on that Tubi ad. Brilliant.
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Eric Perkins
2 years
Please let our outrage endure well past the length of the typical news cycle.
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Timberwolves having fun makes me smile
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Eric Perkins
6 years
And two class acts
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Brace Hemmelgarn
6 years
Homegrown talent.
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Eric Perkins
4 years
On this night that MLB honors Jackie Robinson.... the man who played him brilliantly on film passes away. Heartbreaking.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Record may be over, but Adam Thielen is still amazing
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Me and my furrowed brow are going to miss seeing you in the field. All the best moving forward Rosie. You’re pure class, man. #LovedThisBit @WCCORosen
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Eric Perkins
5 years
And ⁦ @RShaverSports ⁩ walks out of @kare11 - 🤙 Beyond grateful for the 4 years I had working by his side.
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Eric Perkins
7 years
I rarely got their names but I always got their friendly assistance, greetings and warmth. Crew 52, you made this state radiant. Thanks to all who volunteered at @MNSuperBowl2018 ! #BoldNorth
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Eric Perkins
7 years
If they replayed the final five minutes of that Vikings game in a local movie theater, I would pay $10 to see it on the big screen.... (provided it was the PA and Bercich call) #SKOL #DolbySurroundSound
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Eric Perkins
4 years
💔 🎙 A Pro’s Pro. Made his job look so easy and it totally wasn’t. A kind and caring soul. Rest In Peace Tom Hanneman.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
The Mike McCarthy era
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Forget JUST winning the Division..... I wanna see the Twins get top billing. Now just 2 games back in the loss column of Houston. Still 3 back of NYY #AimHigh
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Eric Perkins
7 years
My heart hurts
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Eric Perkins
4 years
❤️ 🎣
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Jay Olstad
4 years
I can’t get enough of this. I’ve seen this wonderful kid countless times talk to this fish, and each time I hear him - my heart swells.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
We’ve gone from Spring Break to Spring Give Me a Break #AmIRight ?
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Eric Perkins
4 years
I’ve seen it before but this is such an awesome photo in the Legends club at Target Field. #Twins
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Eric Perkins
6 years
The perfect ending to this game would be if Dan Bailey comes out to kick a FG and misses
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Eric Perkins
3 years
Burnsie showed me his ring a few years ago. It’s from the first ever Super Bowl. He was Lombardi’s assistant. It was one of 6 times he went to the Super Bowl as a coach. The guy was a legend. And will be missed. 💜 🏈
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Eric Perkins
7 years
For those of you who missed my appearance on NFL Network - via @DWat_Golf
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Eric Perkins
3 years
I get the whole Bueckers excitement. I share it. But cheering for UConn gives me the same feeling that I have when I am forced to root for the New England Patriots.
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Eric Perkins
4 years
If Harrison Smith did that it would’ve been an ejection
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Saints just trolled Minnesotans for Ice Fishing, Spam and Jesse Ventura on the Jumbotron
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Eric Perkins
5 months
This Twins streak is not the wurst. It’s an all out banger. I much prefer them as wieners as opposed to losers. They have really brat their A game lately. Can’t wait to get to the ballpork and cheer on the boys of summer sausage. @Twins
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Eric Perkins
3 years
@CoryCove heard there was an Initials call out. Name the date, I’m in. ✌️
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Minnesota - The State of Basketball 🏀
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Eric Perkins
6 years
This game could go either way.....dare I say it's in limbo?
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Eric Perkins
3 years
So the Twins have Taylor Rogers who through 8 games has yet to give up an earned run this season..... and Alex Colome, who has an ERA pushing 7..... and yet Colome keeps getting the ball at the end.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
I fully grasp the business side and the beefing up of the farm system.... the part I'm having the hardest time with is that the Twins still had hope THIS season. Santana and Sano had just come back. May is back today. 30 games left against the White Sox, Royals and Tigers...
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Dan Bailey kicking on the sidelines because he’s not allowed to kick in this game apparently.
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Eric Perkins
6 years
That tops Duck Duck Grey Duck #DontAtMe
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Eric Perkins
6 years
Thank you @mnwild for blowing this out enough that I can switch to @Timberwolves without guilt #BecauseItsTheCup
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Hey Rays....Please...Please beat the Asstros
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Happy and humbled.
@kare11
KARE 11
5 years
#TeamPerk is the winner of the 2019 KARE 11 Food Fight! @PerkatPlay and @alicialewisKARE and their team collected more than 600,000 pounds of food. But the real winner is @2harvest , which will receive more than 1.4 million pounds of food!
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Crazy that we lose Trebek and Connery so close to one another
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Eric Perkins
7 years
I don’t play Fortnight, I don’t listen to Halsey, and I sure as heck don’t use the word “savage”, but I am totally on board with today’s youth having a voice and a desire to make this world a better and safer place. #Enough
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Eric Perkins
4 years
I know Tom Brady is the obvious talking point, but that defensive performance by the Bucs....keeping that offense out of the end zone was one of the greatest displays of dominance I’ve ever witnessed on a stage like that.
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Frankly more annoyed at a QB Draw on a 2 point conversion than I am with going for the jugular on the road against an undefeated team on fourth down
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Eric Perkins
5 years
These new kits are 🔥 @MNUFC - 9 days until the start of preseason!
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Eric Perkins
3 years
OMG.... the Mom unable to watch but wanting so bad to watch is everything.
@NBCOlympics
NBC Olympics & Paralympics
3 years
GOOSEBUMPS. Caeleb Dressel sets the 100M Free Olympic Record and his family’s reaction is EVERYTHING. #TokyoOlympics
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Does this mean we have to root for Tom Brady?
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Dude's name is Booger.... for all you kids named Scab, Puke or Hemorrhoid it is your turn to shine. This man has broken down some barriers.
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Eric Perkins
7 years
Bananas 🍌
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Eric Perkins
5 years
My kid just asked me why pink lemonade is a thing. And I legit have no answer for him
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Eric Perkins
2 years
@Lindsay_13 You’re the best. Bottom line. Wishing you nothing but positivity.
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Eric Perkins
4 years
Need to recognize the glue holding the ⁦ @kare11 ⁩ sports department together. Thank you ⁦ @carryclancy ⁩ !!! #NationalGirlsandWomeninSportsDay
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Eric Perkins
5 years
No more gently down the stream! Let the nation take notice! #Gophers
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Eric Perkins
5 years
Be honest, are you being intentional about the position you’re sitting in, thinking superstitiously that it can have an influence on the outcome of this game? I’ll go first. I am.
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