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Peterson saga continues; Union takes NFL to court
The NFL Players Association is asking for dismissal of an arbitrator's decision to uphold the NFL's punishment of the star running back.
Peterson to NFL executive: 'How much more you all want'
A transcript of phone conversations between the six-time Pro Bowl running back and Troy Vincent offers insight into Peterson's ongoing predicament.
The Minnesota Vikings blew a 14-0 lead and lost to the first place Detroit Lions 16-14 Sunday.
With a long list of repairs at the National Sports Center's velodrome in Blaine, board members are weighing whether to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a facility that attracts just a few thousand spectators a year.
Appeal denied: Vikes' Peterson remains suspended from NFL
Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson has lost his appeal to be reinstated into the NFL, the league said Friday. The players union says it's weighing "immediate legal remedies."
Injury ends Banham's season for Gopher women
The basketball star tore her right ACL on Wednesday night during a game against North Dakota.
Helmets off, eyes up: An effort to curb football concussions
The idea is to teach each player "rugby awareness," so he'll be more likely to keep his head out of harm's way.
Mumps plague NHL, including Wild's Suter
Once mumps invades a professional sports dressing room, it finds a fertile breeding ground and the NHL is finding that it is not easy to get rid of.