Rick Spielman's Best And Worst Draft Picks As Vikings GM
Good or bad, Rick Spielman made plenty of impactful draft picks as general manager of the Minnesota Vikings.
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Good or bad, Rick Spielman made plenty of impactful draft picks as general manager of the Minnesota Vikings.
After the Vikings failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season and the fifth time in eight years, the team has reportedly fired head coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman.
The Mike Zimmer era is officially over in Minnesota.
Since the Vikings will be watching the playoffs from home, it's time for the team and its fans to start looking to the future.
A young Farmington hockey player received a special sendoff Sunday morning as he faces off against a tough opponent.
Vikings fans endured temperatures with wind chills in the minus 20s to support their team one final time prior to Sunday's home contest against the Chicago Bears.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored a season-high 40 points, D'Angelo Russell added 22 points and 10 assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves won their fourth straight game, beating the Houston Rockets 141-123 on Sunday night.
The second-year star wide receiver, who caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins to tie the game with 13:35 remaining, wound up 17 yards short of establishing a franchise single-season record for receiving yards.
Kirk Cousins passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns in the second half to lead a Minnesota Vikings comeback to beat the Chicago Bears 31-17 on Sunday in a matchup of two eliminated teams with a head coach in danger of being fired.
Chloe Bibby scored 23 points to lead a balanced offense and help No. 10 Maryland beat Minnesota 87-73 on Sunday.
Jamison Battle scored 19 points, Payton Willis 18 and E.J. Stephens 12 for the Gophers.
The Vikings are expected to move on from head coach Mike Zimmer this week, league sources said, though longtime general manager Rick Spielman is likely to remain with the organization.
Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau scored in the shootout as the short-handed Minnesota Wild took advantage of a Washington Capitals own-goal in a 3-2 win on Saturday night.
D'Angelo Russell had 27 points and 12 assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-105 on Friday night for their third straight victory.
Confidence might be the most critical of the ingredients necessary for coaching in the NFL, working in a high-stakes league and such a high-intensity sport.
