CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera plans to give his players and staff the same advice in preparing for Super Bowl 50 that Mike Ditka gave the 1985 Chicago Bears. "One of the things ...

However, it was as a head coach that Ditka cemented his legendary status. Returning to the Chicago Bears in 1982, he transformed the franchise into one of the most dominant defensive teams in NFL ...

“Mike Ditka, no matter who he came across, if it was somebody doing something for him— there was literally a guy who would show up at the NBC studio every Sunday morning for our pregame show, and just ...