Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield is listed as doubtful to play in Sunday's game.
Coach Brad Childress says Winfield made "a lot of progress" from Wednesday to Thursday in practice, but he gave the Pro Bowl player a 25 percent chance of being cleared to return Sunday against Seattle.

Minnesota coach Brad Childress says he is reviewing an offer from the Vikings on a contract extension.
Childress spoke briefly to reporters after practice Thursday, but did not say an agreement has been reached. He said there was a document waiting on his desk that he intended to look over.

In a new development this week, the Indoor Football League added two franchises to its recently expanding roster of teams. During a conference call on Thursday November 19, 2009, the IFL Board of Directors voted to accept the Arkansas Twisters and Tri-Cities Fever into America’s Premier Indoor Football League.

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield has given himself an "85 percent" chance of returning to play this week.

Winfield hurt his right foot on Oct. 18 against Baltimore and sat out the last three games. He participated in much of Wednesday's practice, saying afterward if he's not ready for Sunday's game against Seattle he's "100 percent" sure he'll play the following week against Chicago.

The Sioux Falls Skyforce waived guards Justin Johnson, Lawrence McKenzie, Nate Miles and Bruce Price along with forward Rodney Alexander today. The active roster now stands at 11 players.
Following is the list of players remaining on the training camp roster:

Name Pos Ht Wt From Status
David Bailey G 5-8 165 Loyola-Chicago Returning
Keith Brumbaugh F 6-10 215 Hillsborough CC Returning
Draelon Burns G 6-4 200 DePaul Draft Pick
Pete Campbell F 6-7 220 Butler Draft Pick
Leemire Goldwire G 5-11 190 Charlotte Draft Pick
Michael Joiner F 6-7 230 Florida State Returning
Joe Krabbenhoft* F 6-7 219 Wisconsin Allocation
Mike Nelson* G 6-4 185 North Dakota State Local Tryout
Greg Stiemsma C 6-11 260 Wisconsin Returning
Raymond Sykes* F 6-9 225 Clemson Draft Pick
Reggie Williams F 6-6 210 VMI Draft Pick
* – Rookie

The team will travel to Hazelton, N.D.

When Nate Tibbetts left the Skyforce to take the job in Tulsa, team owners Mike and Greg Heineman didn't have to look very far to find his replacement, promoting assistant coach Tony Fritz to his first-ever head coaching position.
There's a certain identity Fritz wants his team to have.

"I want them to be tough, and work hard," he said.

Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels says he won't know until later in the week if quarterback Kyle Orton's sprained left ankle will prevent him from playing against San Diego.
Orton was injured just before halftime of Denver's 27-17 loss at Washington on Sunday after throwing for nearly 200 yards and two long touchdowns to Brandon Marshall.

The Minnesota Twins have new logos and uniforms for their new era of outdoor baseball.
Pitcher Scott Baker and outfielder Denard Span were at a downtown news conference Monday to model the outfits.

Span wore a 1961-style cream-colored, red-trimmed jersey with blue "Twins" script lettering and pinstripes.

The Minnesota Vikings committed 13 penalties and turned the ball over three times in the red zone against Detroit on Sunday.
They were able to overcome those errors in a 27-10 victory over the hapless Lions. But the Vikings know they won't be able to afford such carelessness against better opponents down the line as they chase home-field advantage for the playoffs.

Even when Sidney Rice is tightly covered, Brett Favre isn't afraid to fire a pass downfield.
Favre's new favorite receiver just keeps fighting through the contact and coming up with the ball, perhaps finally making Minnesota fans forget Randy Moss.

Favre passed for a season-high 344 yards, 201 to Rice, and the Vikings overcame several self-inflicted setbacks to beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 on Sunday.

The Washington Redskins broke the 17-point barrier for the first time this season and ended a four-game losing streak with a 27-17 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The Broncos lost their third straight and had to play the second half with Chris Simms at quarterback after Kyle Orton left with an ankle injury.

The Kansas City Chiefs might want to think about moving to Oakland - or at least trying to play the Raiders more often.
Jamaal Charles scored on a 44-yard run for Kansas City's first rushing touchdown of the season and the Chiefs used a late interception to win their seventh straight game in Oakland, 16-10 on Sunday.

Charles Woodson helped Green Bay's defense finally play up to its potential against a big-time opponent, forcing two fumbles and picking off a pass by Tony Romo on the goal line in a 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
It wasn't a pretty win for the Packers (5-4), but it might have saved their season after back-to-back demoralizing losses.

Josh Stamer, a former standout on The University of South Dakota football team, has signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.
Stamer , a veteran linebacker, signed the contract Wednesday. The Browns will play host to the Ravens at 7:30 p.m. Monday night in Cleveland (the game will be televised on ESPN's Monday Night Football).

The Sioux Falls Storm is pleased to announce that Sean Treasure has officially signed on to lead the Storm running attack in 2010.
Treasure will be entering his 4th Season as running back for the Storm. 2009 was a record setting season for Treasure with 812 yards in 13 games setting a Storm single season rushing record.

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield says his injured right foot still isn't quite ready and he will not play against Detroit on Sunday.
The Pro Bowler has missed the last two games and was hoping to be ready coming off the bye week. He practiced in full gear all week but says he still feels pain when he cuts on the foot.

Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Malone tied it 3 on a backhander during a power play with Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki off the ice for an extra skater.

The former owner of the Sioux Falls Storm football team is facing new claims that he failed to pay bills.
The latest claims bring to 23 the number of pending Minnehaha County civil lawsuits involving Kent Vucurevich. He completed the transfer of the United Indoor Football League team last month.

Greg Oden sure looked like a franchise center Wednesday night.
Oden had 18 points and 11 rebounds in three quarters to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 107-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Rudy Fernandez added 15 points for the Blazers, who have won four in a row and are off to their best start since 1999 at 6-3.

The NBA Development League announced today it will expand the playoff format for the 2009-10 season to three rounds of three-game series. The 2010 NBA D-League postseason is set to begin as early as April 7, 2010.
For the first time, the eight qualifying teams will play best-of-three series in both the quarter- and semi-finals, leading up to the third consecutive year of best-of-three Final series.