"Oh," sighed a colleague, when told they were going to remake "Brian's Song." "Oh, no." It was not the lament of a movie buff who automatically rejects the idea of refilming a classic. It was the ...

“Team Mates and friends till the end,” tweeted Billy Dee Williams, who co-starred with Caan in the 1971 TV-movie classic Brian’s Song. “RIP Jimmy.” Williams included what appears to be a recent photo ...

The TV Guide ad for the film promised “a true story about love,” and it delivered: Love of a game (football) and love between two friends who played it together in the pros until one died of cancer at ...

American football players Brian Piccolo, of Italian descent with the gift of the gab, and Gale Sayers, black and a social cripple, both join the Chicago Bears. They don't get along, but coach's plan ...

The film that made grown men cry and made TV movies a TV staple -- that's the legend of Brian's Song, which debuted on ABC Nov. 30, 1971. That legend lives again Sunday, but in an all-new ABC remake.

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Gale Sayers joins the Chicago Bears and is befriended by Brian Piccolo, an over-achieving running back. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that Sayers is black ...

The TV Guide ad for the film promised “a true story about love,” and it delivered: Love of a game (football) and love between two friends who played it together in the pros until one died of cancer at ...