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To this point of the offseason, the Minnesota Vikings have elected to carry untouched the largest salary-cap hit for a non-quarterback in the NFL. Despite his cap charge of $17.063 million, defensive end Jared Allen told the Star Tribune recently tha...

So, what did you do this weekend? Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen hosted "Night-Ops IV," his fourth annual charity golf tournament to benefit his Homes for Wounded Warriors program. The event included nine holes of night-time golf and ...

Every now and then, our boss, Bill Simmons, will forward some of his reader mail to me and fellow Triangle editor Chris Ryan. Most of the time, it's to troll us about our favorite teams (Brian Urlacher's pre-draft ascension was entirely legitimate, a...

Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder said Wednesday that the bruised triceps on his throwing arm that kept him out of the playoff game at Green Bay has healed fully, but he had a scare about two weeks after the season when the contusion came back.

On Wednesday, we noted that it would be instructive to learn how the Green Bay Packers structured the salary-cap impact of linebacker Clay Matthews' record-setting contract extension. Thursday, the numbers came in and here's what we can say: Matthews...

It has seemed unlikely for some time that the Minnesota Vikings would keep intact a contract that would have paid defensive tackle Kevin Williams, who turns 33 this summer, up to $15 million over the next two seasons. Instead, as Tom Pelissero of 150...

T.R. Foley offers his list of 10 non-MMA athletes who could do well as fighters

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

T.R. Foley offers his list of 10 non-MMA athletes who could do well as fighters

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

We started this long day discussing receiver Greg Jennings' pending visit with the Minnesota Vikings, and so we'll end it there as well. According to multiple reporters in full stakeout mode, Jennings spent Thursday night at dinner in downtown Min...

IRVING, Texas - The Cowboys decision to place the franchise tag on Anthony Spencer for the second straight year makes some sense despite the $10.6 million cost. One of the reasons is that the Cowboys might not have to pay Spencer $10.6 million at ...

We're Black and Blue All Over: We've got plenty of Green Bay Packers news going on these days. Hopefully you saw tight end Jermichael Finley's strong, if predictable, stance on taking a pay cut for 2013 -- he said he won't -- late Wednesday night....

Welcome to Eight in the Box, a new NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week's topic: Who will be each team's biggest salary cap casualty this spring? Chicago Bears: There aren't likely to be any players relea...

Another in a series of posts circling back on the 2012 season and some of our preseason themes: A minor hubbub ignited last summer in the Minnesota Vikings' training camp when new defensive coordinator Alan Williams suggested that it might help to...

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith is expected to need two or three months to recover from triceps surgery scheduled for this week. That gives Smith ample time to ready himself for the 2013 season. 2011-12 DL Snaps Counting Playof...

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team as an injury replacement for Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons.

OK. As of Monday afternoon, here is the most updated look at the election, withdrawal, addition and participation of NFC North players in Sunday's Pro Bowl game. By my count, 14 players will participate and seven will start. Four have been added b...