MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings will open their optional team practices this week without Adrian Peterson, a source confirmed to ESPN.com's Ben Goessling. The news was reported earlier Sunday by ...

Though Adrian Peterson has said that a fresh start with a new team might be beneficial, coach Mike Zimmer told ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder that he believes the star running back will return to the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings' 2-4 start has featured all manner of stressors for first-year coach Mike Zimmer -- injuries to key players, three starting quarterbacks in the team's first five ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer doesn't want the Green Bay Packers to know who his starting quarterback will be. He's committed enough to that goal that the Vikings players ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer began his Thursday news conference by refuting a report that he had slaughtered stuffed animals last week as part of a motivational ploy.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was able to travel to Florida with the team after two surgeries on his detached retina earlier this month, and he was on the sideline for Minnesota's ...