Oakland Raiders legend and former AFL All-Star George Atkinson, who led the team to a Super Bowl 11 championship, has passed ...

The field will be narrowed to nine within a month, with stiff competition among players in the Seniors category.

Savannah native George Atkinson started his football journey as a star at Johnson High, then with the Oakland Raiders. He has ...

Oakland Raiders legend George Atkinson, who was a part of the team's "Soul Patrol" secondary, has died, the team announced on ...

Former Oakland Raiders safety George Atkinson, who helped the team to five consecutive AFC Championship Games, has died, the team announced. He was 78.

When his Chargers defeated the Vikings at SoFi Stadium, Jim Harbaugh came away with some history, joining Norm Van Brocklin ...

A fearsome safety and returner for the dominant John Madden-coached Oakland Raiders teams of the 1970s has died at 78.

George Atkinson, a hard-hitting defensive back who roamed the secondary for the Oakland Raiders and was part of the team’s ...

The first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school, and a Super Bowl champion in Kansas City, ...

George Atkinson played in 144 games and intercepted 30 passes. He and Jack Tatum were one of the most intimidating safety combinations of all time.

Atkinson was the last remaining member of the Oakland Raiders’ famed “Soul Patrol” defensive backfield that once terrorized ...

Atkinson, who died Monday, was a walking tribute to the old, lost era of professional football when players saw themselves as ...