Don Pierson

Suddenly, there is fear for the future. Teams like the Vikings, Eagles and Packers are starting to show up. The Bears found out what it`s like to get behind, all...

Just before they play the Bears, the Detroit Lions decided to hand off to Barry Sanders. He had been averaging 14 rushes a game until Thanksgiving Day, when he got...

The Giants and 49ers picked on two helpless NFC Central teams to get to 10-0 Sunday and are heading for the first NFL showdown ever between 11-0 teams. At last,...

Michael McCaskey`s voice in the reorganization of the NFL commissioner`s office will carry significant weight. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue named the Bears` president to a committee of four, including the Browns`...

The Jerry Glanville Sideshow featured referee Jim Tunney as guest Sunday. As usual, the coach of the Atlanta Falcons got the last word. He railed at Tunney`s decision to eject...

The World League of American Football may be going underground instead of global. Plans to kick off in March are being reconsidered and could be shelved when NFL owners meet...

The National Football League`s effort to get out of Arizona politics by taking the 1993 Super Bowl out of Phoenix may end up plunging the league deep into issues it...

Like a great orchestra on tour, the San Francisco 49ers under the direction of maestro Joe Montana put on another riveting performance Sunday. With solo touchdown receptions from John Taylor,...

Don`t look now, but Jim Harbaugh is ranked sixth in the league in passer ratings, right behind fifth-place Joe Montana. The complicated system ranks passing efficiency according to a formula...

There were no cutbacks for pro football`s fat-cat teams Sunday. Like gluttons at a Halloween party, they gorged themselves with bigger and bigger bites out of their divisions as the...