Don Pierson

This is the first full-fledged bye week of the season. The NFC East gets the day off so everybody else is glad. With two undefeated teams-the Eagles and Cowboys-and the...

Chicago`s Dorothy Hinton won`t be among the dozens of fans in Soldier Field Sunday watching her son, Chris, play for the Atlanta Falcons. Mike Kenn`s parents, Leo and Isabel ''Sis''...

Randall Cunningham and Phil Simms are back. Joe Montana and Jeff Hostetler aren`t. Some fantasy football fanatics already have been blown out of the water before the 73rd NFL season...

To Mike Ditka, sports represents so much progress in race relations that the Los Angeles riot had virtually no sociological meaning. ''Are you going to isolate a thing that happened...

Radio helmet communication between quarterbacks and offensive tackles will be used by four undetermined teams during a preseason experiment to overcome crowd noise. Saints President Jim Finks, chairman of the...

Mike Ditka underwent total replacement surgery on his left hip Thursday in Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke`s Hospital eight years after undergoing a similar procedure for his right hip. Dr. Mitchell Sheinkop...

The Bills complained about the officiating during the game, but coach Marv Levy was subdued afterward. ''I told myself on the way down here that I prefer not to say...

Super Bowl week was interrupted constantly by news conferences for NFC Central Division teams. The Vikings` Dennis Green had two press conference, one to introduce himself as new head coach...

The Bills figure they have an edge on undersized center Jeff Bostic, but Washington`s blocking schemes are so well-conceived and executed that nobody has overpowered the Hogs at any point....

Washington provides maximum pass protection for quarterback Mark Rypien. Tight ends Warren and Middleton played a major role during a season in which the Redskins gave up only nine sacks....