Adam Archuleta

Bears defensive backs Ricky Manning Jr. and Adam Archuleta looked at each other dumbfounded, wondering how Cowboys running back Marion Barber III had slid through them for a 10-yard third-quarter touchdown. "I don't know, I think maybe Ricky and I hit...

Short issue this week, since it's (a) the bye week and players are sprinting off the field and peeling out of the parking lot as soon as practice is over and (b) there wasn't much presented on the message board that I actually could ask the players...

Brian Urlacher could have rattled off a list of excuses to explain why the Bears, touted as the best team in the NFC entering the season, are 1-3 and buried deep beneath 4-0 division foe Green Bay. He could have looked at the injuries that kept four...

Never mind that Rex Grossman had been knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a serious injury to his left leg. The Bears needed all of 1 yard to alter the outcome of Thursday night's 24-16 loss to the Redskins at FedEx Field. Instead, they...

Standing in front of his locker, Bears cornerback Nathan Vasher couldn't hold back his smile when asked if the defense under new coordinator Bob Babich is more aggressive. "I can definitely say, `Yeah,' " Vasher said. "We're going to come out, and [the...

The St. Louis Rams had to rely on Tampa Bay fumbles to win a 28-21 decision Monday night from a 1-5 team they would have creamed if Ram Coach Mike Martz's play-calling matched his brilliance as the pass-play designer for the NFL's most exciting pass...

Say cheese. The Dolphins did in Saturday's NFL draft, selecting players from the University of Wisconsin with their first- and second-round picks. The Dolphins chose cornerback Jamar Fletcher with the No. 26 selection, then swapped second-round picks...