Top 25 (8) Arizona - Arizona St (LATE) Vikings cut WR Thielen after 10 years with home-state team
MINNEAPOLIS — adam thielen grew up in Minnesota as an avid fan of the Vikings, a sports-loving kid who desired to one day catch passes just like cris carter and randy Moss.
the Vikings released thielen on Friday for salary-cap relief, nearly 10 years after he latched on with them as an undrafted underdog.
thielen was carrying the second-largest cap hit on the club behind quarterback Kirk cousins. the move will stick the Vikings with more than $13.5 million in dead money for 2023, but they created $6.4 million in additional space by cutting him.
Pats safety Mccourty retiring after 13 NFL seasons
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — devin Mccourty has only known one home during his NFL career since being selected by the New England Patriots as a first-round draft pick out of rutgers in 2010.
three Super Bowl rings and 13 seasons later, he’s walking away from the sport as one of the Patriots’ most decorated and respected players on and off the field.
the veteran safety announced his retirement in an Instagram video Friday, calling his career “a great ride.”
Mccourty, 35, went into the offseason wavering about his future with the Patriots along with fellow longtime captain Matt Slater. the 37-year-old Slater ultimately made the decision to return for a 16th season, but Mccourty said the timing felt right to hang up his cleats.
Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory
are, Sweden — Moments after winning her record-tying 86th World cup race, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television.
From one great to another, the 27-year-old american spoke to the 66-year-old Swede of her respect for him and the historic mark he set in 1989 that was long thought to be beyond reach.
Shiffrin matched the Swede’s mark by winning a giant slalom on Friday. She can break the record on Saturday in a slalom race. those are her specialties, just as they were for Stenmark in the 1970s and 80s.