Gale Sayers with his parents, Bernice and Roger Sayers, in 1965. "All of us coming up behind Gale Sayers wanted to be Gale Sayers," says former Husker running back Mike Green. SHERITHA JONES The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the fourth of a five-part series counting down the best drafts in Bears history, I've ranked the 1965 crop at No. 2. Here's why: One was a ferocious middle linebacker, an intimidating and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Comet, former University of Kansas and Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers, died Wednesday at age 77 after battling dementia late in life. Those who knew Sayers, the ...

CHICAGO - 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 cancer ...

The Bears will honor the late Gale Sayers at Sunday's regular-season finale against the Packers with a stenciled circle on the field that features his last name and No. 40 jersey number. The Hall of ...

Legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers died Wednesday, according to a statement from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 77. A cause of death for Sayers was not listed in the Hall of ...

It was the kind of matchup which made fans of good, tough smashmouth football salivate. Two future NFL Hall of Fame running backs, Floyd Little of Syracuse and Gale Sayers of Kansas, who died ...