Leslie Frazier

Vikings aren't pursuing former Bear LB Brian Urlacher, coach says

2013-05-15 11:01:00

Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is in search of a team. And the Minnesota Vikings are said to be in need of a starter at his position. So, naturally, there has been plenty of speculation that Urlacher would end up wearing the purple and...

Percy Harvin rumors: Which will come first, trade or holdout?

2013-02-11 13:55:00

Percy Harvin wants to get paid. And judging by the way folks on the Internet reacted to rumors that the Minnesota Vikings receiver is on the trading block, he probably will get big money somewhere. But will it happen before or after things get ugly --...

Adrian Peterson injury could end his attempt to break record

2012-12-26 07:00:00

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has a strained abdominal muscle, an injury that will likely hamper his attempt to break Eric Dickerson's record for most rushing yards in a season� as the Vikings play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. The...

Around the NFL, lost causes and found objects

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Who says Tom Brady isn't a great scrambler? The Patriots quarterback was scrambling all over the New England sideline Sunday in Buffalo, frantically searching for his missing helmet before his team's first possession of the third quarter. He couldn't...

Jim Souhan: Brian Urlacher the epitome of a Bears middle linebacker

2013-05-23 18:20:04

MINNEAPOLIS It's probably best that the Vikings' rumored interest in Brian Urlacher went unrequited. Urlacher retired a Bear, and without coming back five years later and signing one of those silly one-day contracts to pretend he had remained in love with...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Mark Craig column

2013-05-20 07:14:02

Four words you never thought you'd see together? Try these: "print journalism" and "boot camp." Twenty-three former and current NFL players took part in "The NFL Sports Journalism and Communications Boot Camp" at Bowling Green State University in Ohio...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Sid Hartman column

2013-05-20 00:34:02

According to new Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders, former Gophers forward Trevor Mbakwe performed well at last week's NBA draft combine in Chicago, which is held for players who have a likelihood of getting selected....

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Jim Souhan column

2013-05-18 00:44:02

Tom Kelly had a favorite word for the strange events that occur around the traveling carnival that is a big-league sports team: buffoonery. As Twins manager, he might use it in reference to an umpiring call or an official scorer's decision, or a rookie'...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Bob Sansevere column

2013-05-14 04:14:01

The Vikings' new stadium doesn't look like a football stadium. It's more like some futuristic spaceship you would envision warp speeding around a distant quadrant of the universe. And there's nothing wrong with that. The new stadium will have a...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Charley Walters column

2013-05-09 00:54:02

Andre Hollins won't be the only University of Minnesota basketball guard nicknamed "Dre" anymore. Now there's Deandre Mathieu, an Arizona Community College junior college guard also nicknamed "Dre." "We're both Dre and both from Tennessee," Mathieu said...

AREA PREP NOTEBOOK: DL freshman explodes onto track scene

2013-05-09 02:04:02

The transition from junior high to varsity track hasn't been difficult for Bradley Davidson. The Devils Lake freshman has emerged as one of the top North Dakota Class A sprinters. He's also been a big surprise to his coaches. "I don't know if he was...

BRIEF: Tony Dungy's family still growing

2013-05-08 10:14:02

Former Gophers quarterback and Vikings assistant coach Tony Dungy and wife Lauren have adopted another newborn, Jaden Anthony Dungy. Jaden is the couple's sixth adopted child; they also have three biological children. Dungy, by the way, and Vikings...

Former Chicago linebacker Brian Urlacher won't be joining the Vikings any time soon, Minnesota Coach Leslie Frazier said.

2011-12-25 00:00:00