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Greenway at home in South Dakota supporting his father, who has cancer

Family friends tell KELO television in Sioux Falls that Chad Greenway's father is in hospice care battling cancer. The pro bowl linebacker has missed most of the Vikings' organized team activities, and he may not be back for mandatory minicamp next week.
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Family friends tell KELO television in Sioux Falls that Chad Greenway's father is in hospice care battling cancer. The pro bowl linebacker has missed most of the Vikings' organized team activities, and he may not be back for mandatory minicamp next week.

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