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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Adrian Peterson missed Minnesota Vikings practice for the second straight day, but the team does expect the star running back to make the trip to Kansas City this weekend. Peterson missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday for what the team called personal reasons. He has not played in the first two preseason games and coach Mike Zimmer hinted earlier that he didnt really see a need to play him much at all for the entire exhibition season. The Vikings have been giving more work to Petersons backup, Matt Asiata. Linebacker Chad Greenway did return to practice on Thursday after sitting out on Wednesday to rest a sore wrist. The Vikings play at Kansas City on Saturday. Chidobe Awuzie Jersey . The weekend at Oriole Park has been less kind, with three players suffering varying degrees of injury. The worst ailment of the three, at least optically, is the deep bone bruise suffered by Adam Lind when he fouled a pitch off the top of his right foot in the sixth inning of Saturdays game. Deonte Thompson Jersey . Kalish got his first hit since Sept. 11, 2012, when he rapped an RBI triple in the first inning Sunday in the Chicago Cubs 8-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. http://www.cowboysfootballgearshop.com/allen-hurns-jersey/ . Noah finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in 34 minutes. He was headed for his fourth triple-double of the season, but sat down with about three minutes left because of the lopsided score. Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points for Chicago, going 5 for 6 on 3-pointers, Carlos Boozer added 18 points, D. Leighton Vander Esch Jersey . Basketball fans around the globe will be watching as Kobe Bryant makes his season debut - 240 days after tearing his left Achilles - against Toronto, a team he has used as his own personal punching bag. Allen Hurns Cowboys Jersey . While plenty of statistics illustrate Torontos turnaround in the second year of manager Ryan Nelsens tenure, stopping goals is not one of them.PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Portland leads with 54 points and Real Salt Lake is second, one point back. The Timbers clinched a playoff spot earlier in the day when Seattle lost to FC Dallas. It marks the first time Portland has made the playoffs since joining MLS in 2011. Timbers head coach Caleb Porter is proud of the accomplishment, but doesnt want to stop there. "It is a big thing for this club, its a milestone that were happy about," Porter said. "But its not just about being in the playoffs. Theres still a lot of work to be done and we want to be a club thats not just in the playoffs, but making a run to win it." Real Salt Lake will clinch a playoff spot if San Jose loses to Los Angeles on Sunday. Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis saw the match as a good preview for the upcoming playoffs. "I look at it as a positive and say if we can perform like that as we go into the playoffs, thinking well have a home--and-away series, this is what you have to do when youre away.dddddddddddd" The Timbers had the best opportunities in a match that featured plenty of attacking, first when a pass by Jose Adolfo Valencia barely eluded Kalif Alhassan just in front of goal in the 43rd minute. Then in the 65th minute, Alhassan was denied by Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando with a diving save to his right. And in second half stoppage time, Rimando made a fantastic point-blank double save to deny Portland a late winner. "Were going to need a player like Nick to do that if were going to have any chance to win the Cup," Kreis said. Real Salt Lakes best opportunity came when Luis Gils header off Chris Wingerts cross skipped wide of the goal in the 12th minute. "The goals were there to be scored," Kreis said. "It was just one of those nights where they werent taken." Both teams will close out the regular season against Chivas USA. Real Salt Lake will host the last-place team Wednesday and Portland travels to Los Angeles on Saturday. ' ' '