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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson, Minnesota's all-time leading rusher, will be an unrestricted free agent when the market opens next week. As expected, the Vikings declined to exercise their option for next season on Peterson's contract...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have signed former Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh. Walsh spent five seasons with the Vikings before being released midway through last season. Walsh is infamously remembered for missing a 27-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds of a 2015 NFC wild-card game against Seattle that could have given Minnesota the victory...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Calaen Robinson and Zach Gengler each scored 15 points as Portland State used balance scoring to overcome a pair of hot hands from Montana, 88-79 in a Big Sky showdown Thursday night. Seven of the eight scorers for Portland State had at least nine points and five reached double-figure scoring...

(AP) — Vikings running back Adrian Peterson practiced Thursday while wearing a brace to support his surgically-repaired right knee. Head coach Mike Zimmer said Peterson participated in a full practice. Peterson didn't hold firm to any return date, but acknowledged his hope of being back on Dec. 24 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Braxton Tucker had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Portland State won its home opener with a 113-81 rout over Division III member George Fox on Thursday night. The Vikings (1-2) bounced back from a 106-100 double-overtime loss at Cal State Fullerton on Sunday...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kyle Sloter threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns, Brandon Cartagena ran in the game-winning score during the first overtime period, and Northern Colorado won a shootout with Portland State 56-49 on Saturday. ...

Dennis Green, the former Vikings and Cardinals coach, who provided one of the most memorable lines in NFL history, has passed away. He was 67.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Blair Walsh's 27-yard field goal try into the frigid wind for Minnesota hooked left with 22 seconds remaining, handing the Seattle Seahawks a 10-9 victory over the stunned Vikings in their wild-card round playoff game in below-zero weather Sunday...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dwight Freeney stripped the ball from Teddy Bridgewater with 5 seconds to play to deprive the Vikings a chance at the tying field goal and the Arizona Cardinals clinched a playoff berth with a 23-20 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Backup quarterback Mike Kafka threw a touchdown pass and running back Joe Banyard ran for another score to help the Minnesota Vikings beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 14-3 on Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game. Most of the regulars watched from the sidelines in the annual exhibition opener, including Adrian Peterson and Ben Roethlisberger...