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The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT Joe Webb is going from Christian Ponder's backup to George Stewart's pet project in Minnesota. The Vikings are transitioning Webb back to wide receiver after three seasons as a...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday because the veteran punter...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the is fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks. But that's what happens when the incumbent punter about to...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT By most, if not all accounts, the Vikings had an excellent draft, adding three potential star players who will either become starters or major contributors immediately. Defensive...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT The Vikings had two defensive difference-makers fall to them before taking a breath just long enough to trade back into the first round and grab Cordarrelle Patterson, an offensive...

MINNEAPOLIS — An hour after his team had slid into the playoffs — and eliminated the Bears — with a 37-34 triumph over the Packers on Sunday, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier offered his support of Lovie Smith. "Lovie's a great coach in our...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Arkansas at Michigan, 11 a.m. (CBS); Portland at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Long Beach State at Ohio State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas Christian at Tulsa, Noon (FXSP); Colorado at Kansas, 1...

TV SPORTS Soccer-Premier League, Liverpool at Manchester City, 1:55 p.m. (ESPN2) Men's College Basketball-Michigan State at Wisconsin, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at Florida, 6 p.m. (FXSP); Louisville at St. John's, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Southern...

It looks as if the Titans will have two talented defensive ends returning to the lineup for Sunday's game against the Ravens. Derrick Morgan and Jason Jones practiced Wednesday and are expected to play Sunday. They missed the season opener against the...