Don Pierson

The Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis wants to be the greatest middle linebacker in history, a goal that strikes a nerve in Chicago, where middle linebackers are born and bred and...

The New England Patriots have tied the Bears' record of 18 wins in a row, but no team will ever match the Bears' stories. George Halas, Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski...

The Packers hope they solved two problems with one trade Monday, sending disgruntled cornerback Mike McKenzie to New Orleans for backup quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan. In losing their third game in...

Perseverance pays off Sunday for two men who know that not all football players have it made, and few have it easy. Bears quarterback Jonathan Quinn and Eagles fullback Josh...

Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least eight weeks. At 38, the age when so many quarterbacks reach the end...

After only two games, the injuries are piling up at an alarming rate. It's not just the Bears, who have lost three-fourths of their secondary. Already, a majority of teams...

Peyton Manning is on tour, sort of like Red Grange in 1925. The Colts' quarterback opened the season in New England against Super Bowl quarterback Tom Brady. Then he went...

The Bears traded for defensive end Adewale Ogunleye for the same reason the Philadelphia Eagles signed free agent Jevon Kearse--to get in the quarterback's face. The quarterback of the moment...

The Packers have a middle linebacker too. Nick Barnett might even be faster than Brian Urlacher. He's smaller (6 feet 2 inches, 233 pounds, compared with 6-4, 258), but both...

Only five teams played all 16 games last season with the same five starters on their offensive line. The Bears play two of those lines the next two weeks against...