Brian Piccolo didn't live long enough to fulfill ... that shattered racial boundaries -- with his African-American Chicago Bears teammate Gale Sayers and Piccolo's final days.

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the Brian Piccolo Award is given to one rookie and one veteran who best exemplifies the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor of the late Bears running back. Take a look at the ...

The Bears on Tuesday honored linebacker T.J. Edwards and right tackle Darnell Wright as the 2023 winners of the prestigious Brian Piccolo Award during a ceremony at Halas Hall. The Chicago Bears have ...

It was a wet, bone-chilling, see-your-breath day in Chicago. Sayers ... Sayers dedicated his prize to his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo, who was dying of cancer. The story of his friendship ...

As it opens, it's 1965, and Brian Piccolo (Maher) and Gale Sayers (Phifer) are rookie running backs for the Chicago Bears. The talented Sayers is shy and diffident; "Pic," more modestly skilled ...

And the Emmy for outstanding performance in a limited documentary series about a professional football team on the verge of ...

The Bears have struggled on offense and allowed a league-most nine sacks in games against the Titans and Texans.

A coalition of public groups joined forces Wednesday to oppose a new Chicago Bears stadium on the lakefront ... the Chicago skyline on April 26, 2023. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) “The ...

And the Emmy for outstanding performance in a limited documentary series about a professional football team on the verge of ...

CHICAGO — And the Emmy for outstanding ... That was the most Kleenex-inducing scene for Bears fans since Gale Sayers’ “I looooove Brian Piccolo” speech in “Brian’s Song.” ...