Bubba Franks

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Brett Favre isn't trying to fake it. He can talk at length about some of the league's most intense rivalries that he has been involved with, but Jets- Patriots isn't one of them. "Well, it feels different, obviously, because it's...

A week into free agency, the Ravens have put $61 million into contracts to keep the face of the franchise, add speed to the secondary and fill the void at center. There's a sense of satisfaction at Ravens headquarters with Ray Lewis, Domonique Foxworth...

In a game billed as a marquee showdown, the Ravens' defense was knocked out. In a contest there for the Ravens' taking, quarterback Elvis Grbac was down for the count.Helpless against Packers quarterback Brett Favre and hapless with a groggy Grbac, the...

The Bears lost Sunday. And lost. And lost. And lost. They lost a game 17-7 to the Green Bay Packers. They lost their lead in the NFC Central Division and are tied with the Packers at 9-3 overall, but they trail their traditional rivals because they...

Considering that both teams had little to play for--the Central Division rivalry angle is wearing paper-thin and the game was a dud--it's tough to imagine a national television audience hanging in with the Bears and Packers on Sunday night. Any of the...

Mike Singletary marched proudly onto the new Soldier Field for pregame introductions Monday night, hoisting a football toward a crowd hoping for a night of magic. Other Bears greats like Dick Butkus and Dan Hampton followed closely behind, but Singletary...

The Bears coming off their first win in two months face an angry Packers team. Green Bay has lost two straight and last week's little post-game brouhaha between Warren Sapp and Packers coach Mike Sherman surely has fired them up even more. Brett Favre...

The Bears try to sweep the season series from the Packers for the first time since 1991, but it really won't mean much since the Bears are out of the playoffs and Green Bay is in. What began as the Rex Grossman era has turned into quarterback roulette...

Lovie Smith might have accepted Sunday's 31-14 season-ending rout by the Green Bay Packers more easily if he had reduced the mismatch to a disparity in skill level. But all week Smith framed the season finale as a measure of pride for his team, and a 17-...

This is the place, football fans. Lambeau Field. The greatest pro football stadium in the country. A place where the skyboxes are above every other seat in the joint. There's no upper deck. It's one big bowl, so there are no bad views. And those seats?...