Minnesota Wild

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minutes after Adrian Peterson lost a fourth-quarter fumble at the San Diego 20-yard line, the ball was back in his hands. He rumbled around right end, paused to set up his blocks, and sprinted 46 yards up the sideline for Minnesota's game-clinching touchdown. This rookie doesn't make many mistakes. He simply sets a ...

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- The Cowboys keep finding ways to win -- weird, wacky, harder-than-they-have-to-be ways. Despite dominating Minnesota for most of the game, Dallas did all it could to let the Vikings stay close, even in the lead. Then, when Dallas was about to fall behind again late in the third quarter, Chris Canty blocked a potential field ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- No matter where or how he got the ball Sunday, Adrian Peterson seemed to find the opening in the Chicago Bears' defense. Through the line, around the end, across the field with a split-second cutback and even on kickoff returns, he made the Bears miss. Peterson's record-setting performance put the Minnesota Vikings in ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Somewhere, Michael Vick must have been shaking his head. Joey Harrington just shrugged off Atlanta's season opener as a stroke of bad luck, but this was a troubling start. The Minnesota defense overwhelmed Harrington with six sacks and two interception returns for touchdowns, and rookie running back Adrian Peterson ...