An employee of a Twin Cities school district in a position involving the supervision of elementary students has been charged ...

J.J. McCarthy, left, or Sam Darnold, right? Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell says it's "way too early" to know the team's direction at quarterback. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Sam Darnold’s horrific stretch over ... Despite the Vikings officially turning the page to the playoffs, the ghost of Week 18 came back to haunt Darnold on Monday night, when the quarterback ...

And for the NFL season’s first 17 weeks, Minnesota’s decision to sign Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10 million contract last spring looked like one of the league’s best bargains. Originally ...

"Sam Darnold picked the right time to have a career year." Two things can most definitely be true. With the Vikes vanquished and Darnold’s one-year contract set to expire, both parties are ...

Brian Flores' swaggering defense was humbled. Most disappointing, and perhaps most impactful, fairy tale quarterback Sam Darnold lost his magic at exactly the wrong time. Darnold joins a storied ...

January 16 - Sam Darnold closed out 2024 as one of the feel-good NFL stories of the year. The 27-year-old journeyman had led Minnesota to a 14-2 record ahead of a Week 18 showdown against the ...

It could be argued Sam Darnold cost himself a lot of money over his last couple games, but one Minnesota Vikings legend says Darnold's done enough to remain the team's quarterback. In his first 16 ...

For most of the 2024 season, Sam Darnold enjoyed a magical journey loaded with euphoric moments that exceeded every expectation set for the former first-round bust. Under coach Kevin O'Connell ...

But when it mattered most against the Lions in Week 18 and against the Rams in the playoffs, we saw ghost-fearing Sam Darnold. "Isn't a part of that him holding onto the football for too damn long?

“When the lights got the brightest, Sam Darnold reverted to his ghost-seeing ways,” Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio wrote on January 14. “That makes it a lot easier to allow Darnold to ...