Mike Vrabel

Despite his 5-foot-8 frame, easygoing nature and ear-to-ear smile, Ray Rice is widely regarded as one of the toughest players in the NFL. And according to one Kansas City Chiefs player, the Ravens running back is also one of the most talkative. Outside...

Dean Pees has been through this before. He was the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots when he learned that Tedy Bruschi, a Pro Bowl middle linebacker and one of the team's emotional leaders, had a stroke, putting both his 2005 season and...

It didn't take long after the announcement of the new bowl deal between the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 on Friday before people began talking about the death of college football as we know it. The Big Four, as many are calling it, features the...

The last time the Bears used a first-round pick on a defensive player from a small town in the West, they did pretty well. Brian Urlacher still is roaming the middle of the field for the franchise, 12 years later. No one is suggesting Shea McClellin will...

Nothing has changed regarding the Ravens’ defensive coordinator vacancy and the feeling remains that the team’s linebackers coach, Dean Pees, is the clear front-runner to replace Chuck Pagano who is now the head coach of the Indianapolis...

The Sports Xchange Vrabel retires to coach LBs at Ohio State Mike Vrabel retired from the NFL after 14 seasons to accept the linebackers coach position at his alma mater Ohio State, where his boss will be former roomate Luke Fickell. "I am extremely...

Former All-Pro linebacker Mike Vrabel is retiring from the Kansas City Chiefs and returning to his alma mater as an Ohio State assistant coach. Vrabel confirmed Monday morning the end of his 14-year career and that he had taken the job as linebackers...

NEW YORK -- NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees have filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the league. Brady of the New England Patriots, Indianapolis' Manning, New Orleans' Brees and seven other players have asked the U.S....

The first day of court-ordered mediation began Thursday in the Minneapolis chambers of Judge Arthur J. Boylan with attorneys, the commissioner, four owners and two players present. As NFL general counsel Jeff Pash entered the courthouse, he said, "The...

1985 - Walter Berry scored 22 points to lead 11th-ranked St. John's to a 79-57 college basketball victory over James Madison. 1990 - Brian Shaw scored 26 points and Larry Bird added 22 points as the Boston Celtics rallied to a 152-132 National...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Throughout the NFL season, quarterback Tom Brady carried his New England teammates when they needed him most. Sunday, it was the rest of the Patriots who did the lifting. With a trip to Super Bowl XLII at stake and NFL history...

Due to NFL contractual obligations we are forced to bring you the start of the Super Bowl XX rematch and miss the end of the Rams-Chargers thriller. But first CBS will bring you 30 seconds of dead air. OK, here we go. Champaign, Ill., the Bears, in...