As a result, nearly every Tenjin shrine across Japan—numbering around 12,000—features plum trees. At Egara Tenjin, over 100 trees bloom, but the most striking are the pair sporting red and ...

James K. Duncan, born on June 13, 1938, in Sheridan, Wyoming, passed away on January 7, 2025. After graduating high school, he served in the Navy from 1957 to 1962. Post-service, he became a ...

In the end, it was Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell who bagged the Coach of the Year award after leading his team to a 14-3 record in the regular season. Accompanying O'Connell for ...

O'Connell will be entering the final year of his contract in 2025, meaning he's up for an extension this offseason. He told reporters on Thursday that those discussions have begun, but he intends ...

Do you, Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell, want to sign an extension to remain in Minnesota? “I do,” O’Connell said Thursday, per The Athletic. And do you, Vikings brass, want to keep ...

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year during Thursday night’s NFL Honors program in New Orleans. In his third season as Minnesota’s ...

Last summer, longtime NFL quarterback Colt McCoy was trying to explain what made Kevin O’Connell different from other NFL coaches. “As smart as he is with X’s and O’s,” McCoy said ...

Head coach Kevin O'Connell all but confirmed Darnold as a candidate to play elsewhere in 2025, telling reporters Friday that the quarterback has "earned the right to be a free agent" in March.

The Minnesota Vikings' quarterback dilemma isn't as complicated as it appears, according to head coach Kevin O'Connell. As Sam Darnold is poised to test free agency as the No. 1 quarterback on the ...

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold may be a hot enough property come this offseason, that the Vikings may not be interested in his services anymore. The first-round quarterback ...

Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell might have just laid bare his preferences at his Coach of the Year press conference. "Our goal is to win a championship and Sam Darnold is going to be a huge ...

Further complicating things was a report Thursday that Coach of the Year winner Kevin O'Connell told reporters after winning the award that Darnold is going to be a "huge part" of Minnesota's goal ...