By SID HARTMAN, Minneapolis Star Tribune

I have covered the Minnesota Twins from Day 1 of their arrival in the Twin Cities, and I can still see it now in Met Stadium: The two lockers closest to the shower belonged to Harmon Killebrew and his closest friend on the team, Bob Allison.

The two were inseparable, on and off the baseball field.

The Minnesota Vikings seem to have a strong interest in securing a veteran quarterback once the NFL lockout ends.

It also might be possible the Vikings and Washington Redskins have had some conversations about a deal for 34-year-old quarterback Donovan McNabb, who definitely won't be a member of his current team once play resumes.

Justin Morneau, the Minnesota Twins first baseman and former American League MVP who has been sidelined since July by a concussion, said he is improving every day.

"We've had more good days than bad days," Morneau said Sunday. "I don't know, what we're waiting for it's got to be a week of good days or whatever it is, so we're still waiting for that.

The Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers suffered his second concussion of the season on Dec. 12 and sat out a game. But he came back Sunday and completed 25 of 37 passes for 404 yards and four touchdowns to lead Green Bay to a 45-17 victory over the Giants, keeping the Packers' playoff hopes alive.

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has often said that the Metrodome, because of the noise generated by the fan support, was the toughest place for him to play when he was a member of the Green Bay Packers.

The Minnesota Vikings have hurt themselves all year with turnover after turnover, especially on the road, a big reason why they had lost nine consecutive road games, including five this season.

When Brett Favre was traded to the New York Jets in 2008, his long, illustrious career with the Green Bay Packers didn't end with the best relations with coach Mike McCarthy and General Manager Ted Thompson.

For those who were yelling "Fire Childress" at the Arizona-Vikings game Sunday, and for those in the media who want to get him fired, you might want to know that over the past three seasons Brad Childress has the fourth-best coaching mark in the NFC and is tied for ninth overall in the NFL.

Apparently, when coach Brad Childress and the Minnesota Vikings put Randy Moss on waivers, they had reasons other than his blast of the organization and his praise for the Patriots and coach Bill Belichick in his self-interview tirade after Sunday's game.

After visiting with Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, I get the idea that to add one more game to his NFL-record streak of 291 consecutive starts is not very important to him if it hurts the team.

Some teams, in order for an injured player to keep a long streak going, might start that player and then quickly take him out.