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Vikings to honor Korey Stringer with tribute and scholarship endowment today

The Vikings will honor the memory of Korey Stringer with a videoboard tribute and a moment of silence before Saturday night's practice inside TCO Stadium. Stringer's No. 77, since retired, also will be painted on the practice field.

A member of the team's Ring of Honor, Stringer collapsed from exertional heatstroke at practice in Mankato on July 31 20 years ago. He died at 1:50 a.m. the next day.

The Vikings also have joined with the NFL Foundation and the Korey Stringer Institute to create the Korey and Kelci Stringer Athletic Training Scholarship with an initial $50,000 endowment.