Lex Hilliard

Everyone up here spent Sunday distracted by Hurricane Sandy. The Jets, at least, should have been more concerned about the gathering storm that is their AFC East rival. For just the second time in the last nine years, the Dolphins (4-3) have a winning...

— We figured that Devin McCourty owed some of his teammates dinner. A nice cut of prime rib for Mr. Prime Time Tom Brady maybe, for impeccable efficiency in answering his critics on that last-minute drive in regulation. A big Maine lobster, surely,...

|TV SPORTS|  |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball--Georgetown at Penn State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); South Dakota at Kansas State, 2 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football--Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota...

|TV SPORTS| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) NBA Basketball--New York Knicks at Miami Heat, 7 p.m. (TNT); Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) Men’s College Basketball--Long Beach State at...

Three Things on the Miami Dolphins' wildly successful, remarkably easy 30-9 win over the New York Jets: Thing 1: Monday I posted a blog looking at the Dolphins' special teams under Darren Rizzi and suggesting that could be the difference in this...

As Michael Egnew walked through the Miami Dolphins locker room after Monday’s practice, the rookie tight end paused and took a quick look at a large white rectangular board in the center of the room. This is where the Dolphins update their weekly...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis—U.S. Open, 11 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball—Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 1 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football—Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) MLS Soccer—Portland at Colorado,...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings have been on a mission to get younger ever since an aging team led by Brett Favre bottomed out in his second season in 2010.   The quest was never more evident than by the roster moves they made on Friday night,...

MINNEAPOLIS — Nick Novak’s 45-yard field goal as time expired gave the San Diego Chargers a 12-10 victory on Friday over Minnesota, after Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder struggled along with the rest of the starting offense. Nate Kaeding...

Former Miami Dolphins running back Lex Hilliard has signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported the signing Sunday. Hilliard also tweeted Sunday that he was ''excited to be part of the Minnesota family!''...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Wisconsin vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m. (CBS); Louisville vs. Michigan State, 6:15 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati vs. Ohio State, 8:45 p.m. (CBS); Florida vs. Marquette, 9:17 p.m. (TBS) Major League...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers are 3-1 for the first time in five seasons under Norv Turner, and they’ve done it with workmanlike performances rather than a lot of flash and dash. Philip Rivers was 21 of 31 for 307 yards and one...