October 13, 2020

Raheem Morris was 32 years old. He had dinner plans for the night of Jan. 16, 2009, with defensive back Ronde Barber. The Bucs had just finished a 9-7 season, Jon Gruden’s seventh as their head coach. They had missed the playoffs and had not won a postseason game since Super Bowl XXXVII six years earlier.

October 05, 2020

Tre’Davious White hardly ever intercepted passes in practice, and it bothered Leslie Frazier. If the 2017 first-round pick could become an interceptor, Frazier thought, he would be a complete player, a Pro Bowl player, and maybe even an MVP candidate.

July 24, 2020

It was Jack Daniel’s. Or Maker’s Mark. Whatever. There was a lot of it. And it was mixed with Xanax, as it had been many times before. Hayden Hurst had recently completed his freshman football season at South Carolina, but still was carrying the yoke of a failed baseball career. Getting high until he blacked out was a part of his routine.

You might think you know it all about the Bears, but there is plenty of new material here, some of it coming from more than 15 hours of interviews with team matriarch Virginia McCaskey, who spoke at length about her team for the first time in her 96 years. She also provides the forward to the book. There are sections about the draft, rivalries, how the 1985 team was built, the characters and many of the greats like Halas, Payton, Butkus, Sayers and Ditka. Co-author Don Pierson and I provide an all-time Bears team, and a list of the top 100 Bears of all-time. This book celebrating 100 years of Bears football is unlike anything previously published.

Dan and Doug reveal the principles that guided Doug through the ups and downs and tough times of his career, and what it took to become a champion. Fearless captures Pederson's coaching and leadership philosophies and reveals the brilliant mind and indomitable spirit of a man who has entered the pantheon of great coaches. Available at Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere.

Dan joins the boys on 670 AM in Chicago in the  6:00 hour on Wednesdays to talk Bears and NFL.

Dan joins host Pat Boyle and Hub Arkush, Dan Hampton and Dave Wannstedt for a weekly look at the NFL in-season.

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach, NBC analyst

“During my NFL career I always enjoyed talking to Dan Pompei. Dan has been one of the premier voices covering NFL for quite some time, and I have tremendous respect for his work. He was one of the writers who always took the time to investigate stories and write informative and balanced pieces. I still enjoy his work and I believe you will too.”

Pro Football Hall of Fame Defensive Lineman

“In a career of over 30 years, Dan Pompei has been the “Voice” of Chicago football scribes. From the early days of covering the Super Bowl-bound Bears to being inducted into the Pro Football HOF, he has used a keen insight and sharp wit to entertain the masses in print, radio and television.”

Editor-in-chief, The MMQB, Pro Football Hall of Fame Writer

“There have been a few people in my 31 years covering the NFL who are appointment reading for me. When Dan Pompei writes something--about any NFL person, team or trend--I immediately read it. Reading Dan, I find insight about the game I find from only a small handful of people in the media. When I say small, I mean four, five, six people. For me, Dan's on my Mount Rushmore of football writers, and football commentators. You know what I else I like about Dan's words? He progresses. He learns. He moves on to the new and interesting and compelling, rather than be stuck in the nineties or some other supposedly golden era. He understands that for readers and listeners who follow football avidly, today is the most important day, and today's stories are the most important stories.”