Vikings running back Adrian Peterson reiterates that he hopes to remain in Minnesota until he retires in response to a report that he reached out to Jerry Jones about playing for the Dallas Cowboys.
Peterson issued a statement on Thursday after ESPN reported that he asked Jones about playing in Dallas. Peterson says it “was a casual conversation between NFL colleagues in which I never indicated I wanted to leave the Vikings. I have always said I understand the NFL is a business but that I would love to retire as a Viking.”
Peterson, 29, is in the fourth year of a seven-year contract. The Vikings said “Adrian is an integral part of the organization.”
Tony Stewart will return to Sprint Cup competition Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, ending a three-race hiatus after his car struck and killed a fellow driver during a dirt-track race.
A three-time ?NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, he has not raced since Aug. 9, when he hit Kevin Ward Jr. at a sprint car event in upstate New York.
Stewart hastily pulled out of the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen the next morning, then skipped races at Michigan and Bristol Motor Speedway.
He returns to his No. 14 Chevrolet at Atlanta ranked 26th in the Sprint Cup standings.
Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian says he shares blame with the athletic department for publicizing cornerback Josh Shaw’s bogus story about injuring his ankles while saving his nephew from drowning.
Sarkisian also said Thursday that the suspended Shaw could “potentially” return to the Trojans at some point this season. Sarkisian also said Shaw still hasn’t told the Trojans exactly how he sprained both of his ankles.
Sarkisian says USC’s decision to publicize Shaw’s tall tale “had as much to do with me as anybody else.”
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