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The Vikings currently have nine of the 257 selections in the NFL draft, which starts Thursday and runs all weekend. Here's everything you need to follow the action.
The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 is scheduled for sentencing Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom.
The Chicago Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion proposal Wednesday for an enclosed stadium next door to their current home at Soldier Field as part of a major project that would transform the city's lakefront, and they are asking for public funding to help make it happen.
The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall in 2023.
The Vikings haven't had a dominant interior defense lineman in two decades, and they might not get one in the draft this year either because of the team's even bigger needs.
A lot of things could happen Thursday night when the NFL draft begins. But a few things that were floated during the buildup to the draft almost certainly will not.
Joe Alt, an offensive tackle out of Totino-Grace and Notre Dame, is expected to be a top-10 NFL draft pick. His father was a first-round selection 40 years ago.
Here are some players with state ties to watch for, ranging from a potential top-10 pick to others who might sign with pro teams as undrafted free agents.
Playing for multiple schools no longer raises a red flag for NFL talent evaluators in this day and age of the ever busier transfer portal and financial windfalls available to college football players before they're even old enough to buy a round of drinks.
The Vikings aren't likely to make a splash in the NFL draft at inside linebacker, with free-agent signing Blake Cashman expected to start next to Ivan Pace Jr.
The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for ''a state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium'' on the city's Museum Campus near Lake Michigan.
On the very first pass of his very first NFL minicamp, Matt Ryan delivered a wobbly throw that left his new Atlanta Falcons teammates shaking their heads.
Employees of the company tasked each year with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don't need to travel very far for this year's player selections in Detroit.
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst wouldn't mind adding a few more picks to the league-leading total his team already is projected to have in this week's draft.
Seventh in a series: As Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores said, "You can never have enough corners," and the team needs development and more talent in the secondary.
No NFL receiver has gained as many yards in his first two seasons as the Minnesota Vikings' 23-year-old superstar. He dominates on nearly any route from any alignment. What can he accomplish in Year 3?
Roman Gabriel had big size and a big arm when he was the No. 2 draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1962. Even while playing in an era of grinding it out on the ground, he still holds the Rams' team record with 154 touchdown passes.
The Vikings have made nearly two full albums-worth of smart moves, including letting Cousins go and bringing in Aaron Jones. Will this unusual trend continue in the draft?
The NFL draft is not so much a marathon weekend as it is a season of speculation and subterfuge, a made-for-TV mystery unfolding team by team across the league.
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