Leslie Frazier

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...

This NFL offseason represents the 10-year anniversary of the inception of the "Rooney Rule." The rule, named after Pittsburgh Steelers' Chairman Dan Rooney, requires teams to interview minority candidates for all head coaching and senior football...

PHOENIX — If you find the NFC North unrecognizable this fall, it's not because your binoculars need adjusting. It's because the division has undergone some radical changes. "Everybody in our division is getting better, and it already was the...

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 --...

One longtime acquaintance on an NFL coaching staff called with a rhetorical question that pops into my head whenever somebody mentions the league's problem hiring African-American head coaches. "Do you know how hard it is to win 10 games in the NFL?''...

It’s official: Phil Emery has hit stupid time. Mike Singletary has been added to Emery’s list.  Or maybe that was David Letterman’s list. Trib Bears beat monster Brad Biggs reported Monday night that the Bears Hall-of-Fame...

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have listed quarterback Christian Ponder and cornerback Antoine Winfield as questionable for their playoff game on Saturday against Green Bay. Ponder was limited in practice all week with a bruised...

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...

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...

The more Bears receivers who go down with injuries and struggle to return, the more embarrassing Lovie Smith looks with his Kellen Davis nonsense. Truth is, even with a full complement of receivers, Smith looks embarrassing with his Davis nonsense....

The Vikings placed Percy Harvin on the injured reserve list Wednesday, ending the wide receiver’s season -- a serious blow to a Minnesota team struggling in the passing game.  Harvin had missed the Vikings’ past three games because of a...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears got Jay Cutler back from a concussion, only to lose three more stars to injuries. Start with Devin Hester. Add Matt Forte and Charles Tillman to the list, and just for good measure, throw in two starting guards....