Ron Rivera

Coaches are in the spotlight this week in the NFL

2012-10-23 00:00:00

All around the NFL, this figures to be a landmark week for the men who carry clipboards and draw up Xs and O's. Joe Vitt has returned to the New Orleans Saints as interim coach, his six-game suspension behind him. Carolina's Ron Rivera is facing...

Chargers fire defensive coordinator Greg Manusky

2012-01-05 16:54:00

Walter Payton bio riles old friends: Mike Ditka's spitting mad

2011-09-30 16:34:37

New general manager Dave Gettleman pleased as Panthers wrap up minicamp

2013-06-13 17:05:04

CHARLOTTE, N.C. When Dave Gettleman took over as general manager in January, the Carolina Panthers were about $16 million over the salary cap and coming off a fourth consecutive season in which they failed to make the playoffs. Five months later, as he...

Tom Sorensen: Cold call from Colin Cole could work for Panthers

2013-06-12 21:05:04

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Colin Cole called the Carolina Panthers and asked if they needed a nose tackle. "I was absolutely in position where pretty much it was my last opportunity," says Cole, 32. This is how important the call was. If the Panthers reject him,...

Commentary: Pushing back NFL draft about money, ratings, Eastern bunny

2013-05-25 15:50:03

Literary critic H.L. Mencken said, "When somebody says it's not about the money, it's about the money." In the NFL, it's that or the TV ratings. Of course, that's not what commissioner Roger Goodell is saying about pushing the NFL draft into May, a TV...

5 defining Urlacher performances

2013-05-22 17:06:00

After playing his entire 13-year NFL career with the Bears, Brian Urlacher announced his retirement Wednesday. Boiling his career down to his five most memorable games is tricky, but here's what made our list. � Sept. 17, 2000: N.Y. Giants 14, Bears 7...

Ozzie Newsome to speak at NFL career development symposium at Wharton School of Business

2013-04-17 09:41:00

Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome is among the front office executives scheduled to speak at an NFL career development symposium at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. The symposium is scheduled for May 6 to May 8....

Lovie Smith out after 9 seasons as Bears coach

2012-12-31 14:28:00

The epitaph for Lovie Smith's tenure as head coach of the Bears could read, "He couldn't fix the offense." For all the good things Smith did in his nine years in Chicago, his undoing was his inability to take care of the side of the ball in which he...

Dan Pompei's NFL power rankings

2013-01-01 16:21:00

Last week in parenthesis 1. Broncos (1): In their last four games, no team has come within 13 points of them, and in their 11 game winning streak they have only trailed in the fourth quarter once. 2. Packers (2): Despite the fact they lost Sunday,...

Chryst is Harbaugh's right-hand man

2013-02-01 16:49:00

NEW ORLEANS — When Jim Harbaugh felt Chicago's walls closing in on him during his final, fateful season as a Bears quarterback in 1993, he often sought refuge at old Halas Hall in the basement office of Geep Chryst. Chryst, the Bears' director...

With Singletary's candidacy, Emery is clowning himself

2013-01-08 07:34:00

It’s official: Phil Emery has hit stupid time. Mike Singletary has been added to Emery’s list.� Or maybe that was David Letterman’s list. Trib Bears beat monster Brad Biggs reported Monday night that the Bears Hall-of-Fame...

Panthers coach Ron Rivera yells at Captain Munnerlyn after his team had a miscommunication on special teams.

2012-10-28 00:00:00

Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera, a former Bears player and defensive coach under Lovie Smith, walks onto the field before his team's game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday.

2012-10-28 00:00:00

Bears coach Lovie Smith and Panthers coach Ron Rivera chat prior to the game at Soldier Field .

2011-10-02 00:00:00