Sports briefly: Former Bears president and CEO Michael McCaskey dies

Michael McCaskey, who took over the reins of the Chicago Bears from his grandfather George Halas in 1983 before the team achieved its greatest moment two years later, died Saturday. He was 76.

McCaskey became the president and CEO of the Bears after Halas' death in October 1983 — taking over for the man who founded the franchise and co-founded the NFL — and remained at the helm of the organization in a 27-year run, serving as the chairman of the board from 1999 until 2011, when he stepped down and was replaced by his brother George.

McCaskey, the oldest of Ed and Virginia McCaskey's 11 children, battled cancer for a considerable time.

He called the winning Super Bowl XX run his proudest moment with the organization. Many consider the 1985 Bears one of the best teams in NFL history.

"I'm also proud that the Bears continued to stand for the values that our grandfather began us with and that we maintained a commitment to strengthening the league," he told the Chicago Tribune shortly before retirement.

Despite being a lightning rod for fan criticism, the Bears had a .539 winning percentage during McCaskey's 27 seasons, appearing in five NFC Championship Games and qualifying for the playoffs 12 times.

The 145th Preakness Stakes was rescheduled for Oct. 3, marking the first time since World War II that the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown will take place outside of May.

A pair of Michael Jordan game-worn Nike sneakers from 1985 sold at auction Sunday and fetched a record price of $560,000, nearly four times the initial estimate. It surpassed the $409,000 paid for shoes worn by Roger Bannister, who became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes in 1954.

The Air Jordan 1s, signed by His Airness, were sold at auction by Sotheby's New York with the auction house initially estimating that they could bring $100,000 to $150,000.

A 5-year-old boy and a woman drowned in a backyard pool at the Houston home of former major league outfielder Carl Crawford, according to reports.

A police spokeswoman told the Houston Chronicle that the boy was swimming in the pool when he began to have trouble breathing, and the woman jumped in to save him. Both were unresponsive when police arrived and later declared dead at a hospital.

Crawford, 38, was a four-time All-Star who last played in 2016.

Park Hyun-kung shot a final-round 67 to erase a three-shot deficit and win the Korean Ladies Professional Golf tournament by one stroke in Seoul. Park had a four-round total of 17-under 271. Park hugged her father, who was caddying for her, after the winning putt and was showered with flower petals from her peers.

Soccer: Defending Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich returned to action with a 2-0 win at Union Berlin as the restart of German soccer continued in empty stadiums. … All Spanish league clubs can begin group training sessions this week despite stricter lockdown restrictions remaining in place in parts of Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic.

MMA: Alistair Overeem stopped Walt Harris in the second round of UFC's Fight Night main event Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. Harris was fighting for the first time since the kidnapping and slaying of his 19-year-old stepdaughter late last year.