The Chicago Bears take on their NFC North division Green Bay Packers to open their season. But their other division foe, the Detroit Lions, kick off the NFL season on Thursday night in a matchup against the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas
Legendary college basketball announcer Dick Vitale revealed he is going through his third battle with cancer, this time with his vocal cords. Vitale, 84, has had bouts with melanoma and lymphoma, both of which he won. In typical “Dickie V” fashion, his
Former North Carolina State and Furman coach Dick Sheridan, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 81. Sheridan died at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, his son, Jon, told Furman athletic department spokesman Hunter
Legendary college basketball voice Dick Vitale revealed Thursday that “past issues on my vocal cords” have returned and that he will undergo a pair of surgeries this summer to correct the issue. The 84-year-old Vitale posted a series of tweets that noted
Dick Groat, a former Pittsburgh Pirates star who also briefly played professional basketball after he was an All-American in college, has died, his family said Thursday. He was 92. Groat’s family said he died at UMPC Presbyterian Hospital due to complications from
Dick Fosbury, an Olympic gold medalist high jumper known for revamping the technical discipline of the sport, died Sunday, his publicist said. He was 76. Fosbury died after a recurrence of lymphoma, his publicist Ray Schulte said. The Oregon native was known
Former Pittsburgh Steelers director of personnel Dick Haley, who is largely credited as the architect behind the 1970s dynasty that won four Super Bowls, has died at 85, his family announced Friday. Haley, who played several years in the NFL as a
The San Diego Padres broke the bank in recent years to acquire several players like Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts and to keep guys like Fernando Tatis Jr. But the organization’s spending wasn’t a strategy that sat well with Colorado Rockies team
There was no NFL game being played on a Thursday night for the first time all season, but don’t tell that to Dick Vitale (Actually, maybe someone should.) The NFL Network (which no longer broadcasts Thursday Night Football – that’s an Amazon