Alan Page

I want to say a few words about the great Bubba Smith who died on August 3rd. But to put Bubba in his proper perspective I need to say a few words about the 1966 Notre Dame Football team.  It was the greatest Notre Dame team I ever saw and I would...

It was Nov. 28, 1964, and it was easy to cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish came to the Coliseum with a 9-0 record, a No. 1 national ranking and a Heisman Trophy winner with a rags-to-riches story. It was to be the cherry on top of...

Two weeks in a National Football League training camp left Dick Wherry with a lifetime of memories. Wherry was one of two Northern State athletes to be drafted into the National Football League. Wherry, a flanker, was taken in the 13th round as the 333rd...

Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945 in Canton, Ohio) is a jurist and former professional American football player. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1963, received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame in...

There are worse ways, I suppose, to elect members to the Hall of Fame than locking a few dozen voters in a room, letting them argue and then voting on the matter. You could, for instance, throw darts at a board. Or draw numbers from a hat. Actually, my...

Bernard Berrian walked into the locker room Thursday carrying an unopened package of gloves. Like most receivers, Berrian wears gloves no matter the temperature so it had nothing to do with the Chicago weather turning crisp enough for many Bears...

Singletary's wife, Kim, introduces him: If I were to ask you to describe Mike Singletary, No. 50 for the Chicago Bears, no doubt you would mention the arms extended with fingers pointing, hollering signals before the ball is snapped. Or feet in constant...

It wasn't supposed to happen this way. If they were not yet a team destined for greatness, they weren't awful either. Didn't they make the playoffs the previous season? Weren't they confident in their running game? Excited about their defensive potential?...

Jim Osborne, the only Bears defender to line up with both Hall of Fame middle linebackers Dick Butkus and Mike Singletary, recalled Saturday that Singletary's Chicago career almost ended before it started. A run-in with defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan...