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Vikings and fans ready for today's playoff game
If the Vikings win Sunday's game and the following week, they will earn a berth in the Super Bowl in their home stadium.
Security becomes more visible as Super Bowl approaches
Security arrangements, including fencing and barriers, are starting to go up around U.S. Bank Stadium.
U hoops' Lynch denies sex assault claims, will fight expulsion
University of Minnesota basketball player Reggie Lynch's contact with two women in 2016 was consensual, his lawyer told reporters Wednesday.
If there are player protests during the Super Bowl in Minneapolis next month, NBC says it won't cover them up to keep advertisers happy.
Maggie Nichols' mother on sex abuse: gymnastic, Olympic institutions 'didn't do their job'
Maggie Nichols, a Minnesota native and former Olympic hopeful, said she is among the more than 100 women and girls who say they are victims of sexual abuse by a now-imprisoned Michigan sports doctor.
The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline.