Hall of Famer

Fearsome Chicago Bears middle linebacker Dick Butkus has died at 80. The team said in a statement that he died Thursday.

Major League Baseball opened its All-Star weekend in Seattle with a showcase game for top players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Russell died Sunday at the age of 88, with his wife, Jeannine, at his side, his family said in a statement posted on social media. No cause of death was immediately available.

The Coachella Valley Firebirds have hired Jessica Campbell as the American Hockey League’s first female assistant coach.

Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73.

Sandy Koufax is set to join fellow Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson with a bronze statue at Dodger Stadium.

Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. is joining the team's ownership group. Griffey has purchased a stake in the club that drafted him in 1987 and watched him grow into a Hall of Famer.

Mike Krzyzewski says next season will be his last leading the Duke program. The Hall of Famer and winningest coach in the history of Division I men’s basketball made the announcement Wednesday

Willie Mays is turning 90 and on Thursday, baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer will be serenaded with renditions of “Happy Birthday to You.”

All players, managers, coaches and umpires will wear No. 42 on Thursday to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut and broke the sport’s color barrier.