Minnesota Vikings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — While the Carolina Panthers are still planning to host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, team officials say they will continue to monitor the ongoing violent protests that have gripped the city. Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in Charlotte on Wednesday night and has sent the National Guard in to help restore peace...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Despite urging from family members to seek a job in the real word, Troymaine Pope continued to hold out hope for an NFL opportunity. A tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs in May didn't yield a contract offer. Instead, the former Jacksonville State running back returned home to Anniston, Alabama, far from the practice fields of an NFL team...

SEATTLE (AP) — Marcus Sherels intercepted Trevone Boykin's pass and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown with 1:23 left and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks 18-11 Thursday night. With Boykin trying to lead Seattle to another late comeback for a second straight week, Sherels stepped in front of his pass intended for E...

RENTON (AP) —Seattle and Minnesota are meeting for first time since the Seahawks beat the Vikings 10-9 in the playoffs last season. "This is a playoff team, won the Super Bowl a couple years ago and the NFC championship game a couple years ago," Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said of the Seahawks...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It took about 8,000 construction workers to build the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium. And, at Friday's ceremonial ribbon-cutting, some of them will still be on the job at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mortenson Construction executive John Wood says painters, electricians and others are finishing up the last bit of work at the new stadium...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Wells Fargo is considering its options after a federal judge ordered the bank to take down office-tower rooftop signs near the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium. Attorneys for the Vikings had labeled the signs a giant "photo bomb" of aerial images of U.S. B...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The date has been set for the 2018 NFL Super Bowl to be played in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee says the NFL has scheduled the 2018 game for Feb. 4 at the U.S. Bank Stadium, which is currently under construction...

Agent Joel Segal tells The Associated Press that 27-year-old wide receiver Percy Harvin is retiring after seven NFL seasons. Harvin played five games for the Buffalo Bills last season before being placed on injured reserve with lingering hip and knee injuries...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police say a Vikings fan who was tailgating at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds broke into a police substation after the team's loss to Seattle, apparently thinking it was his own home. State Fair police spokeswoman Brooke Blakey says the 30-year-old man appeared to be drunk when he entered the station Sunday...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Seahawks' comeback win over the Vikings is the most-watched early Sunday NFL wild-card game on record. NBC said Monday that Seattle's 10-9 victory in frigid conditions averaged 35.3 million viewers, up 25 percent from the 28...