Don Pierson

Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith and the rest of the Bears' brain trust will be pondering these questions in the 20 days left until the NFL draft: 1. Will Nick Saban...

There's too much money involved for NFL owners not to hammer out an agreement on how to share it. But because there's so much money involved, it's more difficult than...

The contract impasse that robbed Todd Bell and Al Harris of the 1985 season with the Bears wouldn't happen today. In part, it wouldn't happen now because of what happened...

Ticket scalping, conceivably the world's second-oldest profession, is a "concern" to Bears ticket director George McCaskey. "If it's an open secret, I'm glad it's coming to light," he said. "It's...

The Oakland Raiders look like winners and the New England Patriots look like losers in the first week of the free agency-trading period. Since it's early, first impressions often don't...

NFL teams couldn't wait for the "official" start of free agency Wednesday, so they didn't. Early releases from contracts that didn't expire Tuesday invited teams like the Bears and Dallas...

From arrogant to "humble" and chubby to lean, Maurice Clarett knocked on the NFL door more politely Thursday as the first player ever to go through the predraft scouting combine...

Super Bowl games are getting closer, but probably not this one. The New England Patriots are seven-point favorites over the Philadelphia Eagles, but that would be a closer game than...

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a great reputation for befuddling teams when he has two weeks to mix his magic potions. But the Eagles' Andy Reid has an even better...

Fritz Pollard and George Halas grew up in Chicago at the same time and became pro football pioneers, separate and not equal. Pollard was the first African-American coach and played...