A woman and a dog have died after a fire on Pequabuck Street ... Firefighters arrived at the scene around 9:15 a.m., Deputy Fire Chief David Butkus said. They were able to extinguish the flames ...

It is possible that Dick Butkus was the meanest, nastiest, fiercest linebacker to ever put on a helmet. More than a quarter of a century after his retirement, there remains the Butkus image ...

"To play this game -- and I've always said this -- you have to have a Neanderthal gene. Butkus had two," says former Chicago Bears teammate Doug Buffone on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.