Don Pierson

Tradition and common sense helped win the 1992 Super Bowl for Minnesota. If similar logical thinking continues in the National Football League`s search for a new commissioner, Jim Finks is...

Jimmy Irsay and the Indianapolis Colts have taken the early lead in the 1989 National Football League standings. Irsay, the team`s general manager, is the talk of mini-camps everywhere, and...

The huddled masses ended up last week in Green Bay, where the Statue of Liberty should move. Not only might she play quarterback, she could stand in this harbor as...

Rodney Peete was a victim of predraft hype. Because he was the runner-up to Barry Sanders in the Heisman Trophy voting, it was assumed he would be the runner-up to...

After all was said and done, and they drafted 20 more players, the Bears still had a gigantic problem at the most important position. The Bears helped themselves on defense,...

The only previous time the Dallas Cowboys had the No. 1 pick in the National Football League draft, they took defensive lineman Ed ''Too Tall'' Jones. That was in 1974,...

The only thing wrong with Tony Mandarich is he`s too big, too fast, too strong to be true. The Michigan State offensive tackle broke the mold, the scale, the stopwatch....

The last time the Bears had three No. 1 draft choices they picked Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers and Steve DeLong. ''Two in the Hall of Fame, and if DeLong had...

Convicted sports agents Norby Walters and Lloyd Bloom have agreed to pay the U.S. government $395,000, federal sources said Friday. Walters will pay $250,000 and Bloom $145,000 as part of...

The Bears say they aren`t going to package their three No. 1 choices to move up in the National Football League draft on April 23. The draft history of the...