Rich Gannon

Marc Trestman hired as new coach of Chicago Bears

2013-01-16 09:25:00

Marc Trestman, a championship-winning coach in the Canadian Football League, has been chosen to try to lead the Chicago Bears back to those heights in the NFL After interviewing at least 13 candidates to replace the recently fired Lovie Smith, the Bears...

Former Raiders coach Bill Callahan denies sabotaging Super Bowl

2013-01-23 07:47:00

Bill Callahan isn't taking accusations of sabotaging Super Bowl XXXVII lying down. A day after former Oakland receiver Jerry Rice agreed with statements made by ex-teammate Tim Brown that their coach may have purposely hurt the Raiders' chances to win...

Tim Brown hints that Bill Callahan may have 'sabotaged' Super Bowl

2013-01-22 12:39:00

Tim Brown only played in one Super Bowl during his 17-year career. And that was a game you'd think he'd want to forget, when his Oakland Raiders were routed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 48-21, in Super Bowl XXXVII. But 10 years later, not only is the...

Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III: freshman class

2013-01-02 20:44:00

What once was reason for panic –— a rookie quarterback starting an NFL playoff game — is suddenly a problem for opposing defenses. Andrew Luck playing at Baltimore? The Ravens had better be ready. Russell Wilson versus Robert Griffin...

Discussion: The NFL playoffs

2013-01-03 11:45:00

This week's special Thursday edition of our NFL Google+ hangout -- "NFL Slam with Mark and Sam," starring Times NFL columnist Sam Farmer and Mark Thompson of "Mark and Brian" radio fame -- will start at 12:30 p.m. today on this blog post and will cover...

Quarterback change reiterates that NFL is foremost a business

2012-12-01 15:54:00

The NFL is a business. Easy to say. Hard to swallow. Nowhere was that more evident this week than in San Francisco, where Alex Smith officially lost his starting quarterback job to Colin Kaepernick, who had filled in for him after Smith suffered a...

Alex Smith, the Bay Area's most improbable hero

2012-10-12 00:00:00

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The most improbable, unbelievable throw by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith didn't even hit its intended target. It came last Saturday before Game 1 of the National League division series between the San Francisco...

Dungy's Ordeal

2002-12-24 00:00:00

Strangely, as a first-year AFC coach, Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts is doing the same things that got him feared and then fired in an NFC town, Tampa. At both places, Dungy rose to notoriety as a leader who had one of the NFL's finest and most...

Game of Emotion

2001-10-09 00:00:00

At Indianapolis next Sunday, in the AFC night game of the year, the Oakland Raiders aren't likely to be bothered by the same thing that troubled them against Dallas last Sunday, when they couldn't take an 0-4 team seriously. They weren't up for the...

Del Rio Time

2004-09-28 13:27:00

Jack Del Rio, a 1981-84 USC linebacker who started for the Trojans all four years, will get the next chance to stop Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis quarterback who threw the ball on every snap in the first quarter of last Sunday's 43-31 win over Green...

Surprising Showdowns

2002-10-01 00:00:00

Astonishing everyone who has been asleep for a month, the NFL's two big games Sunday will involve three of the four teams from the AFL's old Western Division that were not considered preseason Super Bowl favorites. The Game of the Week looks like it...

24 Top Passers

2003-10-15 00:00:00

With a quarterback named Jake Delhomme, the unbeaten Carolina Panthers (5-0) will entertain a preseason Super Bowl favorite next Sunday, the Tennessee Titans (4-2), whose passer, Steve McNair, proved again in NFL Week 6 that he's an all-pro candidate....

Oakland Raiders receiver Jerry Rice can only contemplate during a break in the action in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXXVII on Jan. 26, 2003, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Raiders, 48-21, as MVP Dexter Jackson set a record with two interceptions in the

2009-01-13 14:11:17

Working his way back Despite Daunte Culpepper s slow start, CBS analyst Rich Gannon believes Culpepper s natural abilities will take over.

2006-09-23 18:41:17

NOW: Curry, a third-year wide receiver with the Oakland Raiders, scored his first touchdown, a 44-yard pass play from Rich Gannon, last Sunday against Buffalo in a 13-10 victory.

2004-09-24 13:23:17