Vikings fire coach Mike Zimmer, general manager Rick Spielman
The Vikings made what might have been the most sweeping set of leadership changes in the Wilf family's 16 years of owning the team.
The Vikings made what might have been the most sweeping set of leadership changes in the Wilf family's 16 years of owning the team.
Spielman ran drafts for the Vikings as vice president of personnel prior to becoming the general manager in 2012.
Zimmer arrived in 2014 to fix the Vikings defense and was fired after two seasons in which the unit plummeted.
Clay Patterson will become passing game coordinator and tight ends coach for the Buffaloes. He's the second assistant to leave in three days.
If Mike Zimmer is fired, the performance of his defense in the past two seasons will be noted on his pink slip among other unflattering details about this season.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday repeated his assertion that his successor and former rival, Benjamin Netanyahu, exhibited "crazy behavior" as a high-profile defamation lawsuit between the two political heavyweights got underway.
Minnesota won its fourth in a row with Karl-Anthony Towns dominating and Jerrod Vanderbilt throwing down eight dunks, the most by a Wolves player in at least 25 years.
Whoever is coaching the team next season will have a blast scheming and throwing to the group of receivers that he should inherit.
Kirk Cousins dropped to a knee on the final play as fans booed the decision not to give Justin Jefferson a shot at a team receiving record. Bigger decisions await the team.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle Monday to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, but the drama might not be finished, with the government threatening to cancel his visa a second time and deport him.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated against CIOVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.
Minnesota has won four in a row to get back to .500 on the season, and on Sunday was sparked by 40 points from Karl-Anthony Towns.
It was Patrick Peterson's first interception of the season, and the second TD runback of a pickoff in the career.