Paul Tagliabue, who helped bring labor peace and riches to the NFL during his 17 years as commissioner but was criticized for not taking stronger action on concussions, died Sunday from heart failure at 84 years old. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tagliabue’s family informed the league of his death in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

The Chicago Bears won for the fifth time in their last six games on Sunday, and they now find themselves in the thick of a playoff chase.

With just over two minutes to go in Sunday night’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers, NBC play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico informed viewers that a new NFL-related unofficial holiday was taking place. After explaining how next ...