The Minnesota Vikings don’t need a lesson on the lasting nature of hamstring trouble. They endured a tough one just last year. Running back Dalvin Cook had a long absence in 2018 because of a hamstring injury. Now wide receiver Adam Thielen could be sidelined for the rest of the month. The Vikings ruled Thielen […]

Ezekiel Elliott doesn’t feel the need to declare himself the best running back in the NFL with the two-time rushing champion and the Dallas Cowboys set to face current leader Dalvin Cook and the Minnesota Vikings. Two months after becoming the highest-paid back by ending a preseason-long holdout and signing a $90 million extension, Elliott […]

SHARKS 6, WILD 5 Logan Couture had a goal and three assists, Evander Kane scored his team-leading 10th of the season and San Jose held off Minnesota. Tomas Hertl added a goal and two assists for the Sharks in their second consecutive win after dropping five straight and seven of eight. Eric Staal had a […]

The Minnesota Vikings have claimed safety Andrew Sendejo off waivers from Philadelphia, bringing back a longtime piece of their secondary. The move was made Wednesday, the day after Sendejo was released by the Eagles, for whom he played in all nine games this season. He had an interception against the Vikings on Oct. 13. Sendejo […]

Facing the 30th-ranked run defense in the NFL and featuring the league’s top rusher in Dalvin Cook, the Minnesota Vikings opened Sunday’s game at Kansas City with three straight passes. Kirk Cousins overthrew Cook on a first-down screen. There was a missed connection with an open Adam Thielen on second down before the third-down pass […]

The Minnesota Vikings should have felt good about their chances against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, especially when Kirk Cousins and their high-scoring offense got the ball back with a 23-20 lead midway through the fourth quarter. Everything unraveled in spectacular fashion. Cousins threw an incompletion, Dalvin Cook was bottled up twice and the […]

Though the Minnesota Vikings welcomed a weekend off at the midpoint of their season, the mini-break didn’t prove to be all rest and relaxation. The mood for coach Mike Zimmer turned sour when he learned of the late-night arrest of one of his players, Jayron Kearse. The backup free safety and special teams captain was […]

Minnesota Vikings safety Jayron Kearse was charged Tuesday with multiple gun and alcohol counts after authorities say he was driving impaired while a loaded handgun containing more than two dozen rounds was on the floor of his car. The 25-year-old Kearse was arrested early Sunday after he drove his car onto a closed portion of […]

Jayron Kearse returned to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday following his weekend arrest on suspicion of driving while impaired and with a loaded gun and apologized to the team and fans. Kearse, 25, was stopped by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper in Minnesota just before 4 a.m. Sunday. The patrol said it noticed a Mercedes […]

The coaches and players who have departed the Washington Redskins have not always been complimentary of their time with a franchise that has experienced its share of dysfunction over the past two decades. Kirk Cousins conceivably could have joined that chorus of critics, a cacophony amplified just last week by Kyle Shanahan. After all, the […]