Don Pierson

Minnesota Vikings General Manager Mike Lynn didn`t tell the Dallas Cowboys what he thinks of the National Football League draft while he was busy packaging seven draft choices for Herschel...

The Bears will encounter the infamous bleacher section of Cleveland Stadium for the first time in Mike Ditka`s coaching career Monday night. The Bears haven`t played in Cleveland since 1980,...

Bernie Kosar, eternal boy quarterback, finally came of age last week. Browns coach Bud Carson thought about benching him. Right there in Cleveland Stadium, which Kosar owns (or at least...

The Minnesota Vikings still can`t believe what hit them. Good fortune, they think, right between the eyes. Running back was the only position where General Manager Mike Lynn couldn`t see...

There will be no Jim Finks-Paul Tagliabue ticket to break the voting deadlock for a new commissioner in the National Football League. Outgoing Commissioner Pete Rozelle asked each man if...

By the time the Bears got the license number, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers already had passed them. It was an intentional pass. ''We felt like throwing the ball against them...

The Dallas Cowboys return to Green Bay Sunday for the first time since the 1967 ''Ice Bowl'' game for the National Football League title. They have played three times in...

Vinny came, didn`t see and was conquered. Tampa Bay`s Vinny Testaverde will be infamous for his record 35 interceptions last season until the year he throws 35 touchdown passes. Poor...

The Philadelphia Eagles remained in a fog Monday night, unable to see the goal posts on a perfectly clear night. Randall Cunningham threw for the most ineffective 401 yards a...

Suspicion hovers over the Minnesota Vikings the way it does whenever a merchant rolls up his sleeve to sell watches on Lower Wacker Drive. Did these guys train in Hong...