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Minnesota Vikings free safety Darren Sharper was fined US$15,000 on Friday for bumping into an official during last week's loss at Miami. A league spokesman said the fine was for ``impermissible physical contact with a game official. Specifically while pursuing a pass play, he ran directly toward the game official and shoved him to the ground.'' The play happened during the third quarter of Sunday's 24-20 loss to the Dolphins. ...

As bad as the Arizona Cardinals have been, they've been worse on the road. Heading into Sunday's game at Minnesota, the Cardinals are 0-4 away from home this season and 3-17 since Dennis Green took over as coach in 2004. ``Good teams win on the road,'' Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett said after Wednesday's practice. ``You've got to play together as a team on the road. You can have the ...

This was supposed to be the easy part of Minnesota's schedule. Instead, the Vikings _ still searching for a way to consistently move the ball and now struggling to keep opponents from throwing it against them _ are stuck in a mid-season mess. ``It's getting late in the season to be talking about scheme, what you can do and what you can't do,'' receiver Travis Taylor said. ``It's going on ...

For years, teams facing the Seahawks at home have tried silent snap counts, blaring music during practices and other tricks to combat Seattle's notoriously raucous crowd noise. Minnesota Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson figured out a way to take the crowd and the Seahawks out of it on the same play. Henderson rolled into Matt Hasselbeck's right leg early in the second half of a tie game, sending the Pro Bowl quarterback to the locker room for the ...

Minnesota Vikings starting wide receiver Troy Williamson left Sunday's game against Seattle in the first quarter with a head injury. A leaping Williamson was hit in the chest with two hands by Ken Hamlin and spun around in the air while trying to catch a long pass from Brad Johnson on the Vikings' second drive. Williamson appeared to land awkwardly and was face down on the turf for a moment ...

Maybe, just maybe, the Minnesota Vikings have learned from their recent sordid past. ``Guys would have to be pretty much stuck on stupid to get in trouble after the bye week we had last year,'' safety Darren Sharper said. ``You can pretty much guarantee there won't be the same instances.'' The break in last season's schedule brought more negative publicity than ever to an organization that has seen plenty of ...

Minnesota's defensive line isn't quite Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and Gary Larsen. Those Purple People Eaters set the standard for dominant front fours, leading the Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s. If today's Vikings had a people-eating contest with those guys, it wouldn't even be close. But with massive, agile tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams anchoring the line, the Vikings once again are feasting ...

The Minnesota Vikings' offence couldn't rally for a touchdown, so the defence did it for them. Twice. Detroit squandered a 17-3 lead in the fourth quarter and the Vikings defence scored two touchdowns on turnovers by Jon Kitna in the final period for a 26-17 victory Sunday. Ben Leber returned Kitna's fumble one yard for a touchdown to cut Detroit's lead to 17-16 and Ryan Longwell made a 20-yard field goal to give the Vikings a 19-16 ...

The Minnesota Vikings will move their game against Detroit from Sunday to Monday night if the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics go to a fifth game in their first-round baseball playoff series. The Vikings-Lions game is scheduled for Sunday at noon CDT at the Metrodome, but Game 5 of the Twins-A's series would also be Sunday at the Metrodome. The football teams will wait until a fifth game in the ...

Buffalo quarterback J.P. Losman did just enough to provide the Bills with enough points to hold off another comeback by the Minnesota Vikings. Losman passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and set up another score with a 15-yard scramble Sunday and Buffalo beat Minnesota 17-12 when the clock ran out with the Vikings on the Bills' 16-yard line. A week ago, Losman had three turnovers in a loss to the New York Jets, but the second-year starter ...