George Halas, the 70-year-old head coach of the Chicago Bears in 1965, stepped in front of reporters after rookie Gale Sayers scored six touchdowns in a 61-20 victory over San Francisco on Dec. 12, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning sports writer Red Smith once wrote about Gale Sayers' running style: "He wasn't a bruiser like Jimmy Brown, but he could slice through the middle like a warm knife through ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill., — The late Gale Sayers is one of the best players to ever suit up for the Chicago Bears' franchise, having his number retired by the team and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who made his mark as one of the NFL’s best all-purpose running backs and was later celebrated for his enduring friendship with a Chicago Bears teammate with ...

NFL Films greats Steve Sabol and John “The Voice of God” Facenda provided the narration for a film about Sayers: “In a generation or a lifetime, the great runner arrives in pro football. He is one of ...

FILE - This is a 1970 file photo showing Chicago Bears football player Gale Sayers. Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who made his mark as one of the NFL's best all-purpose running backs and was later ...

As Steve Sabol, late cofounder of NFL Films, puts it in this hour of NFL Icons, “We have a library of 100 million feet of football film dating back to 1894. The most thrilling footage in that library ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. >> Relatives of Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers say the Chicago Bears legend has been diagnosed with dementia. His wife, Ardythe Sayers, tells The Kansas City Star that her ...

The stories are distinct, but their origin is the same: a neighborhood so vibrant, so unified that individual accomplishments and devastations touched every house from Tech High to Kountze Park. A ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Chicago's first auto race is about to ...