Fran Tarkenton helped lead the Giants out of the wilderness when he was acquired in 1967, ending a 17-year playoff drought. Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images ...

And Fran, in our view, nails it. Speaking with Dino Costa of Sirius Mad Dog Radio, Tarkenton said that, if he were the go-between in the fight between the league and the players, “We’d get it done in ...

As a pro-football player, Fran Tarkenton took the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl three times. But National Football League players didn’t make the same kind of money in the 1960s that they ...

"My great friend and teammate Jim Marshall died yesterday," Tarkenton said. "1961 was the first year of the Minnesota Vikings, long time ago. And on that team was Jim Marshall and Fran Tarkenton.

During a balmy Sunday game at Soldier Field in 1967, New York Giants quarterback Fran Tarkenton was being taken down near the goal line. He looked behind him, where offensive guard Darrell Dess stood.

If Kirk Cousins needs advice on scrambling, Fran Tarkenton is just a phone call away. The Vikings’ quarterback spoke Friday about his 10-yard run for a first down that kept a first-quarter drive ...

You may remember that Fran Tarkenton, the former Minnesota Vikings quarterback, didn't have much positive to say about Brett Favre back in August. "I really have no interest in what Brett Favre does.

According to Fran Tarkenton, that’s embarrassing. The former Viking great blasted his old team Tuesday for activating Adrian Peterson leading up to this Sunday’s game in New Orleans.

Tarkenton, who played for Minnesota from 1961-66 and 1972-78, brought a prop to the meeting, the game ball he received from the first time the expansion Vikings took the field. In the Sept. 17 ...