Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Looking at the opponents the Vikings will face over the regular season's final five weeks shows why you could see big numbers piled up by the Vikings star running back.

Center fielder Brandon Nimmo is staying with the free-spending New York Mets, agreeing to a $162 million, eight-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal.

Bam Adebayo had 31 points and 10 rebounds, Jimmy Butler added 26 points and the Miami Heat held off the Los Angeles Clippers 115-110 on Thursday night.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom sees the vision of what the Texas Rangers want to do, not their streak of six consecutive losing seasons and being more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances.

Detroit held Justin Jefferson to a career-low 14 receiving yards in the Vikings' Sept. 25 win. "I'm not trying to let that happen again," Jefferson said Thursday.

Guard Anthony Edwards is only the second Minnesota player with a game of at least 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals.

Dumba and Kaprizov said communication and focus are key to minimize any stumbles.

Bryce Harper lobbed Philadelphias first recruiting pitch over the summer when the injured All-Star used a guest stint in the broadcast booth to advocate for the future free agent and his former Washington teammate.

The video review for the Minnesota Vikings of their previous game against Detroit has prompted the occasional double-take in the film rooms this week.

A heart-warming, feel-good story dressed up in a "she'll be home for the holidays" narrative. Brittney Griner's release from Russian detention on Thursday in a prisoner exchange was all of that. Wife Cherelle could not stop smiling, calling herself "overwhelmed with emotion" and saying, "My family is whole again."

The Minnesota Vikings have won enough to be in a position to clinch the NFC North with almost a month left in the regular season.

Reactions after WNBA star Brittney Griner was freed from a Russian prison in a high-profile prisoner exchange.

Patrick Reusse will receive the Herb Carneal Lifetime Achievement Award from the Twins, while team executive Laura Day won the Terry Ryan Play Ball! Minnesota Award.

There's still a lot of love between Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert and the team he was with for nine seasons So there will be a jangle of emotions Friday when Gobert plays with his new team in Utah.

Kevin O'Connell's 10-2 team that leads the NFL in an under-the-radar statistic that runs counter to one of the suspicions that some Vikings fans have carried with them through the years.