Don Pierson

America is looking for a new team. Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman know their Dallas Cowboys have worn out their welcome. "There's an old saying, `Everybody loves a champion,' "...

It used to be a league rule to play both ways. Now it's a commercial break. Deion Sanders has turned the word "both" into a one-syllable enterprise. When he lines...

Alcohol, the legal drug, causes the NFL and its image-makers all kinds of headaches. To control its abuse, the league is practically forced by law to wait until a player...

AFC WEST KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 95 Record 13-3, 1st Coach: Marty Schottenheimer Training site: University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Key additions: First and second-round defensive backs Jerome Woods and Reggie Tongue....

The on-and-off relationship between Shane Matthews and the Bears was off again Friday when the quarterback was waived to make room for a free agent, special-teams linebacker Greg Briggs. A...

With another draft completed and the free-agent marketplace winding down, the next NFL season is now in the hands of the nation's law-enforcement community. The balance of power no longer...

If Simeon Rice is suddenly the second-best defensive player on the Illinois team to Kevin Hardy, that doesn't mean he's second fiddle. The pass-rushing Rice is also rated the second-best...

This could be the best showing by the Big Ten in the NFL draft since, well, last year. If Illinois defensive stars Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice go in the...

The Bears showed free-agent tackle Richard Cooper of the Saints and wide receiver Billy Brooks of the Bills around Halas Hall in Lake Forest Tuesday, but signed Canadian League placekicker...

The best of the available free-agent crop. *--Indicates position where Bears need help. (R)--Indicates restricted free agent; team has right to match offer. List subject to change before free-agent signing...