Mike Ditka

Bouillon gives Habs a scare blocking shot

PAT HICKEY, The Gazette Published:Â 32 minutes ago Canadiens defenceman Francis Bouillon was able to smile and joke about his near miss with tragedy Sunday night in St. Louis. It appeared Bouillon had suffered a serious injury...

Obama still stumping for playoff

By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY With President-elect Barack Obama supporting a playoff system to decide college football's national champion, the future TV home of the Bowl Championship Series could become a political football....

Final: Packers 37, Bears 3

Play-by-play of The Neckbeard's valiant return from a guy who would not keep tickin' if he took this lickin' I know football is a violent sport, and that the guys who play it are pretty tough. Forte gets 10 off left guard, then...

Klis: Old-timers' plight painful

Willie Wood is bound to a wheelchair because of injuries suffered during his NFL career. Last week, a courtroom jury ordered the NFL Players Association to pay $28.1 million in back licensing fees to Adderley and more than...

NFL Audible: How does a no-nonsense coach survive a no-cut contract NFL?

Mike Singletary has yet to win a game as an interim head coach. Are his old-school motivational techniques falling flat with today's players?Knute Rockne implored his Notre Dame squad to win one for the Gipper.Jackie Sherrill...

Singletary savors victory, but with caveats

Mike Singletary decided, properly, to savor the moment, as many times as he could. After all, you only win your first one once, and after that, expectations come a'creepin'. So it was that, having finished supervising the...

Chicago Bears - The Greatest NFL Team Of All Time

is the 1985 Chicago Bears. The Quirky Personalities Behind the Team For the personalities that made up the team alone, the ’85 Bears was surely a team with a grand story worth telling generations of football fans. Handpicked by...

Mike O'Hara: Lions' secondary makes QBs look great

The Lions' last line of defense -- the secondary -- is a primary weakness in their winless season. Going into Sunday's game at Carolina, the Lions have been shredded for a passer rating of 111.3. According to statistics on...

Carter: Union Doing Its Part To Assist

The sense of betrayal was palpable. When a group of former NFL players gathered in a Tampa hotel ballroom last week to raise awareness for the needs of their peers, they spoke from the heart about the plight of pro football's...

Is NFL going soft, or getting smart?

Penalties, fines for huge hits rankle some players By GEOFF MOSHER • The News Journal • November 16, 2008 PHILADELPHIA -- Three years ago, Chris Clemons sacked Eli Manning, dislodged the ball from his grip and sent the...

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