Halas, George "Papa Bear" (1895-1983)
George Stanley Halas was "Papa Bear" to almost anyone familiar with the Chicago Bears football team … and rightly so. For 61 ye...
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George Halas had one objective: winning. For him, that wasn't limited to being the owner and coach of the Chicago Bears, but also in helping build the National Football League from its struggling i...
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Her role as owner was never something she sought. Her status among the rich and powerful was never something she pursued. Virginia McCaskey realizes she reached this point only because she happened...
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Lovie Smith doesn't say much. Doesn't have to, really. He leads by example, figuring if he does the right thing, good things are bound to follow.Leading the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl is more ...
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There are plenty of reasons Bill Belichick is the last guy you would want held up as the model NFL coach.He's about as warm and cuddly as a cranky porcupine, and makes the folks at the CIA look lik...
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The Oakland Raiders hired Lane Kiffin on Monday night, making the 31-year-old Southern California offensive coordinator the youngest NFL head coach in decades.Kiffin, the son of Tampa Bay defensive...
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If it had been, say, the Super Bowl, Philip Rivers and LaDainian Tomlinson would have played on. Both were on the sideline, though, as the San Diego Chargers finished their most remarkable regular ...
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Now, it's all about Marty. From the minute the San Diego Chargers clinched the AFC West title Sunday, it had to have been in the back of everyone's minds.While the Chargers are good enough to get t...
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Bill Walsh was celebrated as the best NFL coach of the last quarter-century, one whose offensive innovations are being used today in some form by almost every team.But he was more than that. Almost...
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