Article: Favre fuels Packers-Vikings rivalry.(Sports)

Byline: Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS u These Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Minnesota have much in common, including an intense dislike of each otherAEs football teams.

ItAEs more polite than the East Coast, but this is a true story: An angry Vikings fan was once arrested for trying to light a Packers backer on fire.

So when Brett Favre called off retirement for a second straight summer and did the unthinkable by signing with the Vikings, that loathing toward the NFLAEs all-time leading passer formally shifted east to Wisconsin.

Tonight, Minnesota will host Green Bay at the Metrodome in FavreAEs first game against his old team.

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