Stephen Burton

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| |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...

Andrew Luck did a pretty good impersonation of Peyton Manning on Sunday.  He threw a couple of touchdown passes and set up Adam Vinatieri, Rapid City Central graduate, for a game-winning, 52-yard field goal with 8 seconds left that gave the...

The Minnesota Vikings have placed running back Adrian Peterson on the active physically unable to perform list to start training camp. The move was expected, considering the team's preference to be cautious with its franchise player and his comeback...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Olympics-Women's Soccer, United States vs. Colombia, Brazil vs. New Zealand, France vs. North Korea; Beach Volleyball, Women's Volleyball, China vs. Serbia; Equestrian; Women's Handball, Norway vs. France; Women's Shooting; Men's...

TV SPORTS Tennis-U.S. Open, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer-Men's National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Belgium, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-World Series, Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) College Football-Connecticut at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Pan American Games-Men's Volleyball, Brazil vs. United States, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Rodeo-PBR...