ESPN’s Mike Greenberg on Friday gave a thoughtful tribute to Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus, whose death was announced hours before the team took on the Washington Commanders on Thursday night.

Dick Butkus, a Chicago, Illinois native, played linebacker for Illinois from 1962-64. He is a member of the College Football ...

Dick Butkus, arguably the fiercest Monster of the Midway, has died at age 80, the Chicago Bears announced Thursday. Butkus became a Bears legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer in his nine-year career, ...

Former Chicago Bears linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus has died at the age of 80, the team announced Thursday. Butkus died “peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu,” ...

Dick Butkus, the ferocious Chicago Bears middle linebacker who brought his reputation as an NFL barbarian to Hollywood for Miller Lite commercials, sitcoms and films, has died. He was 80. A member of ...

Dick Butkus, a Hall of Famer who was among the greatest, most respected and most feared players in NFL history and also had a long acting career in TV, film and commercials, died overnight in his ...

Carter Blackburn, the play-by-play announcer of the OSU-USC game Friday night on ESPN 2, asked Butkus a number of questions that people had submitted in advance. But Blackburn first pointed out that ...