John Mullin

Tribune football writer John Mullin analyzes Super Bowl XXXIII: COACHES Instead of attempting a field goal that would have pulled Atlanta within 7-6, Dan Reeves called a sweep on fourth...

Denver coach Mike Shanahan is characterized as the NFL's ultimate "players' coach." His players praise his treatment of them concerning everything from free breakfasts and lunches during the season, to...

Tribune football writer John Mullin analyzes the AFC championship game. OFFENSE Both teams are top-10 in nearly every meaningful offensive category. But while Vinny Testaverde has been magical, John Elway...

The phone is ringing but Dave Wannstedt isn't listening. Yet. Among the calls from well-wishers have been feelers from NFL teams regarding jobs, but the former Bears head coach has...

After the 1995 season, with key players Jerry Fontenot and Jeff Graham languishing unsigned, Bears coach Dave Wannstedt reached the point of exasperation and was prepared to let the final...

With 2 minutes 30 seconds left in the third quarter Sunday, Curtis Enis took a handoff and slanted left into the Rams' line and into a swirl of uncertainty for...

Erik Kramer is accustomed to making difficult decisions. He has one now. Doctors evaluating pain in his throwing shoulder agreed Tuesday that the Bears quarterback has a strained right rotator...

With the Bears still expecting him to play Sunday against the St. Louis Rams, quarterback Erik Kramer flew to Alabama Monday for a second opinion on his injured right shoulder....

Special-teams leader Jim Schwantz had some advice for coach Dave Wannstedt after Sunday's 23-20 Bears victory over the Oilers: "I told Dave after the ballgame, `You might have to call...

Defensive end Mark Thomas, believed to have sustained a sprained left knee ligament in last weekend's loss at Arizona, underwent an MRI exam Monday and is not expected to be...