Mike Downey

Any temptation to say "the bodies are piling up" had to be resisted as glib and insensitive, what with the Washington Redskins having just buried a teammate Monday at a...

Any temptation to say "the bodies are piling up" had to be resisted as glib and insensitive, what with the Washington Redskins having just buried a teammate Monday at a...

Any temptation to say "the bodies are piling up" had to be resisted as glib and insensitive, what with the Washington Redskins having just buried a teammate Monday at a...

Most of the fingers being pointed at the Bears seem to be aimed rigidly or angrily at a theory that they have nobody to blame but themselves for this brutally...

I covered a yacht race 20 years ago off the coast of Australia, viewing some of it from an observation boat that rocked to and fro on a rough sea....

David Diehl is a 320-pound New York Giants left tackle who doesn't live far from Soldier Field in his hometown of Chicago when the football season is done. A few...

What were they supposed to do after Danny died? Should they play? Should they cancel a game? Call off the season? What do you do when a student-athlete is not...

You don't hear a coach say every day, "Obviously, we lost a great player in Pig Brown." Nor is it every football team that has a defensive tackle who goes...

You might not know a whole lot about DeKalb, Ill., 60115. Oh, maybe you know that supermodel Cindy Crawford was born there. And so was actress Barbara Hale, who played...

Adrian Peterson was not the "star" of Sunday's game. He wasn't the "hero." He did not catch the game-saving pass. (Bernard Berrian did.) He did not kick the game-winning field...