Did Vikings visit America in the distant past, leaving evidence by carving runes on a massive stone in eastern Oklahoma? It's still a mystery.

In perhaps the highest-stakes Week 18 matchup in NFL history, the Detroit Lions rolled the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 to lock up the No. 1 seed in the NFC and win the NFC North. With the loss ...

The Detroit Lions claimed the NFC North crown on Sunday night, defeating the Minnesota Vikings in an epic 31-9 showdown between the two 14-win teams at Ford Field. Our Free Press photographers ...

Instead, the Lions (15-2) won the NFC North after sweeping their season series with the Vikings for the second consecutive year. The teams could meet for a third time in the divisional round of ...

Detroit — The Minnesota Vikings came at the king. And missed. For the second straight year, the Detroit Lions are NFC North champions, and for the first time since the 1970 merger, they’re NFC ...

Sunday night’s regular-season finale against its division rival Minnesota Vikings allowed Detroit to achieve franchise history in a defacto NFC North title game. The Lions leaned on running back ...

Gibbs scored three of his franchise-record tying four touchdowns in the second half, and the Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 on Sunday night to win their second straight NFC North title.

The Minnesota Vikings are making NFL playoff history, but not the kind the franchise would prefer. Minnesota's 31-9 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 18 means the Vikings will miss out on ...

Back-to-back division winners in the NFC North and got the No. 1 seed, 15 wins, I just couldn't be more proud of those guys." Detroit's defense was terrific all night, holding the Vikings out of ...

and the Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 on Sunday night to win their second straight NFC North title and earn home-field advantage until the Super Bowl. "Everybody's got to come ...