Don Pierson

It's homecoming week in the NFL. While the Bears enjoy their only week at home all season, there are reunions all over the league. Packers receiver Terry Glenn goes back...

Of all the records Jerry Rice owns, the one he will set Sunday is the most startling. He will celebrate his 40th birthday while playing wide receiver for the Oakland...

Dick Jauron was distinguishing between a crisis and a jolt. He said his Bears feel the latter, but it is too early for the former. He looked at the 11...

The last of the unbeaten teams, the 4-0 Oakland Raiders, started 6-1 last year and 8-1 the year before. Slow finishes have followed the fast starts, and age is conveniently...

Monday night makes and breaks reputations. Brian Urlacher gets his first chance to enhance Chicago's claim as Middle Linebacker City. He has hard acts to follow. The late Bill George...

Packers wide receiver Donald Driver sounds too good to be true, which is why the Packers may have ignored him. In their search for somebody to complement Brett Favre, they...

The New York Jets benched quarterback Vinny Testaverde on Monday for third-year man Chad Pennington. If it marks the beginning of the end of Testaverde's career, he will join a...

There are seven undefeated teams and three start ex-Big Ten quarterbacks: Denver's Brian Griese (Michigan), New England's Tom Brady (Michigan) and San Diego's Drew Brees (Purdue). Brady and Brees face...

The Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins game Sunday will feature the NFL's two leading rushers, Miami's Ricky Williams and Kansas City's Priest Holmes. Williams has rushed for 394 yards; Holmes 386....

Scoring is up, as usual. As the Bears found out, 20 points isn't enough. Used to be, but not anymore. Taking a cue from the former St. Louis Rams, the...