Synopsis: This is really at it's core an old-fashioned story about friendship; the friendship between to pro-football players: Brian Piccolo(James Caan) and Gale Sayers(Billy Dee Williams. Both play for the Chicago Bears and both play the same position. They start as rivals but quickly become friends after their coach, George Halas(Jack Warden), rooms the players together by the position they play. Later Gale gets injured and it's Brian who works Gale back into shape and encourages him back in the game. Then Brian starts losing weight and coughing a lot and getting slower so the coach sends him to the doctor. We discover that Brian has cancer.