The athlete's friendship with fellow teammate Brian Piccolo inspired the TV movie Brian's Song Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018 ...

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, has died ...

A large crowd gathers around the long jump pit during the third flight of the first round to watch Bellevue East senior Robert Rands leap over 24 feet on his first jump at the Bellevue East track meet ...

Gale Sayers, a graceful and quick Chicago Bears running back whose elusiveness bedeviled defenses and delighted fans, has died, the team and the NFL announced Wednesday. He was 77. Sayers was a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...