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J.J. McCarthy is ready for the job and the pressure of taking over as QB for the Vikings

April 30, 2025 Associated Press 0

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — While everyone else in the NFL ‘s record crop of first-round quarterbacks in the draft last year launched their careers on the field, J.J. McCarthy was forced to begin his with film study and in the training room for the Minnesota Vikings. McCarthy would hardly consider that a wasted season, even […]

BUCKS

Milwaukee’s Doc Rivers says Damian Lillard won’t ‘go out this way’ after tearing Achilles tendon

April 30, 2025 Associated Press 0

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers has learned to take 10-time NBA All-Star Damian Lillard at his word. So when Rivers spoke with his injured 34-year-old star guard Tuesday, he wasn’t surprised to hear Lillard’s reaction to the torn left Achilles tendon that knocked him out of this year’s first-round playoff series against […]

Green Bay

Packers add depth at linebacker by signing Isaiah Simmons

April 29, 2025 Associated Press 0

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Linebacker Isaiah Simmons, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2020 draft, signed with the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday. Simmons had been with the New York Giants for the past two years after spending his first three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, who drafted him out of Clemson. The […]

NFL

Vikings agree to $23M contract extension with Pro Bowl edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel

April 29, 2025 Associated Press 0

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel reached an agreement on Tuesday on a one-year, $23 million contract extension coming off his first Pro Bowl selection and a career-high 11 1/2 sacks last season. The deal, negotiated with the Vikings by Van Ginkel’s agents Drew Rosenhaus and Jason Rosenhaus, […]

BUCKS

Bucks confirm Damian Lillard has a torn left Achilles tendon

April 28, 2025 Associated Press 0

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard has a torn left Achilles tendon, confirming the Milwaukee Bucks’ worst fears after the seven-time all-NBA guard was helped off the court Sunday night. The Bucks announced the severity of Lillard’s injury after he had an MRI on Monday. The injury knocks Lillard out for the rest of the postseason […]

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Tom Brown, who had clinching interception for Packers in 1966 NFL title game, dies at age 84

April 28, 2025 Associated Press 0

Tom Brown, the two-sport star whose interception sealed the 1966 NFL title game for Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, has died. He was 84. Both the Packers and Brown’s alma mater the University of Maryland announced his death on Monday. The Packers said he died last Wednesday. Brown played six seasons in the NFL after […]

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Reported attendance figures at Green Bay more than double the pre-draft forecasts

April 27, 2025 Associated Press 0

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bringing the NFL draft to the league’s smallest market was supposed to mean a smaller crowd. Green Bay Packers fans had other ideas. Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy said last week the forecast was for a total attendance of 250,000 for all three days. NFL officials announced Saturday that the total […]

BUCKS

Trent ties Bucks playoff mark with 9 3s, he and Giannis score 37 in win over Pacers

April 25, 2025 Associated Press 0

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. got hot from deep, Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated in the paint and together they gave the Milwaukee Bucks new life in their first-round playoff series. Trent tied a franchise playoff record with nine 3-pointers and scored 37 points, Antetokounmpo also had 37 and the Bucks used a big second half […]

NFL

Vikings get Ohio State guard Donovan Jackson in NFL draft with 24th pick

April 25, 2025 Associated Press 0

The Minnesota Vikings were never more determined to fix their blocking problems than were this spring, after a 14-win season was ultimately torpedoed by too much interior pressure. Donovan Jackson became the final piece of the upgrade. The Vikings made the Ohio State guard the 24th selection in the NFL draft on Thursday night, completing an offseason overhaul of […]

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Adrian Peterson faces DWI charge in Minnesota after arrest following Vikings draft party

April 25, 2025 Associated Press 0

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former star running back Adrian Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early Friday in Minnesota after appearing at an NFL draft party for Vikings fans. According to Hennepin County jail records, Peterson was booked at 5:16 a.m. and released from custody at 7:31 a.m. on a $4,000 bond. The 40-year-old faces a fourth-degree […]

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