Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe get their first taste of what it’s like to be in football’s most exclusive fraternity. NEW ORLEANS — The four newest members of the Pro ...

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen died early Thursday at a Los Angeles hospital after battling mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining. He was 69. AP FILE PHOTO ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died yesterday after a battle with cancer ...

NEW ORLEANS — The four newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were formally introduced to a live television audience on Thursday night’s NFL Honors, but the first true rite of passage for ...