Articles filed under Football
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Lost: Bears run gameNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Six-time Pro Bowl center Olin Kreutz says it's no great mystery why the Bears are last in the NFL in average gain per run and third from the bottom in rushing yards. A g...
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Blood, sweat and tears paying off for Illini seniorsNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Middle linebacker J Leman grew up within 2 miles of Memorial Stadium, so Senior Day provides a moment for blissful reminisce. "Every time when you're a litt...
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Can we count on those Rams?Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Three weeks ago, I made a bonehead fantasy decision. Furious at the inept St. Louis Rams offense, I dropped Marc Bulger and picked up Giants QB Eli Manning. I suppose, a...
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Hasselbeck, Grossman have plenty in commonNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck knows exactly what Rex Grossman has been through this season -- going from being a starter to getting benched and then back ...
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Undrafted Ogunleye still draws on that as motivationNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Since Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye entered the NFL with the Miami Dolphins in 2000 as an undrafted free agent, he has 53½ sacks, more than any other free agent d...
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Aurora Christian in good hands with RobertsNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Don Beebe has been impressed with Jordan Roberts ever since the Aurora Christian junior walked through the doors of the school a little more than two years ago. "At 5-fo...
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Final chance doesn't offer much chanceNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - We hate to break it to you, but Rex Grossman is still … Rex Grossman. He was awful last season and worse in the Super Bowl. He was so bad this preseason and in the first...
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Panthers not the only CinderellaNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The other real Cinderella story in Class 8A? Everyone by now in the Daily Herald readership area knows about the great postseason so far by the Glenbard North Panthers. ...
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Rex redux: Lovie goes with Grossman for Sunday's game in SeattleNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bears quarterback Brian Griese, who started the past six games, said he will be ready to play Sunday despite a sprained left shoulder that knocked him out of last week's...
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No quit in NU's SimpsonNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Leonard Simpson received the poem from a co-worker in 1988, when his son Eddie was still a toddler. Fifteen years later, as Eddie headed off to play linebacker at Northw...