Don Pierson

If the playoffs started today, the Bears would host the Dallas Cowboys in Soldier Field Jan. 5 or 6. But the race for the third NFC playoff spot and probable...

If the playoffs started today, the Bears would host the Dallas Cowboys in Soldier Field Jan. 5 or 6. But the race for the third NFC playoff spot and probable...

Pro Bowl voting is next week. ''Not the bowl you want to go to,'' Mike Ditka said. ''You`re underpaid in that one.'' If you make it, however, it means contract...

Safeties are the last line of defense and the first reason the Bears are 10-3. Shaun Gayle and Mark Carrier are the best pair of safeties in the league this...

Proudly, the National Football League heads toward the playoffs with 23 of its 28 teams still alive. That includes the Detroit Lions (4-9), who host the Bears Sunday and are...

The all-time Super Bowl team will be announced Monday to kick off the celebration surrounding the 25th Super Bowl Jan. 27 in Tampa. Nine Pittsburgh Steelers look like shoo-ins from...

The 7-3 game between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants was more beautiful than it looked. The NFL said Tuesday it was the second highest-rated Monday night television...

Defense grabbed the biggest game of the year Monday night and choked the glamor out of it, leaving the San Francisco 49ers with a 7-3 victory over the New York...

The Bears will move ahead of the loser of the Giants-49ers game Monday night in San Francisco, but the Bears face a tougher stretch road than either. The loser of...

The Redskins` Richie Petitbon is one of three unlucky defensive coaches who has prepared his team for both the 49ers and Giants. The Redskins lost twice to the Giants and...