Former Chicago Bulls star Bob Love died Monday after battling cancer, the team announced. He was 81. A forward out of Southern University, Love played 11 seasons in the NBA, nine spent with Chicago. Traded to the Bulls in the middle of the 1968-69 season ...

It was not exactly a lovefest when Bob Love arrived in Chicago on Nov. 23, 1968. The Milwaukee Bucks dealt Love and Bob Weiss to the Bulls before a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Stadium, and both he and Weiss were relegated to the bench that night.

Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, has died. He was 81. The Bulls say Love died after a long battle with cancer.