Don Pierson

Imagine Herschel Walker on the Bears, Vikings coach Jerry Burns was saying. ''The Bears` offense is just like ours. Put him in the Bears` offense and try to ram him;...

After the Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday, Green Bay coach Lindy Infante said this about his players: ''Those guys never cease to amaze me. They play their hearts...

Mike Lynn was serving fried chicken in the locker room to his Minnesota Vikings Wednesday. ''Another wing, A.C.?'' the general manager asked receiver Anthony Carter. ''Here`s some more spicy,'' Lynn...

Players coached by Buddy Ryan have talked of bounties before Thursday`s incident in Dallas, when the Philadelphia Eagles were accused of putting a price on Luis Zendejas and Troy Aikman....

In Washington, there is drug abuse, divorce, defection, defeat, disgust and deficit spending, and that`s just on the football team. The days of the lives of the Washington Redskins are...

In Washington, there is drug abuse, divorce, defection, defeat, disgust and deficit spending, and that`s just on the football team. The days of the lives of the Washington Redskins are...

Millionaire linebacker Wilber Marshall has it made. Headache, my foot, says he. He plays part-time football for the Washington Redskins and makes full-time pay. He`s in the second year of...

Walter Payton didn`t throw his hat and wallet into the St. Louis expansion ring on sheer speculation. With financing for a new domed stadium headed in the right direction, St....

Walter Payton, who made his mark on the playing field as the National Football League`s leading rusher, made history of another sort Thursday by announcing that he would be a...

University of Houston football coach Jack Pardee, criticized for beating Southern Methodist 95-21 on Oct. 21, thinks Notre Dame`s game plan against SMU was worse. ''To me, Notre Dame could...