Blair Walsh

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT Joe Webb is going from Christian Ponder's backup to George Stewart's pet project in Minnesota. The Vikings are transitioning Webb back to wide receiver after three seasons as a...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday because the veteran punter...

The transition from junior high to varsity track hasn't been difficult for Bradley Davidson. The Devils Lake freshman has emerged as one of the top North Dakota Class A sprinters. He's also been a big surprise to his coaches. "I don't know if he was...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the is fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday...

The NFL Network has started to slowly reveal its list of the top 100 players of the 2012 season. But knowing how little thought some players give while filling out their ballots, I have a hard time taking that list seriously. The list that interested me...

The Sports Xchange Buy a Kluwe: Vikings punter expects to land on his feet EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks. But that's what happens when...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Updated: Reflects Kluwe released Outspoken Kluwe released, Locke steps in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks. But that's what happens when the incumbent punter about to...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT By most, if not all accounts, the Vikings had an excellent draft, adding three potential star players who will either become starters or major contributors immediately. Defensive...

If you were hoping this weekend's draft would help the Vikings fill all their needs and settle the depth chart at every position, here's the obligatory reminder that there's still a long road between now and the Sept. 8 season opener in Detroit. Despite...

After winning a combined nine games in 2010 and 2011 with an old team, the Vikings again have built an impressive roster. I like where they are. I hate how they got here. Perhaps only in the NFL can one praise the results of a team's decisions while...

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe took it in stride when told Saturday afternoon that his team had just used its fifth-round draft pick on Jeff Locke, a big-legged punter from UCLA. "If the Vikings end up cutting me, I'll find a job somewhere else," Kluwe...