Isaac Bruce

Say goodbye to the Detroit Lions and San Diego Chargers. Real football returns to Soldier Field this Sunday as the Bears play host to the St. Louis Rams. The Bears have had success against the run at times this season, but today clearly is their...

Here we go again. Another Monday night experience for the Bears. Players always say Monday Night Football is a chance to prove something to your peers, a chance for the entire country to watch you play. This Bears team is out to prove they're not one...

Chad Pennington, the New York Jets' hard-throwing young quarterback, tightened up the steamy Tennessee-Indianapolis divisional race Monday night when he completed all eight of his second-half passes to topple Tennessee, 24-17. Pennington's aggressive...

For the second straight week it truly mattered not whether the Bears won or lost their exhibition game. It mattered only how they played--and this time they played it well where it mattered most. The final score was Bears 19, St. Louis Rams 17 in front...

First Quarter: When in doubt, run punter Injured defensive tackle Ted Washington was in the Bears' locker room before Monday night's game, offering encouragement. The Bears could have used the 365-pound Washington on the field in the opening quarter,...

When Ram Coach Mike Martz finds himself without a great quarterback, he simply creates a new one. If it takes genius to make such a thing happen, that's what Martz is. Against the Chicago Bears in the 501st game of the Monday night series, he will show...

Astonishing everyone who has been asleep for a month, the NFL's two big games Sunday will involve three of the four teams from the AFL's old Western Division that were not considered preseason Super Bowl favorites. The Game of the Week looks like it...

With a quarterback named Jake Delhomme, the unbeaten Carolina Panthers (5-0) will entertain a preseason Super Bowl favorite next Sunday, the Tennessee Titans (4-2), whose passer, Steve McNair, proved again in NFL Week 6 that he's an all-pro candidate....

The sound emanating from the St. Louis Rams on Sunday went from Whooooosh! to Whew! in Super Bowl XXXIV. The Rams used a combination of superior offensive speed and a last-second defensive stop at the 1-yard line to post a thrilling 23-16 victory over...

Here come the Broncos. Revived by quarterback Jake Plummer's return from injury, Coach Mike Shanahan's Denver team can take another giant step toward the playoffs next Sunday against Cleveland at Denver, where Bronco tailback Clinton Portis scored last...

The 7-0 Kansas City Chiefs went through the entire game at Oakland Monday night without taking any chances. And that's one good way for the better team to play it. By contrast, the underdog, 2-5 Raiders should have been looking for places to gamble, to...

In the end, it wasn't regular-season MVP quarterback Kurt Warner who seized the moment, but second-year miracle worker Tom Brady. When the confetti finally flew, it wasn't the high-powered St. Louis Rams offense that celebrated, but the gritty New...