Don Pierson

The 21st Century commissioner of the National Football League will oversee international operations, according to outgoing Commissioner Pete Rozelle. ''We want to find another Pete Rozelle, and we know that`s...

The National Football League made excessive crowd noise illegal Tuesday in an extraordinary vote with interesting ramifications. Game officials now have the power to take away all three timeouts in...

No subject National Football League owners face at meetings this week in Palm Desert, Calif., is more important than steroids. If public confidence in their sport is of any concern...

The concept of a National Minor Football League is at least 15 years old, according to NFL files that predate the vision of entrepreneur Dave Dixon, unofficial father of new...

Lost somewhere in the fine print is the reminder that Jerry Jones` purchase of the Dallas Cowboys is ''subject to league approval.'' Prospective members of the exclusive lodge are supposed...

Barry Sanders appears headed for the National Football League draft on April 23. The Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma State is looking for a way in the front door, and...

The Super Bowl needs a quarterback named Boomer, and Boomer Esiason needs the Super Bowl. Both are bigger than Cincinnati, where the blond native of East Islip, N.Y., has toiled...

Drafts, too much fun to be ruled illegal, also haunt. Some haunt longer than others. In 1979, the Bears` scouts left their homes the morning of the draft with every...

The 49ers read about the weather all week. They listened to forecasts for it to become exceptionally bad during their NFC title game in Chicago, where arctic conditions then would...

Bears coach Mike Ditka has ''very positive'' chances for a complete recovery from the heart attack he suffered Wednesday morning, according to doctors at Lake Forest Hospital. ''He`s doing fantastic,''...