Don Pierson

Dave Wannstedt was preparing one of his speeches to the troops, who are about to invade enemy territory with one prevailing thought: the 49ers can always drop their grenades. Wannstedt...

Defensive end Richard Dent will suit up for the San Francisco 49ers for the first time since Sept. 11 and play Saturday against the Bears, coach George Seifert said Monday....

Amp Lee, the only Minnesota Viking who did any damage to the Bears on Sunday, is a player the San Francisco 49ers couldn't use, just to provide a sobering glimpse...

One of two things usually happens when the Bears play. They get blown out or they hang around and win close games. Here's why the Bears expect the latter here...

Charge! The most unexpected division winner, the San Diego Chargers, taking charge of the AFC West with a 6-0 start and hanging on to earn a first-round playoff bye by...

Steve Young and Barry Sanders, the Passer and the Runner, are the two unparalleled stars of the 1994 season. Nobody else is close. Their seasons have been as transcendent as...

Oldie but goodie: Joe Montana, 38, coming up with two memorable performances in what could be his last hurrah. On Sept. 11, he beat his old team, the 49ers. On...

Moving on? The unhappy final season for the Rams in Los Angeles by all appearances. They are expected to be in St. Louis next year, barring an unforseen change of...

Babbling Buddy: Buddy Ryan's Arizona Cardinals finish 8-8, failing to make the playoffs and make good on Ryan's boast that Phoenix had "a winner in town." Defiant to the end,...

After struggling all year to make the playoffs with superstar receiver Sterling Sharpe, the Green Bay Packers must now learn to play without him, maybe forever. Sharpe must undergo surgery...