Don Pierson

Brett Favre and Peyton Manning will face each other in a game for the first time Sunday, and no one knows when they'll meet again. The rarity of such star...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't miss the old Soldier Field too much. They have won there only four times in their lives, although they currently have a two-game winning streak...

Here's the tradeoff: In exchange for the votes of Downstate politicians for the new Soldier Field, the Bears promise they will never again threaten to come Downstate to play. That's...

If the St. Louis Rams repeat their Super Bowl victory, they will point to Week 11 as pivotal. It was the week they were supposed to fade while last year's...

Candidates for Most Valuable Player are dwindling. Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon could take a giant leap Monday night if he leads the 8-1 Raiders to their first victory at Denver...

As soon as the news reaches Buffalo that the Bears beat the Indianapolis Colts last week, the Bills will snap to attention. Question--Why is that? Answer--Because the Bills themselves couldn't...

The Detroit Lions had better hope it's more than a generation gap that drove Bobby Ross into coaching retirement this week. Otherwise it wouldn't make a lot of sense to...

Side judge Tom Fincken and back judge Don Dorkowski, two veteran NFL officials, receive credit for allowing Monday night's fantastic finish in Green Bay to unfold. Had Fincken, who was...

The news in St. Louis went from bad to worse Monday when Marshall Faulk, who missed Sunday night's loss to Carolina, underwent knee surgery. The NFL's leading combination rusher-receiver is...

The $100 million loan approved for the Bears by NFL owners when a stadium deal is signed with the city includes an interesting stipulation. If Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey...