Chris Perry

Flashback to 2003, San Diego, Calif., Super Bowl XXXVII Media Day. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Michael Pittman is sitting on the podium surrounded by hordes of reporters and camera crews leaning on every breath taken by the massive-armed specimen of...

I'm starting to get the distinct impression that NFL coaches hate fantasy football players. Oh sure, I've had my suspicions over the years. Every time Zack Crockett or Jerome Bettis runs for a one-yard touchdown after the starting back does all the...

As the final seconds ticked off in the Bears' 24-7 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday at soggy Soldier Field, Thomas Jones grabbed Kyle Orton by the shoulder pads. Contrary to any cynics' thoughts, he wasn't doing so to prevent another interception, but to...

This has the look of a changing-of-the-guard year for two prominent pro quarterbacks, young Carson Palmer of the Cincinnati Bengals and aging Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers. For if Palmer wins next Sunday in Baltimore, as many analysts expect, the...

There is much to relish about the Ravens' 17-10 opening day win over the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday and a lot of the post-game glow for the next few days will hover around rookie QB Joe Flacco, who debuted with a......

All-Central Florida Offense Player of the Year RB Kwamaine Brown Osceola, 5-9/188, Sr. Kwamaine "Bubba" Brown and Jamarcus Allen met once on the football field during a meaningless preseason game. But these sharp-dressed men remember. Allen, Boone's...

The Bungles are back. After flirting with success in 2005, the Bengals promptly turned in two disappointing seasons -- but you always could count on their fantasy core to rack up points.The 2008 season is something else entirely. Carson Palmer is the...

Chris Perry didn't look like a man who should have been exhausted. Nor did he sound like one whose coach once accused him of being selfish. "Give me the ball 60 times or three times as long as we win," proclaimed the Michigan tailback after his school-...

Saturday, Jan. 11 results BOYS BASKETBALL Big Northern East Johnsburg 60, Huntley 45 DuPage Valley Glenbard North 65, Glenbard East 43 Naperville Central 58, West Chicago 42 West Aurora 51, Wheaton W. South 41 Wheaton North 64, Naperville North 58 Public...