The Piccolo award is given annually to the most courageous football player in the ACC. Rutledge made a standout comeback following a very serious car accident in 2023.

Linebacker Bryce Steele was named a recipient of the 2025 Brian Piccolo Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- On the final day of mandatory minicamp, all 90 Chicago Bears players wore No. 41 jerseys at practice to honor Brian Piccolo, who died 52 years ago Thursday from cancer. Piccolo, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An upcoming auction of sports memorabilia features a rare Chicago Bears jersey worn by Brian Piccolo, whose tragic death in 1970 inspired the movie "Brian's Song." Other highlights of ...

Bears linebacker Jack Sanborn seemed an appropriate winner of the rookie Brian Piccolo Award largely because of how he overcame undrafted status last season to contribute as a starter. Now he's going ...

Benny Cunningham has spent just one season as a member of the Chicago Bears. He made one heck of an impression. The running back was one of two members of the 2017 Bears presented with the Brian ...

NFL Films greats Steve Sabol and John “The Voice of God” Facenda provided the narration for a film about Sayers: “In a generation or a lifetime, the great runner arrives in pro football. He is one of ...

Chicago Bears football jersey, #41, worn by fullback Brian Piccolo (1943-1970.) The shirt has been signed in black ink by running back Gayle Sayers (b. 1943) The pair's unlikely friendship, and ...

I was 12 years old, and my large Catholic family was gathered around our small black and white TV to watch the ABC Movie of the Week, “Brian’s Song.” It is the paean created by Chicago Bears running ...