McCaskey served as the Bears owner since Oct. 31, 1983, on the death of her father, Bears founder George Halas. Like her father, a co-founder of the NFL, McCaskey kept the team in family hands.

Son George once recalled ... “It was there I learned how much football meant to the Halas family,” Ed once recalled. With the Bears on the verge of losing 14-6, Ed noticed Virginia crying.

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

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. Violet Bidwill was ...

She was the daughter of Bears founder and NFL pioneer George S. Halas. She had been the team’s majority owner since her father died in 1983. Much of her large family was in attendance.

They came in droves to say goodbye to the daughter of George Halas, the matriarch of the Chicago ... had to park a block away at Mystic Waters Family Aquatic Center. Advertisement The funeral ...

it’s almost certain to pale by comparison to the family drama of the late 1980’s that followed the sudden and unexpected death of Virginia McCaskey’s brother, George “Mugs” Halas Jr ...

In 1965, the company founded by Steve Sabol’s father became part of the NFL family. Since then, NFL Films has created a legacy of world-class storytelling.

Mrs. McCaskey's family filled a large section of the church ... The only daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer George Halas, Mrs. McCaskey passed away last Thursday at the age of 102. She had served ...

International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois, featuring Benedictine University and Rockford University.

The world said goodbye last month to a man who’s been described as one of the greatest American actors of the 20th century.