Adrian Peterson

Adrian Peterson says he has realized the error of his ways and will no longer use a switch to discipline his kids, although critics say it's too little, too late.

In a new interview with USA Today, he says he understands why people are upset by Peterson whooping his son with a switch and vows not to do so again.

Go ahead and waive Adrian Peterson now, fantasy football owners. He won't be earning you any points for the rest of 2014.

The National Football League has suspended the embattled Minnesota Vikings running back for the rest of the regular season, approximately two months after he was indicted for child abuse.

Embattled NFL star Adrian Peterson just struck a plea deal in his child abuse case that will allow him to avoid jail time for whooping his son with a switch.

It was not immediately clear what he would plead guilty to, but it will be a lesser charge that does not carry any time behind bars, according to reports.

Adrian Peterson's attorney was in court today in an attempt to expedite his child abuse case, so that the suspended NFL star can get back on the field.

Peterson is not ducking the matter, that's for sure, having already admitted using a switch to discipline his son and offered a long, public mea culpa.

Adrian Peterson thinks it's so sad that the public will believe anything reported in the media these days. What he's talking about remains a mystery, however.

The suspended NFL star apparently doesn't want to elaborate on the alleged falsehoods you may have heard about him, in case you haven't heard about them.

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for the NFL and Adrian Peterson, a new scandal has gone public today, as the Minnesota Star-Tribune is reporting that Peterson used funds from his Peterson's All Day charity to purchase alcohol and rent a hotel room for an all-night orgy that erupted in violence.

Adrian Peterson is deactivated indefinitely from the Minnesota Vikinis a stunning development for one of the most prolific and talented athletes in professional football.

Having used a switch to "whoop" his son, age four years, until he bled so badly that Peterson's baby mama was concerned, the NFL star faces child abuse charges.

As the NFL slowly becomes nothing more than a safe place where young men can put on helmets to keep from being recognized by their mug shots, we look to the players who haven't been arrested for assaulting women or children hoping to find some insight and actual human compassion.

What we get instead is a whole lot of ignorant BS being spewed in interviews and on Twitter:

You may wanna remove Adrian Peterson from your starting fantasy football team lineup, readers.

A couple days after saying Peterson would return to the squad and suit up for this Sunday's game against the Saints, the Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and placed the star on the NFL's exempt/commissioner's permission list.

This has been the worst PR week in the history of the National Football League.

Star Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has basically admitted to child abuse. Ray Rice knocked out then-fianee Janay Palmer with a punch, shedding light on other domestic violence cases in the NFL and the league's lax policy when it comes to alleged offenders.

Adrian Peterson has been accused of child abuse for the second time in less than a week.

According to a new report by KHOU, the Minnesota Vikings running back sent a different four-year old son back to his mother last June with a scar on his forehead.

Earlier today, Adrian Peterson was reinstated by the Minnesota Vikings.

He'll be on the field next Sunday when the team goes up against the New Orleans Saints.

On Friday, Adrian Peterson was indicted on child abuse charges.

Perhaps having learned from the Ray Rice scandal earlier in the week, the Minnesota Vikings immediately deactivated Peterson for their week 2 game against the New England Patriots.

After being indicted on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child, Adrian Peterson turned himself over to the police in Houston early Saturday morning.

He was booked at approximately 1 a.m. and released once he posted $15,000 bond.

We have an update on the Adrian Peterson indictment.

As previously reported, the star Minnesota Vikings running back was indicted this afternoon in Montgomery County on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted today for "reckless or negligent injury to a child." Both Peterson and his lawyer have declined to comment.

Peterson missed practice yesterday, but the Vikings say the absence was unrelated to the charges brought against him today. 

Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson is a married man.

The all-universe NFL running back recently tied the knot to girlfriend Ashley Brown, with whom he has been in a relationship, on and off, since his college days.

Minnesota Vikings' running back Adrian Peterson's son was killed in 2013, allegedly by Joseph Robert Patterson - a boyfriend of the boy's mother.

Astonishingly, Patterson was freed on $750,000 bond while he awaited trial. That waiting period came to an end today, as Patterson was arrested for allegedly kidnapping the child's mother.

The man who allegedly beat Minnesota Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson's two-year-old son to death earlier this month has been charged with murder.

Joseph Patterson faces one count of second degree murder and two counts of first degree manslaughter, as well as aggravated battery of an infant.

Adrian Peterson's baby count continues to rise - publicly at least - after another woman came forward to say she has a son with the NFL star.

Bobby Ruffin, the man who raised Adrian Peterson's son, says he is tired of all the media coverage and people feeling bad for the 2012 NFL MVP.

Adrian Peterson's son died Friday from severe injuries from an alleged beating. The boyfriend of the boy's mother has been arrested and charged.

Reigning NFL MVP Adrian Peterson only recently learned he was the father of a two-year-old boy in South Dakota, and met him for the first time Thursday.

This occurred while the child was on life support. He didn't recover. Adrian Peterson's son died Friday from injuries sustained in an alleged assault.