Vikings defensive star Kevin Williams denied ever using steroids or trying to mask performance-enhancing drugs in his seven-year NFL career Tuesday when he testified in his Hennepin County trial against the league. The five-time Pro Bowl defensive ...

Other comeback nominees include Lance Armstrong and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.

Desperation has set in for the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, who engaged in a wild spending spree during the opening weekend of NFL free agency. ♦ Sign up for Green Bay Packers text alerts. Fearing for their jobs, Bears General Manager Jerry ...

... on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” on Thursday night, the Minnesota Vikings ... for Favre to make up his mind even if that muddies their plans for the quarterback position. “I’m not going to put him in any box,” coach Brad Childress said ...

The Chicago Bears opened the vault Friday, fattening the financial portfolios of Chester Taylor and Julius Peppers. The aftershock of those signings will be felt in Minnesota. The Vikings need to replace Taylor with someone versatile enough to be a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings lineman Kevin Williams says he never would have taken a weight-loss supplement two years ago had he known it contained a substance banned by the NFL . Williams and teammate Pat Williams are testifying in a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL wants to move lawsuits by two Minnesota Vikings facing suspension for using a banned diuretic back to federal court — nearly on the eve of trial. The league has filed notice that it wants to move the lawsuits filed by ...

Minnesota Vikings All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams testified Tuesday that he was under pressure to lose weight and earn a $400,000 bonus when he took a weight-loss supplement two years ago -- a supplement he didn't know contained a substance ...

Former University of Minnesota Gophers kicker and punter Rhys Lloyd is scheduled to visit with the Minnesota Vikings today. Lloyd posted the news on his Twitter ... The Vikings gave Ryan Longwell a $500,000 bonus last week to keep the Pro Bowl ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress paid a visit to Brett Favre at his Hattiesburg, Miss., home this week to check how his quarterback was recovering from injuries sustained in the NFC title game. Childress traveled to Mississippi ...