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Sunday was yet another epic border battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers. Once again, as it always seems to when the two lock horns, the game came down to the final seconds. The Vikings were ultimately able to escape with a 28-27 win thanks to run ...

Sunday is Brad Childress' last chance in Minnesota. No, the embattled Vikings mentor is not going to be fired immediately if his team loses to the Green Bay Packers; however, he will transform into a lame duck, coaching out the string while owner Zygi Wilf plots his ne ...

A lot of people are predicting a "Reaganesque" rout for Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election. Of course, a rout in the eyes of the mainstream media means roughly 45 percent of voters will cast a ballot for John McCain. Meanwhile, the current president's ...

When the Vikings return home in two weeks (they have a bye this Sunday) to face the Houston Texans, the "Fire Childress!" chants might be so loud that head coach Brad Childress hears them. The boos and anti-Childress chants roared in the Metrodome as the Vikings strugg ...

The Minnesota Vikings, currently on a two-game winning streak, are .500 and in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with Green Bay and Chicago. The Vikings' 3-3 record is thanks to their latest victory, a 12-10 squeaker against lowly Detroit last weekend. And the fans ar ...

A scapegoat needs a scapegoat, I suppose, and that's why Vikings head coach Brad Childress threw his punter, Chris Kluwe, under the bus after Monday's embarrassing performance in New Orleans. The normally stoic Childress was uncharacteristically angry after the Viking ...

Winning on the road in the National Football League isn’t easy, especially when you turn the ball over. Unfortunately for the Minnesota Vikings, giveaways were the story in last Sunday's 30-17 loss to Tennessee. The Vikings, who are now 1-3, lost three fumbles and thre ...

Not a lot has gone right for the 1-2 Minnesota Vikings early this season. Most of the problems can be traced back to the head coach's stubborn support of overmatched quarterback Tarvaris Jackson or the talented defense's strange habit of allowing two or three big plays ...

It was only one week, but the Minnesota Vikings’ offense looked a lot better with Gus Frerotte under center on Sunday. The 15-year veteran, making his first start as a Viking since filling in for the injured Daunte Culpepper in 2003, was solid during his team's 20-10 ...

On Wednesday, Minnesota benched quarterback Tarvaris Jackson after starting the season with two losses. Vikings coach Brad Childress was behind the deal in 2006 that saw the Vikings trade up to get back into the second round to take the former Division I-AA QB, and it ...

Brad Childress is a tough guy to figure out. Thirty-four games into his disastrous tenure in Minneapolis, the coach has finally pulled the plug on Tarvaris Jackson -- the overmatched former Division I-AA quarterback whom Childress, in an inexplicable move, handed the k ...

Last Sunday, fans of the Minnesota Vikings voiced their displeasure with Tarvaris Jackson, booing the quarterback loudly during a home opener in which the offense settled for five field goals and the team blew a 15-0 advantage en route to an 18-15 loss to Indianapolis. ...

Though the current edition of the Vikings is leaving a lot to be desired for fans, a bit of purple past was on hand in Monticello, Minn., last Friday, when team legend Fred Cox entertained folks at the local senior center. The 90-minute session included some of Cox's p ...

Last month, the Minnesota Vikings -- mainly defenders Pat Williams and Jared Allen -- had a lot to say about the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers. However, the teams' season-opening game on Monday, a 24-19 Packers victory, silenced the Vikings. It was Green Bay's fifth ...

The Minnesota Vikings are one of the sexy picks in the NFL this season. They're a team loaded with Pro Bowl talent that most national scribes have dubbed a Super Bowl contender if Tarvaris Jackson can carry his own water at the quarterback position. Problem is, after c ...

The Vikings haven't made the playoffs since 2004, but with key acquisitions on defense (Jared Allen, Madieu Williams) and another solid draft class, optimism and high expectations abound in Minnesota. This is a critical season for third-year head coach Brad Childress, w ...

The preseason is over for the Vikings, who took their lumps en route to a 1-3 finish. But Minnesota’s foremost mission in its four dress-rehearsal games this past month was not an undefeated record. The goal was to put every player on the roster through an extended au ...

These days, the first NFL cutdown usually brings about nothing more than a yawn. But if you know the league and were scouring the transaction wire Monday, you may have noticed a surprise in Minnesota. Among the anonymous names like Sean Dumford, Brock Pasteur and Dan ...

The sprained medial collateral ligament Tarvaris Jackson suffered in Minnesota’s second preseason game of 2008, a 23-15 victory, was the fifth injury the Vikings quarterback has experienced since the team used a second-round pick on him in 2006. For a player who’s ...

Professional football is often a war of attrition. While it's pretty obvious you have to be talented to win at a consistent level, health is almost of equal importance. And, when you are talking to NFL coaches, few things are more disappointing than losing players bef ...