Kevin Williams

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...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Includes picks 1-23 NFL Draft: Pick-by-pick analysis For the first time since 1968, the NFL draft began with a pair of offensive linemen, and it didn't stop there. The Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars filled...

In the two months leading up to the NFL draft, Florida defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd reached No. 1 on ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board. NFL Network draft expert Mike Mayock rated Floyd the No. 2 player entering the draft. If...

RANGERS-TWINS Tepesch picks up second win as Rangers beat Twins MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Tepesch pitched six strong innings for his second win while Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz each drove in runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 win over the...

NEW YORK — There's no Andrew Luck, no Robert Griffin III, no headline-grabbing talent who unquestionably belongs at the top of this year's NFL draft. This year, the most likely scenario at Radio City Music Hall involves the Kansas City Chiefs...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT General manager Rick Spielman enters the draft armed with 11 picks and ample opportunities to make his second draft as the Vikings' final decision-maker as productive as the first...

A small, slightly hidden trophy rests in a glass case near the main entrance of Mount Carmel High School, one that provides a prelude to Tyra Buss' athletic career. The prize, from a girls track meet, is covered with pink ribbons and is dated April 25,...