Don Pierson

1. Steelers (11-1): Hanging on to top spot and slipping. 2. Patriots (11-1): Revving up for playoffs as usual. 3. Eagles (11-1): The best teams get better at end. 4....

Vinny Testaverde helped get Mike Holmgren hired in Seattle. Now he might get him fired. On the Dallas quarterback's TD to Keyshawn Johnson with 1:45 left Monday in Seattle, Johnson's...

Peyton Manning is making his chase of Dan Marino's record 48 touchdown passes look easy mainly because he works so hard at it. The greatest athletes are the ones who...

Playoffs, also known as payoffs, just might be the greatest invention in sports, as the NFL keeps discovering. When the league expanded and realigned in 2002 to eight divisions of...

Cleveland Browns players haven't exactly expressed sorrow at the departure of coach Butch Davis. Said fullback Terrelle Smith: "He settled for $12 million. When one of us gets cut, we...

1. Steelers (10-1): Jaguars could be end of streak. 2. Patriots (10-1): Belichick looks good in Cleveland. 3. Eagles (10-1): Coasting now with NFC East title. 4. Colts (8-3): MVPs...

Pro football players, the biggest athletes, hate to get painted with the same steroid-enhanced brush that is tainting baseball and track and field. When President Bush listed steroids as a...

Less than five minutes into enjoying his 200th consecutive start, Brett Favre was asked about No. 201. "The road doesn't get any easier, no doubt about that," Favre said. When...

Detroit coach Steve Mariucci had a special gift for each of the Lions' 12 rookies last week: a snow scraper. "We talked about how you use them," Mariucci said. "There...

It can be done. At least the Baltimore Ravens still think so. Four years after winning a Super Bowl with stifling defense and little else, they remain the model for...