GREEN BAY -- Packers RB Josh Jacobs, who was questionable on the injury report with a knee injury, is inactive for Sunday's game vs. the Vikings. Rookie WR Matthew Golden, also questionable with a shoulder injury, also is out. DL Lukas Van Ness, who hasn't played since Week 6 vs. Cincinnati due to a foot injury, makes his return.

Justin Jefferson is all but assured of missing the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons, but he's doing the right things on the field and saying the right things off it.

The Minnesota Vikings have lost four of their last five games. Their next shot to rejuvenate their fading playoff hopes comes Sunday against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.

The Department of Justice wants to join the cruise ship industry's lawsuit against the state over a new tax on passengers visiting the islands.

Green Bay Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left one young man in the hospital and another behind bars.

Football matches on England's largest traditional village green were cancelled after it was damaged by a car. The criminal cruising in Great Bentley, Essex, left about 100 youngsters unable to play their games on Sunday. Alex Jones, chairman of Great Bentley Youth FC, said families were "absolutely gutted" by the act, which trashed two pitches.

When the green beans are cooked, he ladles them into the mushroom puree, warming them in the same pan, and folds in 1/2 a cup of Parmesan cheese and a 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar. "If your mixture is too thick, drizzle some more cream on top," he tells me.

University of Washington football followers knew him as Jaivion Green, but he's much less formal now at Stanford, answering simply to Jay. No matter what you ca