Don Pierson

Even if the Bears decide there is a "special" quarterback in the draft--either Southern Cal's Carson Palmer or Marshall's Byron Leftwich--they might have to move up from the fourth spot...

Kurt Warner's agent, Mark Bartelstein of Chicago, will meet soon with the president of football operations for the St. Louis Rams, Chicago's Jay Zygmunt, concerning the former MVP quarterback's future...

Now what? All the television replay cameras and coaching challenges and officials' huddles and all-star referees have failed. An NFL playoff game ended with an improper call. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue...

Paying dues is the theme of this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame candidates. Running back Marcus Allen and offensive tackle Gary Zimmerman are the only two finalists announced Monday...

Bears fans will be especially unhappy to know Packers quarterback Brett Favre recovered from his playoff loss amazingly fast and squelched speculation about his retirement Monday. "Right now I'm playing...

The trend is shifting away from one-man rule in the NFL. Bill Parcells, who once insisted on "buying the groceries" for the New England Patriots if he was expected to...

Nine of the 12 playoff quarterbacks were No. 1 draft choices or, in the case of Green Bay's Brett Favre, cost a No. 1 draft choice to obtain. Six of...

Pity the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles. Not since 1993, when Dallas and Buffalo made it, have the top two seeds in the NFL playoffs met in a Super Bowl....

A New York, New York Super Bowl was Monday's rage in New York, of course. Stranger things have happened throughout this wacko NFL season that ended with the Giants and...

It's the end of more than another regular season. It's the end of careers, long and short, player and coach. The Dallas-Washington game means nothing to the playoffs but is...