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  • Former NFL player, coach Dick Jauron dead at 74

    Former NFL player, coach Dick Jauron dead at 74

    Dick Jauron, the former head coach of two different NFL franchises, died Saturday. He was 74.

    The Chicago Bears confirmed the death. Jauron was the Bears’ head coach from 1999 to 2003. 

    He was previously diagnosed with cancer, The Daily Item in Massachusetts reported.

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    Dick Jauron, head coach of the Buffalo Bills, watches from the sideline against the New England Patriots on September 10, 2006, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.  (Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

    He became the Buffalo Bills’ head coach in 2006, a role he maintained until 2009. The next season, Jauron was named the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive backs coach under Andy Reid.

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    Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale in the early 1970s, and he was drafted by both the Detroit Lions in the NFL Draft and the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. He ultimately made football his lifelong pursuit, beginning with five seasons as a defensive back in Detroit and three more with the Cincinnati Bengals before his retirement in 1980.

    Dick Jauron looks on

    Head coach Dick Jauron of the Buffalo Bills looks on during the game against the Miami Dolphins on December 9, 2007, at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. (Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

    The well-liked Jauron moved into coaching and five years later was hired by the Bills as a defensive backs coach. He went on to coach defensive backs in Green Bay and became friends with Reid, who was an assistant offensive line and tight ends coach.

    Jauron had just one winning record in five seasons with the Bears, winning the NFC North in 2001 before losing to the Eagles — then coached by Reid — in the divisional round of the playoffs.

    He finished with a 60-82 record and one playoff berth over parts of 10 seasons as a head coach.

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    Dick Jauron

    Oct. 1, 2006; Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron during pre-game at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY. (Craig Melvin-USA TODAY Sports)

    Jauron’s death came just two days after the Bears announced the death of Virginia Halas McCaskey, who inherited the franchise from her father, George Halas, and spent four-plus decades as the principal owner.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

  • Figure skating community mourns the loss of legend Dick Button in the wake of D.C. plane crash tragedy

    Figure skating community mourns the loss of legend Dick Button in the wake of D.C. plane crash tragedy

    The figure skating community experienced immense grief this week after 14 members of the community were tragically killed in a midair aircraft collision in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night. 

    Their loss came just a day before two-time Olympic gold medalist Dick Button, a pioneer in the sport who would also go on to have a legendary broadcasting career, died at 95. 

    FILE – Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., a North American men’s figure skating champion and winner of the European title, executes a jump during a practice session at St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 19, 1948, in preparation for the Winter Olympics of 1948.  (AP Photo, File)

    “On this terrible, sad day for figure skating with the loss of young upcoming talent and their family members and coaches in the plane crash, I am further heartbroken with the loss of figure skating legend, my friend, Dick Button,” Brian Boitano, who won a gold medal in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, wrote in a post on social media. 

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    “RIP, Dick Button,” former American sports reporter Michele Tafoya said in another post. 

    “I like to think you went to heaven in time to welcome the young skaters and coaches who perished in Wednesday’s tragedy. May you all glide among the stars together.” 

    Everly and Alydia Livingston were killed in a plane crash between an American Airlines flight and Army helicopter

    Everly and Alydia Livingston were killed in a plane crash between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. All 67 people onboard both aircraft are presumed dead.   (Instagram/@ice_skating_sisters)

    A winner of two Olympic gold medals, five consecutive world championships, seven straight U.S. titles, and three-straight North American titles, Button was one of the most accomplished men’s figure skaters. 

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    He was the first to land a double axel and triple jump in competition, both leading to victory at the Olympics. After his skating career ended, Button would enter the world of broadcasting, eventually earning the name “The Voice of Figure Skating.”

    Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York, his family confirmed Thursday.

    “U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button,” the organization said in a statement. “The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style & award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating. His legacy will live on forever. We extend our deepest condolences to his family & loved ones.”

    Dick Button skating

    FILE – Dick Button, of Englewood, N.J., the reigning figure skating champion of the world, is shown tuning up at Oslo to defend his Olympic title in the Winter Games. He is performing a stag jump on Feb. 12, 1952 in Oslo, Norway.  (AP Images)

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    Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton spoke about Wednesday’s tragedy and loss of Button, a good friend, in an appearance on TODAY Friday. 

    Hamilton was in Wichita, Kansas, at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and was familiar with some of the victims in Wednesday’s crash, including world champion pairs skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

    “It’s just been beyond anything I can handle,” a tearful Hamilton said of the losses. 

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