Bruce Matthews

Maybe Kupchak knows what he's doing after all

2007-12-13 00:00:00

For a guy from Hicksville, maybe Mitch Kupchak isn't the brain-dead numskull that some Lakers fans have made him out to be. . . . The Lakers general manager -- birthplace: Hicksville, N.Y. -- deserves credit for rolling the dice by drafting 17-year-old...

Sooners and Bucs Can Throw It

2000-10-31 00:00:00

Two teams with a long history of pounding the ball into the line on running plays--college football's Oklahoma Sooners and the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers--have apparently changed direction: � In Sunday's game at Atlanta, the Buccaneers will get an...

Dilfer Does It

2000-11-14 00:00:00

With a new quarterback named Trent Dilfer, the Baltimore Ravens (7-4) have suddenly emerged as one of the NFL's quality teams on the eve of the easy section of their schedule, which continues against Dallas (4-6) Sunday and then Cleveland (3-8). All...

Bears can't let guard down

2013-02-23 16:43:00

INDIANAPOLIS — Choosing a guard in the NFL draft's first round usually isn't any team's top priority. And it's probably not for the Bears this year. Guards, after all, tend to be looked at as the least valuable members of starting lineups. Some...

Hickerson, Browns Hall of Famer, dies at 73

2008-10-20 13:50:00

Gene Hickerson, the Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame right guard whose blocking helped Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Bobby Mitchell make the shrine, died after a long illness. He was 73. Hall of Fame spokesman Joe Horrigan confirmed Hickerson's death. He...

Game 9: Ravens have right stuff

2001-11-13 00:00:00

The Ravens got the last word with a last-second stand. Stuffing the Titans' Steve McNair on a quarterback sneak, the Ravens prevailed by seconds and inches for a 16-10 triumph over Tennessee last night in the final - and possibly most memorable -...

Division heading south

2002-09-05 00:00:00

The AFC South is the Lost Division. The Indianapolis Colts, who used to play in Baltimore, are farther north than Cincinnati or Baltimore of the AFC North. The Tennessee Titans used to be the Houston Oilers. The Houston Texans have now filled the void as...

Titans sneak into Super Bowl

2000-01-23 18:15:00

America, meet the Tennessee Titans. So quiet and unassuming, their own hometown wasn't sure what to make of them last season. So conscientious, they hardly made a peep about being expected to lose to a team they manhandled twice this season. So...

Titans pull off three-peat against Jaguars

2000-01-24 16:10:00

Team of destiny, indeed. Throughout the playoffs, the Tennessee Titans have gotten enough breaks at key times to earn such a label from the media. That trend continued in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, as the well-traveled franchise earned its first...

How Rams, Titans match up

2000-01-29 13:02:00

WHEN THE RAMS HAVE THE BALL St. Louis was the third highest-scoring team in NFL history this season with 526 points, about 33 points a game. Kurt Warner (13), an unknown backup when camp started, threw 41 touchdown passes to become just the second...

Titans' road to Super Bowl began in Houston

2000-01-23 16:56:00

The story of how the Tennessee Titans reached Super Bowl XXXIV doesn't begin during the 1999 season. It doesn't even originate in the Volunteer State. This is a tale that starts in Houston before shifting to Nashville before shifting to Memphis before...

Rams and Titans: Who are these guys?

2000-01-27 12:19:00

Orlando Pace blocked for Eddie George at Ohio State. George won the 1995 Heisman Trophy and Pace became the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997 NFL draft. When they take the field in Sunday's Super Bowl -- Pace for St. Louis and George for Tennessee -- most...

Bruce Matthews, left, of Grand Rapids, MI cheers during the Orlando Magic's game against the Denver Nuggets in Orlando, Fla. Friday, November 02, 2012. Candace Matthews, is center, also from Grand Rapids. Calvin Sheffield or Orlando is on the right.

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Former Houston Oilers, Tenessee Oilers and Titans lineman Bruce Matthews, left, stands with his bronze bust and presenter former teammate and Hall of Fame member, Mike Munchak, during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, Saturday, Aug.

2011-08-20 21:47:50

Titans quarterback Steve McNair squeezes over the goal line for a fourth-quarter touchdown against the Steelers. Waiting for the official's call are Steelers' Casey Hampton (98), Joey Porter (55) and Earl Holmes (50) and Titans' Bruce Matthews (74) and Eddie George (27).

2001-11-25 00:00:00