(Reuters) - Alex Karras, the Detroit Lions football star with the puckish personality who turned to acting and won legions of fans for punching out a horse in the movie "Blazing Saddles," died on ...

Alex Karras became the best known member of a football-playing family, with a career as a dominant defensive lineman in the National Football League, followed by an acting career that included notable ...

News of four Detroit Lions suspended by the NFL for violating the league's policy on gambling reminds football fans of a similar circumstance, involving the same team, exactly 60 years ago. While ...

Long before becoming known as an actor who punched out a horse while playing Mongo in the satirical western “Blazing Saddles,” Alex Karras was a Detroit Lion who got into a lot of trouble off the ...

Karras died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members, his attorney said. He had recently suffered kidney failure. "Alex was known to family and friends as a gentle, loving, ...

Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom "Webster" and famously punched a horse in the ...

Alex Karras, one of Iowa's greatest football players, a three-time All-Pro with the Detroit Lions and a longtime Hollywood actor, died Wednesday at his home after suffering from kidney failure, ...

Alex Karras played defense for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s. He turned to acting when he retired his cleats, landing a number of character roles... Football Player-Turned-Actor Alex Karras Dies ...

A dozen NFL seasons packed with All-Pro roughhousing, easy celebrity and lots of laughs would be a fulsome career for any man. That was just Alex Karras’ opening act. Karras was a natural in front of ...