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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder shows his bruises as members of the team cleaned out their lockers Monday in Eden Prairie. (Associated Press)

Vikings’ finish may have solidified Ponder’s role

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — Christian Ponder’s future as the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback may have been sewn up without him even throwing a pass. Ponder was...

sports / pro Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 11:45pm

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb (14) throws a pass during the second half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. Packers won 24-10. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Improved Vikings unsatisfied

EDEN PRAIRIE — If Adrian Peterson was going to return from reconstructive surgery on his left knee in time to play the full 2012 season, he had to hit that...

sports / pro Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 11:43pm

Minnesota Wild hockey players Darroll Powe, left, and Ryan Suter listen during instructions as a number of Wild players returned to the Xcel Arena for an informal workout Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn., for the first time since a tentative agreement was reached in the NFL lockout. Suter and Minnesota native Zach Parise signed identical 13-year, $98 million contracts with the Wild last year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Parise and Suter hit the ice for Wild

ST. PAUL — There were times over the last four months when it seemed as if Zach Parise and Ryan Suter would never put on a Minnesota Wild sweater this...

sports / pro Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 11:37pm

NFL Playoffs: Texans need to find points against Pats

HOUSTON — Another trip to New England awaits the Houston Texans, and coach Gary Kubiak knows what his team has to do to have a chance against the Patriots in...

sports / pro Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:47pm

NFL Playoffs: Ravens top Colts, get Manning and Broncos

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens wanted one long final ride for Ray Lewis. They also wanted Denver. They got it. Having disposed of Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts, they...

sports / pro Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:45pm

NFL Playoffs: Griffin III’s knee, Redskins’ offense buckle

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Robert Griffin III reached too far for the football, his already injured right leg twisting gruesomely behind him. Just like that, Griffin was done. And so...

sports / pro Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 11:43pm

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2012 file photo, a nearly empty hockey stick rack in the locker room of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team is shown during the NHL labor lockout in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

NHL, union reach tentative agreement

NHL, union reach tentative agreement IRA PODELL,AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game...

sports / pro Sun, Jan 06, 2013 - 8:46am

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Erik Walden (93) and defensive tackle Mike Neal (96) tackle Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb (14) during the first half Saturday in Green Bay, Wis. Associated Press.

NFL Playoffs: Rough night for Vikes in Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers showed how dangerous they can be when they're at full strength Saturday night, overwhelming the MinnesotaVikings 24-10 in...

sports / pro Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 10:19pm

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb warms up before an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Ponder out, Webb in at QB for Vikings-Packers playoff game

Ponder out, Webb in at QB for Vikings vs. Packers DAVE CAMPBELL,AP Pro Football Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Christian Ponder is out, and backup Joe Webb is in...

sports / pro Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 6:50pm

Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love (42) pulls down a defensive rebound against Phoenix Suns' Shannon Brown (26) and Luis Scola, of Argentina, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Kyndell Harkness)

Timberwolves star Kevin Love re-fractures right hand

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has re-fractured his right hand. The team said an MRI on Saturday revealed that Love re-fractured his third metacarpal in the hand...

sports / pro Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 6:45pm

Rolf Standfuss is pictured Friday in the Minnesota Vikings-themed family room of his Willmar home while Sunday’s home win against Green Bay plays on a 3-D TV. Standfuss was at the first game the Vikings ever played in 1961 and has been a fan ever since. “I bleed purple,” he says. Practically every inch of the room is adorned with team-related memorabilia and other collectibles. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Vikings fans gear up for playoff showdown with the team’s greatest rival

For people like Rolf Standfuss, this is one of the biggest days in the past few years. It might even be called a Purple Letter Day. (Red just wouldn’t be...

sports / pro Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 11:14pm

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder looks to hand the ball off during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NFC wild card is the NFL’s version of Groundhog Day

GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not just wild-card weekend in Minnesota and Green Bay. It’s Groundhog Day. Six days after facing off in the regular-season finale, and five weeks after...

sports / pro Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 10:20pm

Fundraiser features Jordan Smith

Jordan Smith, the Cleveland Indians’ outstanding young prospect from Willmar, will be the featured guest at a morning fundraiser Jan. 19 at Willmar Community Center on North Highway 71/23. Proceeds...

sports / pro Thu, Jan 03, 2013 - 11:24pm

Vikings’ offensive coordinator showing creativity

EDEN PRAIRIE — Minnesota’s offense has a simple focus: Adrian Peterson. The Vikings aren’t scheming to surprise opponents by throwing 50 passes per game. That doesn’t mean offensive coordinator Bill...

sports / pro Thu, Jan 03, 2013 - 11:17pm

Utah’s Gordon Hayward shoots as Minnesota point guard Alexey Shved defends in the first quarter Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Minnesota’s Luke Ridnour looks on.

Hayward lifts Jazz over Wolves

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward scored 17 points, Enes Kanter had 15 and the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-84 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing...

sports / pro Wed, Jan 02, 2013 - 10:59pm

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