Sweetness_ The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton - Jeff Pearlman [262]
318 When he finally signed: Pierson, “It’s sign-up day in the NFL,” Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1986.
318 Throughout the season stories were: Ron Borges, “Anderson Surviving in Payton Place,” The Boston Globe, November 9, 1988.
319 Even Ditka, Payton’s biggest: Pierson, “Ditka May Slow Payton,” Chicago Tribune, September 4, 1986.
319 Unlike Anderson, whose absence: Pierson, “Payton lands with Class at Bears Camp,” Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1986.
319 From the commercialism: Sally Jenkins, “With the Chicago Bears, Things Never Are Boring,” The Washington Post, January 1, 1987.
320 “My arm was coming out of the socket”: Pierson, “Bringing in Flutie Helped Bring Down Club,” Chicago Tribune, August 16, 1995.
321 On the day after the trade: Pomerantz, “As Flutie May Learn, Bears Are a Team of Rugged Individualists,” The Washington Post, October 19, 1986.
322 With the Redskins leading: Pierson, “Bears’ Super Rule Ends at XX,” Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1987.
323 “Instead of appearing like the old”: Pomerantz, “Time Could Be Running Out for a Finally Run-Down Payton,” The Washington Post, January 7, 1987.
323 “My goal is sixteen hundred”: Pierson, “‘I’m Going for 18,000. Life Changes Every Day. Maybe Next Week It might Be 20,000,’ ” Chicago Tribune, November 7, 1999.
323 Why, in the February 1 Pro Bowl: Brennan, “NFC Mistake-Prone in 10-6 Loss,” The Washington Post, February 2, 1987.
324 Thanks to the efforts of Jesse: Frank Dexter Brown, “Jesse Vs. The Big Leagues,” Black Enterprise, July 1987.
326 “Nothing is final”: Pierson, “ ‘The Best Way to Go Out,’ ” Chicago Tribune, July 29, 1987.
328 Much was made of the Herculean matchup: Pierson, “And Now, the Game,” Chicago Tribune, September 14, 1987.
328 The next day’s St. Petersburg Times: Bruce Lowitt, “End Near for Payton?” St. Petersburg Times, September 15, 1987.
328 “The Bears were so good in every way”: Michael Wilbon, “Bears’ Defenders Sack Giants, 34–19,” Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1987.
328 Neither did the following week’s triumph: Mooshil, “Bears 20, Buccaneers 3,” Associated Press, September 20, 1987.
329 “They’re keying on Walter”: Lincicome, “The Game Should Matter, But . . . ,” Chicago Tribune, September 21, 1987.
329 “You can tell he’s upset”: Mike Kiley, “Anderson Answers Call of Duty,” Chicago Tribune, September 21, 1987.
329 “Like the way John Havlicek did it”: Mike Conklin and Rich Lorenz, “Dr. J has Some Advice for Payton: Say Farewell,” Chicago Tribune, January 22, 1987.
329 On the day after the Tampa game: James Warren, “NFL Clock Runs Out,” Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1987.
330 Meanwhile, three games were played: Pierson, “Bears Forge on with New Faces,” Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1987.
330 “I had little to gain out of this strike”: David Steele, “Payton’s Place,” St. Petersburg Times, October 22, 1987.
330 Before the game Payton agreed to meet: “Angry teen says there’s more to story of fairy-tale Bear meeting,” St. Petersburg Times, October 30, 1987. 331 “I know what’s going on”: Jay Lawrence, “Little sweetness for Payton,” Orange County Register, November 1, 1987.
331 “There are ample examples of all-time great professional”: Randy Minkoff, “Payton’s numbers drop in 13th season,” United Press International, November 14, 1987.
331 The Bears were scheduled to play at San Francisco on: Wilbon, “49ers Pelt Bears with Rice, 41–0,” The Washington Post, December 15, 1987.
332 Mayor Eugene Sawyer presented: Kiley, “Walter’s Time, Win or Lose,” Chicago Tribune, December 21, 1987.
333 Throughout the season: Linda Kay and Mike Conklin, “Year-end report,” Chicago Tribune, December 29, 1987.
333 “Three seconds left”: Clark Judge, “49ers not yet legend, says a critical Ditka,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 8, 1988.
334 “We haven’t played [the 46 Defense]”: Ralph Wiley, “Hats off to the Redskins,” Sports Illustrated, January 18, 1988.
334 “I think we’ll win it all”: Pierson, “Ditka Defiant: ‘We’ll Win it All,’” Chicago Tribune, January 5, 1988.
334–35 “Sometimes I feel I’m the problem”: