Don Pierson

What rivalry? Today's Bears and Packers wouldn't recognize the smell of bratwurst, let alone appreciate a great rivalry. Packers safety Eugene Robinson was asked his take on the rivalry. "None,"...

If he weren't playing the crippled Bears and beleaguered Dave Wannstedt, Raiders coach Mike White could be the sympathetic character this week. Instead, the ex-Illinois coach returns to the state...

Sure, you would rather have Jim McMahon. The Bears need a good story and McMahon playing again for Mike McCaskey would make everybody forget 1-3. Sid Luckman would be a...

Jim Harbaugh has won football games for the Indianapolis Colts in many ways. On Monday night, the unconventional quarterback won a wrestling match to lead the undefeated Colts to a...

If there is not yet a new world order in the NFL, there is at least intriguing chaos among the developing teams. The Cowboys and 49ers no longer stand apart....

A bad trend: Whenever Dave Wannstedt, Erik Kramer and the Lions are on the same field, Wannstedt loses. He's now 0-5. When Kramer quarterbacked the Lions, Wannstedt was an assistant...

Jim Harbaugh rescued himself and the Indianapolis Colts from oblivion last season. This year, he is saving the entire NFL. In a sport that needs ambassadors after an off-season of...

An unprecedented weekend of matchups looms at the one-quarter mark of the NFL season. League historians scrambled Monday and found it will be the first time there have been four...

Carlos Huerta was one of six new placekickers who got their jobs this season partly for salary cap considerations. The difference between keeping a young kicker and a veteran one...

Season's over. Packers win. In case you missed it, the fledgling NFL race came to a dramatic and sudden halt Monday night in Green Bay. The Packers not only pummeled...