Since her death last month, tributes have poured in for Virginia McCaskey, the owner of the Chicago Bears. On March 3, ...

CANTON – The Junior League of Stark County, Ohio, Inc. will honor Jeanne Freitag and Katherine White for their impact on the ...

Chicago Bears matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died in February, was not the first woman to become principal owner of an NFL team. Yet the woman who was lived nearby.

McCaskey, the older of Halas’ two children, never expected to find herself in charge. Her brother, George “Mugs” Halas Jr., was being groomed to take over the team, but died suddenly of a ...

George “Mugs” Halas Jr. Mugs’ death triggered a feud between the McCaskey and Halas factions that rivaled the Hatfields and McCoys. When Mugs’ children tried to sell their shares to Neil ...

Zoom out: McCaskey was one of two of George Halas' children. Her brother George "Mugs" Halas Jr. died in 1979. In 1983, McCaskey inherited the Bears after her father's death and instead of selling ...

Defensive back Kyler Gordon was honored as the Bears’ recipient of the 2024 Ed Block Courage Award by Maryville Academy ...

The 16th NFL Draft was held over two days at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago during the league's annual meeting. Those ...

Virginia Halas McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears and daughter of late NFL pioneer George S. Halas, died Feb. 6 ...

The 14th annual NFL Draft was held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia on Dec. 21, 1948. The selections started at 10 a.m. (EST) and ended shortly after 4 p.m. The draft was reduced ...