Nick Buoniconti was an undersized NFL linebacker, but he left a larger-than-life impression on the game he loved. Buoniconti, a Hall of Fame middle linebacker later afflicted by a degenerative ...

Nick Buoniconti, the first big, established star in Miami Dolphins franchise history, has died at 78 after a life so much bigger than football. Buoniconti passed away Tuesday night in hospice care ...

Tears flowing down his cheeks, Nick Buoniconti, kissed his son on the forehead and promised him they would fight this demon together. Thirty years later, the tears flow for the old man ...

Former Miami Dolphins linebacker Nick Buoniconti, a member of the undefeated 1972 team, has suffered falls, memory loss, and confusion, among other issues, according to a Sports Illustrated ...

Nick Buoniconti, a tenacious middle linebacker who won two Super Bowls in the 1970s with the Miami Dolphins and in retirement turned his doggedness to finding a cure for his son’s paralysis ...

Four U.S. senators introduced a resolution Thursday to honor the life of Dolphins Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti. Buoniconti, who passed away July 30 at the age of 78, followed his football career with ...

Csonka wanted none of that Wednesday, setting the record straight shortly after learning of the death of middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti, the heart and soul of the defense. “The strength of ...

It wasn’t that kind of memorial for so much of the night. There were smiles and laughter about Nick Buoniconti’s life, hugs and memories, doctors and civic leaders, and, over there ...

Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL's only perfect season before spending 23 years on the HBO program 'Inside the NFL,' has died. He was 78.

Nick Buoniconti, the undersized altar boy from the south side of Springfield who gave all of us normal-sized kids hope when he went off and became a 5-foot-11 All-American linebacker at Notre Dame ...