Monday's Sports in Brief

Source: sportsup365.com --- Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Monday’s Sports in Brief PRO Football RENTON, Wash. (AP) Seattle coach Pete Carroll was fined $200,000 and the Seahawks have been fined $400,000 and will lose a fifth-round draft choice for violating the NFL’s work rules on contact in the offseason. The Seahawks will forfeit the draft pick in 2017 and also lose a week of organized team activities for allowing excessive contact in an OTA on June 6. That is prohibited by the labor agreement with the players’ union. Seahawks players will be paid for the canceled sessions in 2017. The league cited Carroll as ”responsible for maintaining appropriate control over practices and intervening if prohibited conduct occurs.” EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has a torn meniscus in his right knee, coach Mike Zimmer said. The Vikings are still evaluating the injury and have not yet determined how much time he will miss. Zimmer initially announced the nature of the injury while recording his weekly appearance on a local radio show and told KFXN-FM that he has not yet ruled out Peterson for the game on Sunday against Carolina. Peterson was meeting with team doctors and athletic trainers to discuss his options, which include surgery to address the injury. Peterson, the 2012 NFL MVP, was injured in the third quarter of Minnesota’s 17-14 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night on a 5-yard run, his longest of the night. He needed crutches to exit U ...

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