Quarterback Justin Fields and wide receiver D.J. Moore dedicated Thursday night's 40-20 win over the Washington Commanders to legendary Chicago Bears linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick ...

Butkus, considered one of the greatest defensive players of all time, spent all nine of his NFL seasons from 1965-1973 with the Bears, earning eight Pro Bowls and five first-team All-Pro selections.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Bears and all-around NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team confirmed Thursday. "The Butkus family confirms that football and entertainment legend Dick Butkus died ...

CHAMPAIGN — Wearing a No. 51 Chicago Bears jersey gifted by his wife Maria, George Sakas stopped by the Dick Butkus statue about three hours before Illinois kicked off against Nebraska on Friday. The ...

One of the first non-Native people to set foot here, in what would eventually become Chicago, was a French explorer named Robert Cavalier, sieur de la Salle, and he had this to say, “The typical man ...

Dick Butkus retired from the NFL in 1974, more than four years before I was born. Yet, it feels like I grew up watching him. Well, because I did. Butkus was on television a lot during my life — just ...

In 1965, wide receiver Lionel Taylor looked on as his Broncos selected star Illinois linebacker Dick Butkus in the AFL draft. He didn’t think much of it. “I knew we weren’t going to sign him,’’ said ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Bears and all-around NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team confirmed Thursday. Richard Marvin Butkus, a Hall of Fame linebacker who played for the Bears from 1965 until ...