Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

Paul Wiggin, the former Stanford football coach whose team lost to Cal on "The Play" as the Cardinal band was on the field, ...

Buffalo Bills legend Bruce Smith's 200 sacks are the all-time NFL record on both official and unofficial lists. Smith never ...

WWF legend Steve Regal—known professionally as Mr. Elasticity—died at age 73, the National Wrestling Alliance announced ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...

THE HONKY TONKS IN TEXAS could easily have been Steve McMichael’s natural second home. Where you tip your hat to the ladies and the Rose of San Antone. Instead, powered by brawny determination and an ...

For some in his inner circle, though, McMichael’s disappearance triggered uneasiness. He had been telling his closest friends more frequently about the problems he was having with his neck, his ...

The voicemail was left with an odd combination of reluctance and concern. What exactly was going on? Was there reason for worry? Any validity to fears that McMichael suddenly was face to face with a ...

On April 23, 2025, Jarrett Payton shared a heartbreaking post to Instagram about the passing of NFL legend Steve McMichael after a battle with ALS. In the video Jarrett shared, Steve is talking about ...