Don Pierson

Desperation games dot the NFL landscape after only two weeks. In Denver, the winless Broncos take on the winless Los Angeles Raiders in the best game of the weak. Both...

Quarterback Jim McMahon was named by Buddy Ryan to start for the Arizona Cardinals in place of Steve Beuerlein this Sunday in Cleveland. The announcement made Wednesday marks the first...

All other teams should pause to watch Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs play Steve Young and the San Francisco 49ers, a truly rare matchup of ex-teammates. "It's just...

With NFL history swirling around him, Stanford coach Bill Walsh is preparing for Northwestern. Monday night, as Jerry Rice set the all-time touchdown record of 127 with three scores against...

The NFL's 75th season carries such universal appeal that baseball stopped to observe. Opening day, however, includes only one old traditional matchup. The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles started...

CENTRAL 1. Packers NFC Central Division teams appear to be emerging from a long winter's nap. If Brett Favre shakes off his youth and Steve McMichael and Sean Jones shake...

CENTRAL 1. Steelers Already, receiver Charles Johnson looks like rookie of the year. This is a fairly solid all-around team that coach Bill Cowher felt required video surveillance in training-camp...

Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones smooth-talked his way around a major rift with coach Jimmy Johnson Wednesday by labeling their confrontations on Monday and Tuesday as "humorous," "no big deal,"...

The scout for the Buffalo Bills, A.J. Smith, said he was watching the Kansas City Chiefs play the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card playoff round. The Steelers looked as though...

The Giants-Cowboys game for the NFC East Division championship and the Packers-Lions game for the NFC Central Division represent the first time there have been two winner-take-all games for division...