The Minnesota Vikings are sending two of their young stars to the Pro Bowl.
Linebacker Anthony Barr and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater were named to their first Pro Bowl, replacing New England Patriots linebacker Jamie …
Adrian Peterson said all week his sprained left ankle wouldn’t keep him out of Sunday night’s game against the New York Giants. After Peterson got back on the practice field on Friday, it appeared the NFL’s leading rusher is …
Running back Adrian Peterson, nose tackle Linval Joseph and defensive end Everson Griffen didn’t practice Thursday for the Vikings.
Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer had said before the practice he expected Peterson to …
The Minnesota Vikings will likely be without nose tackle Linval Joseph on Sunday night, as they try to prevent Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy from posting his fifth consecutive 100-yard effort against them in the …
On Sunday night, the Vikings will get a chance to become the champions of the NFC North. It would be the first step in a longer, more difficult journey to the top of the NFL.
Coach Mike Zimmer thinks they’re ready to …
The Minnesota Vikings’ NFC North-clinching win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night was not without its toll of injuries. One of them will keep an key member of the Vikings’ offense out for the rest of the …
The Minnesota Vikings ended their season on a fantastic note Sunday night by clinching their first NFC North division title since 2009, but Adrian Peterson is heading into the playoffs feeling “bittersweet.”
Why? …
One morning deep into his ninth NFL season, Adrian Peterson exits his house in suburban Minneapolis and climbs into an idling SUV. His home is between holidays, with pumpkins stationed at the door and Christmas lights hung …
Adrian Peterson may have led the NFL in rushing with 1,485 yards, but that doesn’t mean his season was prosperous.
The Vikings running back is expected to take a pay cut in 2016 after finishing this season with the fewest …
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has returned to the NFL successfully, leading the league in rushing and leading his team to the playoffs. But he’s still not happy with the way the NFL handled him last year, when he …
Linval Joseph, Adrian Peterson and Everson Griffen fully participated in Minnesota’s practice Friday and have been listed as probable for Sunday’s game.
Joseph has been dealing with a foot injury that sidelined him …
Mike Zimmer was blunt. By the end, Blair Walsh was sobbing. So went the postgame emotion Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium, after the Seattle Seahawks’ stunning 10-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Zimmer had little to say …
Blair Walsh missed a kick that would have given the Vikings a victory over Seattle and a chance to play at Arizona next weekend in the NFC divisional playoffs, but he wasn’t their only player who was very emotional and in …
Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater made it onto national television this season when he wasn’t even playing.
Bridgewater was featured in a commercial for Pepsi in which he steps out of a TV screen and into a Buffalo …
The Vikings have fired offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, coach Mike Zimmer said Tuesday.
Asked why he didn’t renew his contract, Zimmer said “I didn’t want to.”
A candidate to replace Davidson is Dan Campbell, who …
Former Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano will be the new Vikings offensive line coach.
Sparano coached Miami from 2008-11 and had a 29-31 record, winning the AFC East in his first season.
He was Jets offensive …
After receiving a batch of supportive letters and drawings from first-graders, Vikings kicker Blair Walsh will return the favor with a visit Thursday to their elementary school classroom in Blaine.
The children at …
Maybe, I thought, Blair Walsh’s playoff-altering 27-yard field goal miss nine days ago was because Richard Sherman was so close to blocking an earlier field goal and Walsh had to alter his delivery to be sure Sherman …
The Minnesota Vikings announced on Tuesday they’d finalized the purchase of 185 acres of land in Eagan, Minnesota, for what could become the site of their team headquarters and practice facility.
The Vikings had begun the …
Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson limped off the field after suffering an ankle injury in the first half of their game against the Bears. He went to the locker room soon after. He is probable to …
Safety Harrison Smith returned to practice for the Vikings this week, raising some hope that he’d also be able to return to the lineup after missing the team’s Week 14 loss to the Cardinals with a knee injury.
It’s …
Vikings nose tackle Linval Joseph, who has missed the past two games with a foot injury, returned Thursday to practice.
Not practicing were linebacker Anthony Barr (groin) and defensive ends Everson Griffen (shoulder) and …
The Vikings lost their second straight game and third game in the last four weeks against the Cardinals in Week 14, dropping their record to 8-5 and leaving them behind the Packers in the NFC North.
After the 23-20 loss …
Safety Antone Exum wondered if his “life could have possibly been on the line” during the Vikings’ game against Seattle this month, but even that thought didn’t get him off the field.
Exum started Minnesota’s 38-7 loss to …
With their defense hit by injuries lately, the Vikings kicked the tires on some big reinforcements Tuesday.
Via Matt Vensel of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Vikings worked out former Browns first-rounder Phil Taylor, …
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