Sports
95-year-old Virginia McCaskey, daughter of the legendary George Halas, is the matriarch owner of the Chicago Bears.
Dec. 30, 2014
Ed McCaskey, a former singer who married the daughter of Chicago Bears founder George Halas and went on to become chairman of the National Football League team, died Tuesday at his home in Des Plaines, Ill.
April 9, 2003
Bears chairman George McCaskey says his mother, Virginia, is ‘fed up’ with team’s mediocrity.
Dec. 29, 2014
Four iconic female NFL team owners — Virginia Halas McCaskey, Martha Ford, Patricia Rooney and Norma Hunt — are the subject of “A Lifetime of Sundays.”
Aug. 23, 2019
Michael McCaskey carefully chose his words when he first started talking about the past and immediate future of the NFL team he inherited from one of the game’s legends, George (Papa Bear) Halas.
Dec. 15, 1985
Chicago Tribune sports columnist Steven Rosenbloom discusses the poor handling of the Ray Rice domestic abuse case by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and also Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey’s silence on the subject.
Sept. 10, 2014
Here’s a real-life quiz that may or may not appear on “You Make the Call” during the upcoming NFL season: Chicago Bear defensive tackle Steve McMichael, trying to renegotiate his contract for 1990, tells Chicago Sun-Times reporter Dan Pompei that Virginia McCaskey, daughter of Bear founder George Halas and wife of chairman of the board Ed McCaskey, was present at his contract talks in 1989.
July 27, 1990
Business
The Internal Revenue Service claims that the estate of the late George S.
Dec. 14, 1988
EDITOR’S NOTE Who are the people who own the teams that compete in the NFL, and strive each year to make it to the Super Bowl?
Jan. 25, 1987
From his headquarters on Lake Shore Drive overlooking Lake Michigan, George Halas ruled the Chicago Bears for 63 years until he died at 88 in 1983.
Aug. 6, 1985