The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — The preseason is not the regular season.

MINNEAPOLIS — A Feeding Our Future employee on Thursday admitted to taking more than $1.3 million in bribes to help other co-conspirators defraud a federal child nutrition program as part of the nation's largest pandemic fraud case.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves have been easing Karl-Anthony Towns into action after he missed the first part of training camp because of a non-COVID illness.

MINNEAPOLIS — He said the words.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tom Izzo believes teams win championships with guard play.

MINNEAPOLIS — Maybe it was leaving Minnesota for sunny Los Angeles. Maybe it was re-emerging from COVID lockdown with a zest for life. Or maybe it was her destiny all along.

The best and worst PFF grades from the Vikings' Week 5 clash vs the Bears

From Justin Fields' development to the disappearance of the Bears defensive vets, here are our takeaways from Sunday's loss to the Vikings.

The Bears lost 29-22 to the Vikings, but it was far from a demoralizing loss thanks to Justin Fields' growth. Take a look at the action:

Overheard while boarding the flight home from Portland to Minneapolis:

MINNEAPOLIS — All across the visitors locker room at U.S. Bank Stadium, the dismay was obvious. As hard as Chicago Bears players tried to embrace their spirited comeback effort Sunday — a rally from 18 points down to take a fourth-quarter lead — the result remained too painful.