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Dwight Freeney's claim that NFL owners colluded during free agency, made during an interview with CBSSports.com, brings to mind last month's post about the tough market for some high-profile and veteran NFL players. As you might recall: Defensive...

Mel Kiper, Todd McShay and ESPN Insider's team of NFL experts break down the draft needs and fits for the Minnesota Vikings. Would Manti Te'o be a good replacement for Ray Lewis? Could Cal WR Keenan Allen help fill the void left by Percy Harvin?

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If you caught Sunday's "Outside the Lines" episode, you saw a 30-minute discussion about the performance of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in anticipation of Don Van Natta Jr.'s profile in this week's ESPN The Magazine. For our purposes, it's wort...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Thursday was Adrian Peterson day at ESPN.com. We brought you Jeffri Chadiha's Hot Read profile of Peterson's pursuit of history, a ranking of the top 10 individual seasons in NFL history, a chance to rank those seasons yourself...

Longtime readers know we have often cited the projections of AccuScore, which uses digital profiles of NFL players and coaches to predict outcomes based on game and season simulations. ESPN.com includes AccuScore in our panel of weekly experts, and w...

We've referred to the work of Jeanne Marie Laskas before on the blog. Among other things, she wrote a profile for late Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Korey Stringer that appeared in Esquire magazine a month after his death in August 2001. A deca...

I've seen some interesting reactions already to news that Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson hired high-profile attorney Rusty Hardin following his arrest this past weekend in Houston. Peterson was charged with resisting arrest at a Housto...

Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson has hired high-profile attorney Rusty Hardin to represent him after he was charged with resisting arrest Saturday in Houston.

I thought about not writing this blog because I didn't want to jinx it. But AFC East players have been on their best behavior this offseason. In the past week or so we've seen two high-profile arrests involving Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Justin...

Christopher Harris provides his concerns about 10 of the most interesting players in 2012 fantasy football drafts.

Christopher Harris offers his top 10 fantasy rookies for 2012, and profiles the top skill-position players from Day 3 of the draft.

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- On Sunday, we told you the Minnesota Vikings were committed to a slow and deliberate rebuild of their depleted secondary. General manager Rick Spielman said he was focused on the draft for "our top-of-the-line, blue-chip players" ...

UCLA football coach Jim L. Mora has noticed something a little different around the Westwood campus this week thanks to a certain high-profile NFL quarterback working out at the Bruins practice facility.

MANKATO, Minn. -- If some good came of Adrian Peterson's unfortunate use of analogies this offseason, it's this: It forced one of the NFL's highest-profile players into a bond with two of the world's most prominent advocates for ending human traffick...

Every summer for the past 10 years, I've pulled out a wrinkled copy of the September 2001 edition of Esquire Magazine. The issue contains Jeanne Marie Laskas' posthumous profile of Korey Stringer, and it should be required reading for anyone interest...

Draft kit updates for July 27 covering DeAngelo Williams, Donovan McNabb, Matt Hasselbeck and more.