Charlie Johnson

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks, 7 p.m. (TNT); San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) NFL Football--Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) High School Basketball--Teams...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY|  Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2).  National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles, Noon (FOX); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| College Football--Louisville at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas vs. Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ABC); Iowa at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Northwestern at Minnesota, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at Houston, 11 a.m. (FXSP);...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 11 a.m. (MLB); Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2 p.m. (TBS); New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 5 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati Reds at San...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Sunderland at Manchester City, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Chicago at New York, 2:30 p.m. (NBC); MLS, Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Navy at Air Force, 10:30 a.m. (CBS);...

Three days before the opening of free agency, the Vikings finalized three moves Saturday to begin their roster overhaul by releasing guards Steve Hutchinson and Anthony Herrera and cornerback Cedric Griffin. Let the rebuilding begin. Since being...

MINNEAPOLIS - Finally. It's over. All the tireless research and analysis, all the outside speculation and hullabaloo. Poof. It's gone. The NFL draft is all about action now. Finally. Tonight, Rick Spielman will make his first selection as Vikings...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Playoffs, Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees, 7 p.m. (TBS) NHL Hockey-Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins, 6 p.m. (VERSUS); Pittsburgh Penguins at Vancouver Canucks, 9 p.m. (VERSUS) College Football-Western...