from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: 

The Vikings' pursuit of Brett Favre apparently is about to take a hiatus -- at least according to ESPN.

The all-sports network reported Tuesday evening that the Vikings have temporarily suspended their pursuit of the retired quarterback after he failed to report to organized team activities that began Tuesday, as coach Brad Childress had mandated. ESPN's Ed Werder cited team and league sources in his story.

This came a day after the network reported Childress had imposed a deadline of this week for Favre to decide whether he would play for the Vikings in 2009. Pat Kirwan, a former NFL executive who now works for Sirius NFL Radio, later refuted that information, saying there was no deadline and that Favre would join the Vikings around July 15 or earlier.

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