Adrian Peterson

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has made mince meat out of opposing NFL defenses, but can he handle a high, hard one from USA Softball's Jennie Finch?

28-year old Joseph Robert Patterson, the man charged with the murder of Minnesota Viking's running back Adrian Peterson's son in October 2013, has been arrested again after kidnapping and attacking the child's mother.

Because we don't have a professional sports team here in North Dakota, we're stuck cheering for teams in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. That's why it's not very surprising that Adrian Peterson is North Dakota's most Googled athlete.

The Minnesota Vikings have at least one quarterback returning, as the team has re-signed Matt Cassel to a two-year deal, according to ESPN.

Within minutes of the news that Adrian Peterson’s son was on life support after a savage beating, slimy Facebook pages and websites looking for a little publicity started using photos of Adrian’s other son, as if he was the child who died. Now Adrian’s asking it to end.

Adrian Peterson's two-year-old son has died from the injuries allegedly suffered at the hand of 27-year-old Joseph Patterson.

UPDATE 1:40 p.m. ET: TMZ reports the boy is on life support with no brain activity since 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Sources say that if the child fails to show any signs of improvement over the course of the next 24 hours his mother wants to take him off of life support and donate his organs.