Clay Matthews

Paul Salata, the founder of Irrelevant Week, hesitated a bit before naming the biggest celebrity coming to Wednesday's All-Star Lowsman Banquet. As he thought, his daughter, Melanie Salata-Fitch said, "Oh, here it comes." Salata, acted cool, as he said,...

Retired New York Giants running back Tiki Barber has been named as one of the 105 candidates for the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame. And let's be honest, Barber is a definite shoe-in for the Hall of Fame....

With the McDonald’s Lehigh Valley All-Star Football Classic just hours away, here are a few trivia questions to ponder (answers are below). What do Northampton County assistant coaches Jason Roeder (Freedom), Jim Brady (Palisades), Mike Palos...

Important points regarding the end of the NFL lockout (Note: The lockout is not officially over until the entire group of 1,900 players vote to re-form as a union and accept the deal, but those largely are considered formalities): --......

By this time, nobody should be surprised that another perceived deadline was missed today for a new NFL collective bargaining agreement to be finalized. It's been this way all summer. Somebody leaks some half-bogus information that the sides are close,......

Devon Kennard is returning to where he began his USC career. Kennard, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound junior who started at middle linebacker last season, will enter fall camp as a defensive end. “They wanted to see me off the edge again,......

A season in which the Bears benefitted from playing against third-string quarterbacks couldn't be saved by their own No. 3. But Caleb Hanie's gutsy performance in relief of an injured Jay Cutler and an ineffective Todd Collins was a reason why the...

Troy Polamalu is named NFL Defensive Player of The Year. The safety beat out Green Bay Linebacker Clay Matthews by two votes. Pittsburgh Linebacker James Harrison came in third. Polamalu is the sixth Steeler to win the award.

CHICAGO - There was one Monster of the Midway in the NFC championship game and his name was Aaron Rodgers. He wasn't even at his best and, still, he was better than the first, the second and the third quarterback used in vain by the Chicago Bears...

When you get here, it's the George Halas Trophy a team wins. If a sqaud should survive, they play for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Two of the most coveted trophies in sports-the former for an NFC Championship and the later for a Super Bowl win-are named...

CHICAGO (AP) — There was one Monster of the Midway in the NFC championship game and his name was Aaron Rodgers. He wasn't even at his best and, still, he was better than the first, the second and the third quarterback used in vain by the Chicago...

Injury report: "[LB] Stewart Bradley will not practice today with a dislocated elbow. And then, [G] Max [Jean-Gilles] with the ankle sprain [and] he will not practice today. Both are getting better, we'll see how they do as the week goes on." Opening...