Howie Long

Broncos QB Peyton Manning wrote the book on speed reading

2013-01-11 17:10:00

Peyton Manning flaps his arms, stamps his foot and plays traffic cop, sending Denver Broncos teammates this way and that. All the while, the play clock is winding down. Manning isn't just playing quarterback. He's playing chicken with the defense,...

MMA star Gina Carano turns to acting with 'Haywire'

2012-01-12 16:36:46

Sunday shows: Roger Goodell, Kerry, ElBaradei

2011-02-05 16:34:51

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...

Trick or Treat

2001-10-23 00:00:00

Ram fans, remembering that the New Orleans Saints knocked them out of the division championship last year, are wondering: Will our undefeated season begin to unravel when the Saints come to town next Sunday? New Orleans fans, noting that the Rams, en...

Iowa lineman Ferentz will be in Bears minicamp

2013-05-10 06:36:00

The Chicago Bears will have some football bloodlines on display at rookie minicamp beginning today at Halas Hall. All eyes will be on first-round draft pick Kyle Long, the guard from Oregon whose father is Hall of Fame defensive lineman Howie Long. Kyle&...

Another obscure draft pick for Bears GM

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Dressed comfortably for a long Thursday night in blue jeans and a Bears jacket, team Chairman George McCaskey entered Halas Hall and promptly placed a stack of 2013 pocket schedules on the receptionist's desk. How misleading. Nothing else the Bears...

All they have to do is prove they can play

2013-04-27 22:48:00

Following a similar trend that we saw during Phil Emery's first draft in 2012, the Bears general manager once again targeted rookie prospects over the weekend that bring size, speed and strength measurables to the NFL. The Bears are projecting talent at...

Bears reaching for greatness

2013-04-28 16:37:00

If the Bears had been picking 32nd instead of 20th, no one would have said boo about them selecting Kyle Long. But they were picking 20th, and they caught a lot of people by surprise. Based on my pre-draft research, I thought Long would be a second-...

Van Horne knows Long's situation

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Keith Van Horne has traveled the path Kyle Long must take as a lanky Bears offensive lineman drafted in the first round. The Bears selected Van Horne with the 11th overall pick in 1981 out of USC. Long was taken 20th Thursday night out of Oregon....

Long winding road ends at Halas Hall

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Kyle Long's path to the podium at Halas Hall on Friday was anything but ordinary. Gave up football after high school. Drafted by the White Sox. Enrolled at Florida State to play baseball. Back to football as a defensive end in junior college. A position...

All in the family for Longs

2013-04-27 17:12:00

Down South, there is a saying about guys like Kyle Long. "He gets it honest." It means he is the product of his genes. Everything about him is pure and organic. Nothing is affected. His blessings — as well as his curses — have been...

Former NFL defensive end Howie Long, right, and his wife Diane talk to reporters Friday about their son Kyle.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Former NFL defensive end Howie Long and his wife, Diane, talk to reporters Friday at Halas Hall.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Original pick: Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas New pick: Chris Long, DE, Virginia The speedy McFadden can tantalize, but he isn't good enough -- nor can he say healthy enough -- to justify being a top-five draft pick.

2012-12-23 00:00:00

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