Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The show begins with retired football player George Papadopolis and socialite wife Katherine Calder-Young (played by Alex Karras ...

Football legend Alex Karras died at his home in the Hollywood Hills. The 77- year-old defensive lineman played for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s. The Gary Ind., native and Emerson High School ...

Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom "Webster" and famously punched a horse in the ...

Another day, another concussion lawsuit filed by former NFL players. The latest comes from 119 new plaintiffs, led by former Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras and his wife, Susan Clark. Clark tells ...

DETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras' condition has deteriorated and the NFL team he played for is extending its sympathies. The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News reported the former All-Pro defensive lineman ...

Karras died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members, his attorney said. He had recently suffered kidney failure. "Alex was known to family and friends as a gentle, loving, ...

DETROIT (AP) -- Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom "Webster" and famously punched ...

I was always very good at touch football, and even tackle football in the park, but when it came to playing varsity football, a player had to weigh 130 pounds and have other assets. I didn’t even ...

DETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen. And yet, to many people he will ...