Chuck Bednarik

Many people underrate their personal responsibility for the success of their sports teams. This is a mistake I never make. Throughout any given season, I carefully monitor the effect my garments have on team performance. For example, I've had a great...

Winding around back roads in southern Illinois, Pat Fitzgerald learned the type of coach he wanted to be while searching for recruits and off-the-path bookstores. While former coach Randy Walker could sniff out a bookshop no matter how rural the...

A day after becoming the Eagles' all-time leader in games played, Brian Dawkins had his Hall of Fame candidacy boosted by another achievement. Dawkins -- whose 13 seasons as an Eagle make him the current longest-serving Philadelphia pro sports team...

My first job title at this newspaper was phone clerk. One night in the spring of 1980, I was swamped. I had the lady with the Parkland/Salisbury Church League scores on one line, a guy with the Upper/Lower Macungie Knee-Hi League on another and three...

College football awards winners ++++++++++++++++++++ || Award || Finalists || Winner || || Chuck Bednarik Award (best linebacker) || Ohio State's James Laurinaitis, USC's Rey Maualuga, Penn State's Aaron Maybin || Maualuga || || Lou Groza Award...

USC linebacker Rey Maualuga won the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player at the college football awards Thursday night at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Maualuga beat out James Laurinaitis of Ohio State and Aaron Maybin of Penn State....

This city takes more hits than Reggie White used to give and Teddy Pendergrass used to make. It's knocked for not sitting by the sea, or a beautiful lake, or even a mountain range. The main delicacy, while admittedly tasty, is several strands of rubbery...

During my visit to NFL Films last week to research my Sunday newspaper column, I asked Steve Sabol a question about "Inside the NFL's" transition from HBO to Showtime. Sabol being Sabol, I didn't have to ask another question for......

Legend has it that on Dec. 28, 1958, when the Giants and Baltimore Colts tangled in the NFL's first "sudden-death" championship scuffle, Yankee Stadium became the scene of "The Greatest Game Ever Played." "It wasn't," Giants owner Wellington Mara...

Allentown Area - Michaela Conlin, actress on Fox's "Bones." - Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions. - Peter Gruner, professional wrestler known as Billy Kidman. - Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation. -...

There isn't as much hitting, but the kinder, gentler approach to the first three days of full-squad practices at the Philadelphia Eagles training camp is a hit with the people most directly impacted by the change. ''This is a lot better than before,''...

This was a sideline chat to eavesdrop upon: Chuck Bednarik, former Eagle; Merrill Reese, voice of the Eagles; and the guy they call Eagle Joe. Everybody at training camp knows Eagle Joe. Headsetted staffers say hi. Security director Bruce Buchanico makes...