Don Pierson

Dave Wannstedt goes back to Dallas for the first time this week since leaving Jimmy Johnson's staff to become head coach of the Bears. Will it be his last trip?...

This Rick Mirer experiment already looks like an 8th-grade science project gone awry. The Bears don't really want to put him on the field because they still think Erik Kramer...

At least the Bears don't have to look around the league and see ex-Bears pouring salt in their wounds. In fact, the Peyton Manning Tournament is shaping up as an...

Mark Carrier plays free safety for the Detroit Lions now instead of the Bears. On Sunday, he hopes to use his intimate knowledge of the Bears and eight years of...

Warren Sapp is playing like there's no tomorrow on a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that suddenly can't wait to get up in the morning. Although Sapp's defensive statistics Sunday against...

Robert Smith, who comes to town Sunday with the Minnesota Vikings, had the longest touchdown run on the first week of the NFL season--78 yards. Raymont Harris of the Bears...

Eventually, Bryan Cox will cost Dave Wannstedt his job. Normally, players are supposed to save the coach's job. Usually, it's the coach stabbing his finger in the player's face, not...

When Bears coach Dave Wannstedt said big plays would make the difference Monday night against the Packers, was he thinking about that underhanded, left-handed, blind heave by Todd Sauerbrun to...

Nothing much happened to the Packers that was unexpected Monday night, not the injuries, not the Bears, and not their 38-24 win. "So what's new?" asked quarterback Brett Favre, reacting...

Jerry Rice was the 49ers' leading receiver with four catches for 38 yards even though he was knocked out of Sunday's loss to Tampa Bay. With Rice now out for...