If the Minnesota Vikings were going to the Super Bowl like the Chicago Bears, I can’t imagine we’d ever outfit our iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry with Viking horns the way the Chicago Art Institute has helmeted its pair of bronze lions cast by sculptor Edward Kemeys. The way the Vikes have been playing, we’ll cross cross that bridge when--if?--we come to it.
Update: Apparently there’s more to this story. According to The Lede, the fabricated helmets didn’t fit! Then they did!
Earlier: Spoonbridge gets Farked.
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