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Thursday Games Not Shitty, Says NFL After Another Shitty Thursday Game
So, that was gross. Vikings-Packers finished with a score of a million to a little, or somewhere in that range. (I have to look it up. I didn't watch, because I don't hate myself.) And yet, it wasn't close to the biggest blowout nor the worst game on the Thursday night slate so far....
Tonight's Vikings-Packers Game, In One GIF
If you decided not to tune into tonight's NFL game, well, you made the right decision....
Kevin Martin Isn't Actually Clueless, Knew Kevin Love Was Traded
For a minute there, it sure seemed like the Timberwolves's Kevin Martin was the most oblivious basketball player in the NBA. At Timberwolves media day yesterday, Martin told the assembled media that he had just learned that Kevin Love was traded to the Cavaliers. Via the Star Tribune: ...
Ilya Bryzgalov Spent The Third Period Posing For Photos With Wild Fans
Ilya Bryzgalov would love Minnesota. It's a hockey-mad market with loyal fans, a media that's less combative than he's used to, and of course, lots of parks. And, Minnesota? You would love Bryz right back. You should probably keep him....
Adrian Peterson's Texts Fired Up The Vikings
The Vikings looked like a brand new team yesterday, running roughshod over the Falcons as if motivated by some rousing pregame speech from Mike Zimmer. Close! It was facing the Falcons defense some rousing pregame text messages from Adrian Peterson....
The Vikings Are Still Prominently Selling Adrian Peterson Jerseys
Even though the Vikings have suspended running back Adrian Peterson indefinitely due to child injury charges involving his four-year-old son, the team's still selling his jerseys at games. At full price, too!...
Phil Hughes Turned Down The Twins' $500,000 Offer
Yesterday, a rain delay took Twins pitcher Phil Hughes out of the game one out shy of achieving a $500,000 innings-pitched contract bonus. Today, the Twins offered to make things right—and Hughes declined....
A Rain Delay Cost Phil Hughes $500,000
Phil Hughes has been one of the only bright spots for the Twins, and one of the biggest surprises in baseball. After going eight innings yesterday, with five strikeouts and no walks, his K/BB ratio sits at an incredible 11.6/1—an MLB record for qualified pitchers. But if only Hughes could have gone ...
Man Charged With Killing Adrian Peterson's Son Keeps Making Bail
Joseph Patterson, the South Dakota man accused of killing Tyrese Ruffin, Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old biological son last October, is currently free after posting a $2 million bond on charges that he assaulted Ruffin's mother. This is the second time in under a year that he's bonded out on charges t...
NFL Fans Prove They're Exactly As Stupid As The NFL Thinks They Are
On Monday, ESPN's SportsNation published a poll about the Vikings' reactivation of Adrian Peterson, the sort of reflexive, wallpaperish question more designed to eat up 20 or 30 seconds of the 11 a.m. SportsCenter than to gauge any actual public sentiment. A few days later it published another, aski...
Vikings Cut Jerome Simpson After July Weed Charges Surface
Suspended Vikings receiver Jerome Simpson now has no team after he finishes his three-game suspension. The team announced today that they were cutting him after new July charges, one of them being marijuana possession, came to light....
Vikings Want To Get The Adrian Peterson Situation Right, Or So They Say
After initially bungling the Adrian Peterson situation, Zygi Wilf and Vikings management really want to get it right. You can tell because they keep saying it over and over again....
No One In The NFL Can Do Anything Right
Adrian Peterson became toxic. Radisson and Catholic Charities jumped ship, he got dropped by sponsors Castrol and Mylan, got memory-holed by Wheaties, had his gear taken off the shelves at local Nike and Fan HQ stores, even got axed by the Special Olympics, to which he was appointed an "ambassador" ...
Vikings Change Their Minds, Suspend Adrian Peterson Indefinitely
The Minnesota Vikings said Adrian Peterson would play in Sunday's game against the Saints, but the team changed course Wednesday morning, placing the running back on the exempt/commissioner's permission list....
Minnesota Governor: Vikings Should Suspend Adrian Peterson
Yesterday, the Vikings lost their first sponsor over their decision to reinstate Adrian Peterson as he faces a charge of child abuse. Today, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has released a statement calling Peterson's actions "a public embarrassment" and calling on the team to suspend him....
Listen To Cheryl Tiegs's Very Sloppy Appearance On Twins TV And Radio
Maybe Cheryl Tiegs is really tired. Maybe she's really intoxicated! But the former supermodel dropped in on both the Twins' TV and radio broadcasts tonight during Minnesota's game against the Tigers, and she sounded.. sloppy....