“Bum had more one-liners,” said Laurie Phillips, Wade’s wife of 53 years. “Wade thinks he’s a comedian, but I keep telling him he’s not. … Wes has a great sense of humor.” ...

The Bum Phillips Charities team has since organized a charity concert, “Bum Phillips Charities BBQ Showdown,” featuring country legend and Academy of Country Music award winner, Moe Bandy, who ...

Bum Phillips' coaching career was over before defensive end J.J. Watt and many of his teammates were born. But that didn't stop Watt from honoring Phillips' after a sack.

Bum Phillips.jpg In this Jan. 6, 1980 file photo, Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips and running back Earl Campbell (34) leave the field after the Oilers' loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC ...

Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips shows the emotion that he shared with many of his players as they were welcomed by a crowd of more than 55,000 inside the Astrodome on Jan. 6, 1980 after losing ...

Bum Phillips looks over some of his Brahma bulls on his ranch Friday, July 10, 1998, in Goliad, Texas. Phillips, who left coaching the New Orleans Saints in 1985, now lives on his 250-acre South ...

Bum Phillips, the folksy Texas football icon who coached the NFL’s Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, died Friday at his home in Goliad, Texas. He was 90 and had been in declining health.

The "Bum Phillips All-American Opera," which is based on the former Oilers coach's autobiography, is coming to Houston, thanks to a charity founded by one of his players.

Former NFL coach Bum Phillips died in October. With his unmistakable cowboy hat and colorful wit, he led the Houston Oilers to two conference championship games, missing the Super Bowl only due to ...

Strunk’s friendship with the Phillips family remained strong long after Bud fired Bum on Dec. 31, 1980 — on the heels of a playoff loss to eventual Super Bowl champ Oakland, which followed ...

Bum Phillips' friends, colleagues and former players remembered him Saturday for his leadership, friendship and unparalleled ability to be, as one friend put it, "the most real thing in the room ...

Wes Phillips, then a freshman quarterback in 1993 at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora, Colo., stands between his grandfather, former NFL coach Bum Phillips, left,, and his father, Wade Phillips ...