*(CNN) — Jim Brown, the transcendent athlete-actor-activist who ran roughshod over the NFL and its record books in the 1950s and 1960s and won multiple MVP awards before retiring abruptly at age 30 to ...

CLEVELAND — Jim Brown was virtually unstoppable in every arena he entered. Whether on the football field, in Hollywood or the battle for civil rights, Brown was a force. One of the greatest players in ...

Reactions to the death of Jim Brown, former NFL star, actor and activist: “To the world, he was an activist, actor, and football star. To our family, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather.

Jim Brown, the superstar Cleveland Browns running back who quit football at the very height of his hall-of-fame career, has died at 87. He passed away on May 18. Perhaps the greatest running back ever ...

Michael Smith and Michael Holley take a look back at NFL legend Jim Brown, go through his resume of greatness and his complicated legacy with protest and women. MICHAEL SMITH: Jim Brown passed away on ...

“To the world, he was an activist, actor, and football star. To our family, he was a loving and wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. Our hearts are broken.” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ...

When Sports Illustrated’s Steve Rushin set out to write a five-part series called “How We Got Here” for the 40th anniversary of SI in 1994, he chose Brown to speak for the modern athlete. “He was ...