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In February, we learned that Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson played at least the final four games of the regular season with a sports hernia that ultimately required offseason surgery. Peterson, of course, finished the season with the seco...

A look at key players for each NFC North team who are coming back from injuries: Chicago Bears: Place-kicker Robbie Gould needed offseason surgery after rupturing a semitendinosus tendon in Week 15 and still hadn't been cleared to kick 13 weeks la...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spent some time digging into stories about the surgically repaired big toe of the Green Bay Packers' second-round draft pick, running back Eddie Lacy. The bottom line: La...

There is some debate about whether Mississippi State cornerback Darius Slay would have been available to the Detroit Lions at the top of the second round were it not for a torn meniscus in his knee, which probably dropped him on a few draft boards. T...

ESPN reporter Josina Anderson spoke with Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson on Thursday after he had surgery to repair a sports hernia. Peterson said he first suffered the injury during a Week 10 game against the Detroit Lions, received a cor...

We're Black and Blue All Over: It's not unusual for an NFL player to undergo offseason knee surgery, as Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan did last week, via Tom Pelissero of 1500ESPN.com. The type of surgery Sullivan had is not typical, ho...

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz made national headlines with a one-liner during his Wednesday meeting with reporters, saying that receiver Titus Young will most likely have surgery on his knee "unless he doesn't show up for it." The shot left no dou...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Hurricane Sandy has caused death, unprecedented destruction and untold hardship moving forward. Fortunately, those of us who live in NFC North territory have been spared its wrath to this point. I hesitate to put the...

We're Black and Blue All Over. (We're also on Facebook and Twitter.) Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson has noted often that he does not consider himself 100 percent recovered from major knee surgery in December. I suppose you could say he...

Let's take a quick look at the Thursday practice report, which includes news of surgery for a starting defensive lineman and an addition for one starting quarterback: Chicago Bears: Tailback Matt Forte (ankle) again participated in a limited porti...

Brian Urlacher's return from knee surgery is playing out predictably to this point. He practiced Monday and is taking Tuesday off along with the rest of his Chicago Bears teammates. He will sit out at least one more practice this week before start...

The question has never been whether Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher would return from arthroscopic knee surgery in time for the start of the 2012 regular season. To me, it has always been about how effective Urlacher would be upon his return ...

Reports that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher sought alternative treatment for his left knee spurred plenty of discussion Wednesday. Our take is here, but one of the items I missed was an ESPN 1000 interview with the Los Angeles-based partner ...

Adrian Peterson's return from major knee surgery has gone well enough that the Minnesota Vikings tailback is on pace to make his preseason debut as early as Friday night and then open the regular season as the team's starter. Everything has moved so ...

As the Chicago Bears stare nervously at their linebacker depth during Brian Urlacher's recovery from knee surgery, it's worth pointing out the myriad of ways teams can begin succession planning for key players. Sometimes it happens years in advance o...

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher had surgery this week to repair damage caused by the pounding of less than one week of training camp. So how will he and the Bears prevent a recurrence during the regular season, which the Bears open with two g...