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BROOKLYN CENTER (AP) -- Minnesota head coach Leslie Frazier says Vikings coaches stand firmly behind their owners in the NFL labor dispute and were not consulted before the NFL Coaches...

By Barry Wilner, AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- The NFL will punish teams next season if their players commit multiple flagrant hits that result in fines. The punishment will...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- DeMaurice Smith had barely settled behind the podium when University of Maryland students started chanting: "We want football." Smith's response: "I want football, too." The executive...

By Bob Johnson, Associated Press HACKLEBURG, Ala. -- Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre brought hope and a big smile Wednesday to a small northwest Alabama community that lost many of...

By Barry Wilner, AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK -- Blaine Gabbert shrugs when asked about the good fortune of actually having a Jaguars playbook in his possession. The first-round...

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS -- Lifting football's labor lockout without a new contract in place would allow better-off teams to sign the best players, tipping the NFL's...

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer EDEN PRAIRIE -- Leslie Frazier gazed out the office window at the perfectly manicured practice fields at Minnesota Vikings headquarters, fields just waiting for...

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook has been found not guilty of pulling a gun on a neighbor. General District Court Judge Edwin Burnette issued the ruling Friday after a 2-hour...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to fast track the NFL's request to put its labor lockout in place until a new deal is finally worked out...

By Dave Campbell, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS -- With its players again barred from work, the NFL told a federal appeals court Monday the fight over whether the lockout is...

By Barry Wilner, AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK -- If these are not fun times for football fans, they are captivating days for lawyers. The NFL lockout is back...

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer EDEN PRAIRIE -- Leslie Frazier has dreamed for years about one day stepping into an NFL draft room as a head coach. He may...

By Jon Krawczynski, AP Sports Writer EDEN PRAIRIE -- The Minnesota Vikings have contingency plans in place for every conceivable scenario surrounding the labor situation and the NFL draft. Less...