• 11/21/98 - Hard work paying off for Saints DE Tomich
  • 11/19/98 - Tomich breaking out with Saints
  • 11/12/98 - Legette is stopgap for secondary.
  • 10/05/98 - Tyrone Williams comments after a week 5 loss to Vikings: RealAudio
  • 08/25/98 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers release T Eric Anderson.

    Stokes, Green help Seahawks top Cards

  • 08/22/98 - Eric Stokes and Ahman Green continued to come up big for the Seattle Seahawks late Saturday night in Tempe, Ariz., making Warren Moon's return to action a sweet victory.
      Green, the Huskers' starting I-back on the 1997 national championship team, leads Seattle in rushing this preseason and gained another 38 yards on 11 carries. He also caught three passes for 47 yards and continueally gave the Seahawks excellent field position with long kickoff returns.
      Stokes, a starter on the 1996 Nebraska team and a graduate of Lincoln East High School, may have made the defensive play that sealed the Seahawks' victory. Soon thereafter, Stokes put a hit on Arizona running back Mario Bates, forcing a fumble that Seattle's Darin Smith scooped up and carried 35 yards into the end zone, giving Seattle a 21-7 cushion with 12:26 to go in the half. (AP)
  • 08/15/98 - Seahawks' Ahman Green: "Ton of Talent"
  • 07/22/98 - Williams on the Packer's secondary: WAV
  • 07/21/98 - Knee Injury Shelves Broderick Thomas for Season
  • 07/20/98Wistrom awstruck in first NFL minicamp
  • 07/16/98 - Seattle Seahawks sign LB Mike Croel.
  • 07/15/98 - Seahawks sign former first-round pick LB Mike Croel
  • 07/04/98 - World Bowl '98: The Frankfurt Galaxy made a brighter start the second half and were soon in scoring range after Jermaine Chaney gained 28 yards on a run and another 15 were tacked on for a face mask penalty against DB Tim Denton. But Fire DE Mike Croel stuffed Chaney for a 6-yard loss and the drive stalled, forcing the Galaxy to settle for Ralf Kleinmann's 41-yard field goal. The Rhein Fire beat the Galaxy 34-10. (NFLEurope.com)
  • 05/18/98 - After seven games, former Los Altos resident Mike Croel was leading NFL Europe in sacks with five. A defensive end for the first-place Rhein Fire, Croel is hoping his performance will lead to a job with the NFL's Chicago Bears this fall. (Los Altos Town Crier)
  • 4/21/98 - Eric Anderson, a first-team All Big 12 choice from Lincoln Southeast is headed to Tampa Bay.
      "To see none of us (Husker offensive linemen) drafted was frustrating," Anderson said. "I know my teammates are as talented as the guys out there who were drafted. But we each get a chance to hook up with a team and go prove ourselves again." (Lincoln Journal Star)
  • Jon Zatechka, a third-team All-Big 12 selection from Lincoln East, is bound for Arizona. "I just wanted a shot - a chance to get my foot in the door," Zatechka said.
  • Undrafted free agent Matt Hoskinson has not been signed but said his agent was in contact with at least four teams.
  • Nebraska offensive lineman Fred Pollack - who agreed to a free agent deal with St. Louis - echoes the sentiments of the players whos draft fate went down to the wire. "Toward the end, it seemed like every minute too an hour," he said. "It was brutal."
  • 04/20/04 - 1998 NFL Draft archives
  • 04/15/98 - Draft is next challenge for versatile Frost
  • 4/98 - Scott Frost is somewhat of an enigma in this year's draft. Few, if any teams are looking at him as a quarterback. Most teams project Frost as a safety. Some see him as a running back or a tight end.
      "I'll do anything they ask," Frost said. "I think I can play at the next level. I want a chance to prove myself."
      Studwell(?) said Frost will be picked and will get a chance at a long career in the NFL. "He's just a great all-around athlete and somebody will take him as a project and get a good player." (AP)
  • 4/98 - Denver Post's #5 Safety prospect: Scott Frost, "if there's another Nolan Cromwell out there, he's the one."
  • 4/98 - The dark horse at the safety position: Nebraska's Scott Frost. He'll be making the switch from QB, but he's such an exceptional athlete, he's expected to be taken in the third or fourth round. If the Broncos don't take a safety early, it's conceivable that they would grab Frost in the middle rounds and let him learn under Atwater and Braxton.
      Frost is in the same position as Tommie Frazier, the QB he succeeded at Nebraska. But whille Frazier rejected any notion of playing defense in the NFL - Frost is anzious to make the move.
      First, though, he wants to know what position he's going to play.
      "I almost welcome the idea," Frost said. "Several teams have talked to me about playing all kinds of positions - special teams, defensive back, quarterback, running back... even tight end or split end. The transition to running back would be the easiest becaue I'm used to playing offense. But down the road, my best position might be defensive back."
  • Some NFL-types already are saying Frost could developinto a player similar to Tampa Bay safety John Lynch, a Pro Bowl selection who played QB his first two years at Stanford.
      The 6'2", 214 lbs Lynch is a ferocious hitter. Whether the 6'3" 220 lbs Frost develops that type of mentality remains to be seen.
      "It's going to be interesting," Frost said. "It's a different kind of ballgame when you play quarterback int he NFL. But I'm definitely going to be the chaser now instead of the chaseee."
      Frost said 90% of the teams were looking at him as a safety.
      "I haven't played there for a while, and there's going to be a period of adjustment, but hopefully with some good coaching and some practice, I can get the job done."
  • 01/26/98 - Football is an easy game. You go to training camp, you play the season, you win the championship, you go home. At least that's how it works for Tyrone Williams. He went into the Super Bowl in search of his Fourth championship in a row. He won the national championship his final two years at Nebraska, and won the Super Bowl as a rookie with the Packers. (Denver Post)

    01/25/98 - Super Bowl XXXII -- Denver Broncos 31, Green Bay Packers 24

  • Neil Smith came to Denver to win a title- and got it (archive)
  • On-one-side of the Broncos' locker room, Neil Smith stood in front of his locker slowly getting dressed, savoring the moment he had awaited since he started playing pee-wee football. The player who came to Denver with the same idea cornerback Deion Sanders once had when he went to San Francisco for one season, had gotten what he wanted and what he expected, a chance to taste a title.
      And inside Smith's locker, hung the same loud seven-button Bordeaux brick-red suit he wore the day he signed with the Broncos. "Not accidental," Smith said shaking his head. "I remembered what I said the day I wore this suit, and I knew I should be wearing it." Then Smith grinned and said, "It's a beautiful suit".
      For a night and season that suited the Broncos well.
  • 01/20/98 - That's smart: Broncos hold edge in IQ test scores (Jon Hesse, side article)
  • 01/20/98 - NBA: Erick Strickland lofts an alley-oop to a soaring Michael Finley: 773k | Quick Time
  • 01/10/98 - East-West Shrine Classic: Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost was 8-of-13 for 68 yards for the West with an interception.
      "The ball was sloppy in the first half and I let that interception get away," said Frost, who led Nebraska to an undefeated season and a share of the national title.
      Frost led the West on a 75-yard, 14-play drive ending in a 32-yard field goal.
  • 01/04/98 - NFL Playoffs: Smith Returns to KC, Broncos Win