NFL considers revisions to Rooney Rule
(AP) - Eight teams hired new coaches and seven more filled general manager positions with the New York Jets completing their search by hiring John Idzik. None of those jobs went to a minority...
NFL needs to tackle the lack of diversity in coach hiring
OPINION - If you want a head-coaching gig, your best bet is to be able to coach offense. So where does that leave African-American coaches?...
Chicago Bears fire coach Lovie Smith after 9 seasons
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (AP) - The Chicago Bears have fired coach Lovie Smith after the team missed the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons...
Bears coach Lovie Smith backs Obama for re-election
Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith is reaching out to the African-American community as part of an effort to re-elect President Obama in 2012...
Chicago Bears sign coach Lovie Smith to extension
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Smith led the Bears to the NFC Championship game this past season, where they lost to the Green Bay Packers...
Mother of Chicago Bears coach Smith dies at 77
GLADEWATER, Texas (AP) - Born in the small East Texas town of Big Sandy, Mae Evelyn Chalk Smith was a longtime resident of nearby Tyler...
