Running back Adrian Peterson has been suspended by the Minnesota Vikings after being indicted in Texas for reckless or negligent injury to a child. Peterson’s four-year old son reportedly suffered ...

NEW YORK (KTRK) -- Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson squares off with the NFL today in a hearing over his punishment for child abuse. Peterson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge ...

The indictment of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson for allegedly using a wooden "switch" to punish his 4-year-old son has put a spotlight on corporal punishment. Though on the downswing in the ...

And if your workplace is anything like the KIRO Radio newsroom, everyone is talking about their experiences as a child and whether or not Peterson went too far. John Curley described how he was ...

The news of Adrian Peterson's arrest for child abuse drew a mixed reaction from other NFL players, reigniting debates about parenting and corporal punishment while demonstrating the cultural divide ...

The NFL players' union has appealed the league's suspension of Adrian Peterson. In a letter to its player representatives and executive committee obtained by ESPN and other media outlets Thursday, the ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Vikings running back Adrian Peterson said Tuesday night that he hopes to enter next season weighing as much as 230 pounds in an effort to better withstand the punishment he endures ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Yes, Adrian Peterson said, the allegation that he struck his young son with a branch is true. No, he does not believe he committed a crime. This type of discipline, he said, is how ...

Who is the best Sooner offensive team ever? Voting ends Friday. MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's son said Wednesday she supports a plea deal that gave ...

Given that physical punishment of children is commonplace, and widely accepted in the US (unlike Sweden, where even spanking was outlawed in 1979), if Adrian Peterson had been more restrained and ...