Don Pierson

If the season seems dull, it`s because it is. The New York Giants play the Washington Redskins again Sunday, and it`s a good thing. They played two weeks ago, and...

The 1990 debuts of Eric, Bo and Ickey-running backs in no need of last names-could provide a boost to the NFL season as it nears its midpoint. Eric Dickerson returns...

NFL owners and executives meeting at O`Hare witnessed everything wrong with pro football in 3 hours, 26 minutes Monday night when they watched the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings give...

Tex Schramm didn`t want to change his name to ''Rhode Island,'' so he is out as president of the new spring World League of American Football. Mike Lynn is in...

If you don`t look too far ahead and don`t look back to last year, the Bears are sitting awfully pretty in the NFC Central Division right now. ''They`re the odds-on...

Jim Harbaugh and Mike Tomczak handed off better than Don Majkowski did Sunday. Passed better, too, but this Bears-Packers game was about running. They usually are. Neal Anderson carried 21...

The NFL is living a public relations nightmare. Even George Halas, who might not appreciate details such as equal locker room access to women reporters, would understand and advocate full...

Somebody brought up the name of Buddy Ryan in reference to the Bears` defense last week, and most of the Bears didn`t know what he was talking about. There are...

Quarterback Wade Wilson`s thumb was bent backward so grotesquely on the Vikings` final offensive play Sunday, it provided the perfect review for their 19-16 loss: thumbs down. ''It was rolling...

Upstairs, downstairs in the National Football League: Upstairs at the Minnesota Vikings` training facility last Monday, General Manager Mike Lynn is saying: ''This system doesn`t work. This system isn`t fair....