DeKALB | The NFL lockout did not seem to affect former NIU cornerback Chris Smith. Smith was drafted in the 4th round, 17th pick overall to the Omaha Nighthawks in the 2011 draft for the United Football League, a professional football organization made...

As we move into the beginning of summer, the NFL lockout continues to loom over the heads of coaches, fans and players alike.Even NFL veterans are showing the displeasure around the league with the continuous staring contest between players and management.Baltimore...

It was confirmed by ESPN on Tuesday that former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber has filed the papers to come out of retirement. Barber, 36 in April, hasn't played since the 2006 season. In other words, one season before the Giants won one for...

Remember how Jay Cutler is a quitter, except he's one that doesn't quit because his doctors won't let him play? But he tells them he feels fine, until the doctors tell him that it's his knee and not his pancreas? Well, Jacksonville running back Maurice...

Four years ago, Chad Spann walked onto the NIU football team and earned a scholarship. As a departing senior, he has his sights set a little higher in 2011. After helping the Huskies cap a 11-3 season with a victory in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, Spann...

Former NFL running back Herschel Walker wants to be the George Foreman of football. No, he doesn't want to endorse his own line of super-efficient grills. Instead, he wants to make a geriatric comeback to the gridiron. In fact, Walker even gave a short...

Anyone who thinks Al Davis has no place in the NFL knows absolutely nothing about football. With the hiring of Hue Jackson as the Oakland Raiders new head coach, people are back using Davis as just another punch line. It's true the Raiders owner has made...

We all know the overplayed elements between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Sky-rocketing cholesterol. George Halas and Vince Lombardi. The list goes on and on, but I'll save you from my being "meat-headed." Put aside the food that will clog...

Rex Grossman still has it. The sports world was waiting to see if he still had it, and now they can rest easily after seeing him do what he does best on Sunday. What he still has, of course, is the ability to lose a game for his team, fashionably. With...