Curtis Conway

A lot of the Ravens tap-danced around the issue because it's the ultimate insult to a professional athlete, but the Q-word was close to leaking out of a lot of players' mouths.The Chicago Bears (4-11) routed the Ravens, 24-3, yesterday before 40,853 at...

This is why Shannon Sharpe came to Baltimore after 10 years in Denver. It's why Rob Burnett came back for his 11th NFL season.It's why Brian Billick came from Minnesota a year ago. Playoff football became a reality for the Ravens yesterday when they...

It fluttered toward the uprights in an elapsed time of about 10 minutes, more than enough time for an entire football team's throats to close up, its coaches' hearts to constrict and a beleaguered kicker to watch his life and maybe a few others pass...

On any given Sunday, three fumbles, six sacks of your quarterback and one mixed-up punter stands a good chance of losing a road game in the NFL. On this given Sunday, however, one fumble, a couple of key drops, two missed field goals and a penchant for...

No longer does it matter how the Bears' quarterback competition is defined or where its genesis can be traced. For the first time since Rick Mirer was acquired from the Seattle Seahawks last winter, all the principals involved are acknowledging it. More...

So, maybe Curtis Conway had a point. Less work, not more, the wide receiver said a week ago, was just the tonic a lethargic and recently defeated Bears team needed to find itself. And lo and behold, after a week in which travel time from Ireland exceeded...

The Bears' quarterback derby took a sudden and dramatic turn Sunday night at Soldier Field, and it had nothing to do with the play of Erik Kramer or Rick Mirer. Rather, it is the broken collarbone sustained by their most potent weapon, wide receiver...

They were too weary to do much more than raise their grimy arms in triumph, too relieved to keep from falling into their teammates' giddy embraces. This victory could not have been any bigger, any sweeter, any more dramatic for the Bears than if they...

They might as well be wearing leg irons. Or scribbling their game plan on their foreheads. Handicapped by their personnel, burdened by their limitations and apparently convinced that their options are few, the Bears are no longer playing not to lose....

The AFC West is having trouble getting jump-started. The Oakland Raiders, who won it last year, staged a walkout during a preseason rules session with NFL officials in protest of the infamous "tuck rule" that knocked them from the playoffs in New...

Halloween night in Chicago and hopefully it will not be a frightening game for rookie quarterback Craig Krenzel and the Bears as they take on the San Francisco 49ers. Adam Caldarelli, as usual, will be taking your e-mail questions. He'll try to find...

Dick Jauron considered the question: Have you ever been through a season like this one? "Well, I've never been through a season like this with all the circumstances that have faced this team, so I guess the answer is no, I haven't been through anything...