Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime owner and matriarch of the Chicago Bears, died Thursday at 102, the team announced in a news release. Virginia served as the owner of the Bears since her ...

Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died Thursday at the age of 102. The NFL community was devastated by the loss of the NFL matriarch.

Virginia Halas McCaskey died on Thursday at 102, ending an enduring link to the earliest days of the league. Judy Battista memorializes the Chicago Bears owner whom former commissioner Paul ...

Virginia Halas McCaskey, the only daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer George Halas and the Bears' principal owner since 1983, passed away February 6 at the age of 102. "While we are sad, we are ...

Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime owner and matriarch of the Chicago Bears, died Thursday at 102, the team announced in a ...

Virginia Halas McCaskey, owner of the Chicago Bears and daughter of team founder George "Papa Bear" Halas, has died. She was 102. The Bears announced McCaskey's death Thursday morning.

Though Virginia never planned to become the owner, fate had different plans. After her brother, George Halas Jr., passed away unexpectedly in 1979, managing the Bears landed on her shoulders.

Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died at the age of 102 on Thursday. McCaskey was the matriarch of the franchise and she was both the NFL’s oldest owner and its longest-tenured owner.

Virginia Halas McCaskey was a direct line to the NFL's founding, as her father purchased the Bears in 1920 and attended a meeting that led to the founding of the American Professional Football ...

When Virginia Halas McCaskey graduated from Philadelphia's Drexel University in 1943, with a degree in Secretarial Studies her aspiration was to work for one executive — her father George Halas ...

Virginia Halas Mcaskey's son, George (right), has served as the Bears' chairman since 2011. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast. McCaskey's official title was secretary to the board of directors.

Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime owner and matriarch of the Chicago Bears, died Thursday at 102, the team announced in a news release. Virginia served as the owner of the Bears since her ...