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A year ago, Cordarrelle Patterson was transitioning from junior college to the University of Tennessee. Thursday, the wide receiver was selected in the first round in the NFL draft by the Vikings.

To tweet or not to tweet? After the Manti Te'o drama, NFL teams have been keeping a watchful eye on the social media habits of their prospects.

As a kid, Vikings punter Chris Kluwe chose football over music. Now, as part of the band Tripping Icarus, he gets to do both.

From "yardgating" to "tubgating" and "sailgating," Sarah Spain explores all the pregame party possibilities the NFC North offers in her latest "That's What She Said."

From Victor Cruz to Swin Cash and Chris Kluwe, athletes haven't been shy with sharing and hearing others' political views this election season.

Marcus Sherels had a spectacular 25th birthday complete with scoring his first NFL touchdown. To get to this point, though, the undersized special teamer has worked hard every step of the way.

Melissa Jacobs sits down with Vikings safety Madieu Williams, winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, to discuss the work his foundation does in his native Sierra Leone, and how the memory of his late mother drives his desire to give back.

Even though fantasy season may be over and many playoffs races already have been decided, Melissa Jacobs has five pretty important reasons to shake off the second day of your New Year's hangover and make this Sunday an NFL day.

The NFL wants teams to know that it is taking the idea of sexual harassment very, very seriously. In theory. However in practice, the NFL has not been issuing suspensions, or fines -- or in the case of Brett Favre, making any actual decisions.

The sports world never takes a vacation. Tonight is no exception with NFL football, a college bowl doubleheader, NCAA basketball and big games in the NBA.

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sounded like football's answer to Chuck Norris, criticizing the league's decision to move the Eagles/Vikings game from Sunday night to Tuesday night due to an impending snow storm. Rendell was right.

Let's hope Brett Favre realized, as he was lying face down on the frozen turf in Minnesota Monday night, that it's time to hang 'em up. Otherwise, an adult needs to step in to save Favre from himself, and save us from Favre in the process.

Sure, there was a lunar eclipse on the Winter Solstice, but there was also so much more. Monday Night Football, plenty of hoops action and more in About Last Night.

Dangerous conditions, playoff implications and a possible Brett Favre sighting? The "Monday Night Football" game between the Vikings and the Bears has it all.

With only three weeks left in the NFL regular season, you would think that all the talk would be about the playoffs. But this week's biggest storyline comes from Washington, D.C., and no politicians will be involved.

They've already put up with Randy Moss coming and going, Brett Favre's sext-gate, Percy Harvin's migraines, the firing of Brad Childress and a losing record. Now Minnesota Vikings fans are being asked to do manual labor -- snow shoveling, to be exact.