Hall of Fame NFL coach Mike Ditka isn’t from Florida, but he’s been an honorary Floridian for decades. Ditka and his wife, Diana, have owned a custom-built part time home in southwest Florida ...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a guy in NFL history tougher than Mike Ditka, but Brock Bowers is making his case. On Sunday, Bowers claimed Ditka's 63-year-old NFL record for receiving yardage by a ...

On his third catch today in New Orleans, Bowers broke the record for most receiving yards for a rookie tight end in NFL history, which was set by Bears tight end Mike Ditka in 1961. Ditka gained ...

On his third catch today in New Orleans, Bowers broke the record for most receiving yards for a rookie tight end in NFL history, which was set by Bears tight end Mike Ditka in 1961. Ditka gained 1,076 ...

The rookie year Mike Ditka enjoyed was like no other for an NFL rookie tight end for 63 years. Now, the rookie record set by Ditka for tight end receiving yards that year has fallen to Las Vegas ...

One of the NFL's oldest records belongs to Mike Ditka, who as a Bears rookie tight end in 1961 gained 1,076 receiving yards. Even 63 years later, in a league with much more sophisticated passing ...

The Las Vegas Raiders tight end on Sunday broke Mike Ditka's record for single-season receiving yards by a rookie tight end (1,076), which the Pro Football Hall of Famer set in 1961 with the ...

More than six decades after "Iron" Mike Ditka seemingly cast into stone a rookie record for all tight ends to strive for, Brock Bowers has moved aside the Hall of Famer. Bowers set a new rookie ...

NEW ORLEANS — Brock Bowers has broken Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for yards receiving by a rookie tight end and also has set a rookie record for receptions at any position. Drafted by the Las ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn't set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had “no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL.” ...

That record was one Ditka had held since 1961, when he set an NFL record for receiving yards by a rookie tight end. In that remarkable season, Ditka racked up 1,076 receiving yards in 14 games ...