ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller for assault and refusing to submit to a chemical test. The gross misdemeanor charges ...

Carl Eller slipped his jersey on at Met Stadium on Dec. 19, 1971, when the Vikings completed an 11-3 regular season with a 27-10 victory over the Bears. The Vikings’ season ended on Christmas with a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &#8212 Two felony charges against Vikings great Carl Eller are being dropped. A judge will rule on two lesser charges stemming from his clash with police last April. An announcement ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was sentenced Monday to 60 days in the county workhouse for resisting Minneapolis police officers after a traffic stop, a punishment that went beyond ...

In Minneapolis, where the football team has yielded far more heartache than happiness, Eller is part of the most hallowed group of former Vikings — the brilliantly named Purple People Eaters, a ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Success came quickly for Carl Eller, a mainstay on a Minnesota Vikings defensive line that dominated the NFL for more than a decade as the Purple People Eaters. Eller's enshrinement into ...

One of the stars of the Purple People Eaters defense for the Minnesota Vikings, defensive lineman Jim Marshall, died at the age of 87. The team reported his death came after a lengthy hospital stay.

The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots may be playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday, but football fans here will be seeing a lot of former Minnesota Vikings, and they will be hearing a lot ...