By Barry Wilner AP Pro Football Writer CHICAGO (AP) — To open its celebration of its 100th season, the NFL got a throwback to, well, the 1920s. You know, one of those knock-down, dragged-out defensive confrontations that ends up…

By Gene Chamberlain Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The NFL's oldest rivalry takes on a different look to open the league's 100th season. It's a role reversal for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. A year after new coach…

By Jim Vertuno Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36. Benson's…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - Last year at approximately this time, Mitchell Trubisky checked into an NFL game as Bears quarterback near the end of the first half of a preseason contest against the Denver Broncos. In a…