One of the more impressive traits that has emerged with Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer is his ability to not just deal with but embrace different personalities. Not everyone is the same, and it appears Zimmer likes that. On Thursday, he was asked about new wide receiver Mike Wallace.

"He's got some fire, and he comes up to me all of the time and says, 'You can't stop me today,' and stuff like that," Zimmer said. "Hey, I like those guys that are competitors. He works extremely hard. I think he's developing a good relationship with everybody on the football team and not just Teddy [Bridgewater]."

a very good chance Per a statistical model from fivethirtyeight.com, the U.S. has a 99.3 percent chance of advancing through group play at the World Cup.

windfall Losing Miguel Ibarra is a blow to Minnesota United on the field, but getting a seven-figure transfer fee is a huge deal for that organization.