Don Pierson

Just how hard does John Elway throw the football? ''You don`t want to call a short swing pass to open the game,'' said Denver coach Dan Reeves. ''Just kidding, John,...

The football playoffs are unforgiving. Two out of the next three is bad. It will only get you beaten in the Super Bowl, which is not enough anymore for the...

Mike Ditka drives a Bentley now instead of the 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire. ''I`ve still got the Olds. I haven`t even had the Bentley much. It`s in a garage somewhere. All...

When Charles Martin turned Jim McMahon upside down and spiked him, he rattled more than McMahon`s skeleton. Lo and behold, violence was again discovered lurking among the lily-white lines of...

Bears` defensive end Dan Hampton was arrested early Monday and charged with drunken driving after being stopped for speeding and weaving on the Edens Expressway spur that connects the expressway...

Two stunning hits shaped the Bears' 12-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers Sunday and reflected the intensity of a pro football rivalry that is at once ugly and beautiful....

The Bears' 17-6 victory over the world champion Los Angeles Raiders felt so good to them Sunday it seemed worth the bad. By Monday Morning, when the bruises have outlasted...

A 50-yard field goal by Mike Lansford with 4 seconds left Monday night gave the Los Angeles Rams a 20-17 victory over the Bears. A 12-yard screen pass from quarterback...

The Bears made no roster changes Sunday to activate quarterback Doug Flutie or deactivate quarterback Jim McMahon. General manager Jerry Vainisi said club officials would discuss various possibilities before the...

Jim McMahon said he wanted to send departed teammate Ken Margerum off with a victory Sunday, so he wore a wrist band around his left elbow with No. 82 on...