The Latest Breaking News from Bud Grant

Vrabel, Macdonald Get Defensive Coaches Off Super Bowl Schneid That Dates to Bill Belichick

Belichick was the last defense-focused head coach to appear in a Super Bowl.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 31

A Modern History of Controversial NFL Coach Postgame Handshakes

Ben Johnson and Matt LaFleur’s quick postgame greeting is only the latest of a long history of icy NFL handshakes.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 16

Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield has strong finish in win over Vikings

Mayfield, the first overall pick in the 2018 draft who landed with his fourth team in three years to take over for the retired Tom Brady, completed 21 of 34 passes after a 3-for-11 start.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2023

Jim Souhan: Nothing in the pro sports landscape can touch the NFL

MINNEAPOLIS — On Sunday, the Vikings memorialized Bud Grant. On Monday, at the league's spring meetings, the NFL conjured a sentence the Hall of Famer could not have comprehended when he was coaching:

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Jim Souhan: Vikings legend Bud Grant remembered with fondness, humor

The subject of the Bud Grant memorial service would have approved of the tenor of the ceremony. The dress code was casual, as were the conversations.

Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023

U.S. Senate honors Bud Grant as national hero

The United States Senate honored former Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant for his accomplishments

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 21, 2023

Vikings to hold public celebration of life for Bud Grant on May 21st

The Minnesota Vikings will be holding a public celebration of life for Bud Grant on May 21st at U.S. Bank Stadium.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 19, 2023

Dennis Anderson: Bud Grant hunted peace and thrills far from football fields

Whether Bud Grant was a football coach who happened to hunt and fish, or was a hunter and fisherman who happened to coach football, was difficult at times to tell.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

Private memorial set for former Vikings head coach Bud Grant

The family of the late Bud Grant has announced that they will be holding a private memorial service for the former Minnesota #Vikings coach

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 15, 2023

Bud Grant, Hall of Fame coach of powerful Vikings teams, dies at 95

“No single individual more defined the Minnesota Vikings than Bud Grant. A once-in-a-lifetime man, Bud will forever be synonymous with success, toughness, the North and the Vikings,” owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf said in a joint statement.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 12, 2023