Detroit Lions: Momma Said There’d Still Be More Days Like This
Published on: 19th October, 2009
Things are apparently so bad with the Lions that they don’t even show up for their games anymore. The Lions yesterday set football back in Detroit all the way to…2008. If this is them turning the corner, then they just ran smack dab into a bus, like that girl in that scene ...Detroit Lions Once Again Kings of 30-Minute Football
Published on: 5th October, 2009
The Lions turned in another of those 30-minute jobs yesterday in Chicago, and it cost them, big time. A 21-21 halftime tie turned into a 48-24 laugher for the Bears, but here’s what’s NOT funny. Matthew Stafford dislocated his kneecap, according to ESPN. The thing popped back into place on the sidelines, following ...Matthew Stafford Has QB Presence Like No Detroit Lion in Years
Published on: 3rd October, 2009
It was Super Bowl week, and Thomas Henderson wanted to try out some new material.What better opportunity than Media Day—held on Tuesday before The Big Game—to show how brilliant you are, and how much the other guy isn’t?Henderson, the bombastic Dallas Cowboys’ linebacker who encouraged the use of the nickname ...Detroit Last Won When Hillary Clinton Was Running, Team Missed Memo About Change
Published on: 21st September, 2009
The Detroit Lions have been kings of the incompletion.Not talking about passing here; talking about overall performance.On select Sundays, the Lions will play perhaps 15, 20 minutes of decent football. On special occasions, they might squeeze out 30 minutes. Things could even get dicey and they might tease you with ...Sadly, Cemetery Beckons Monte Clark for Real
Published on: 18th September, 2009
“See you at the cemetery.” Sadly, those words are no longer simply metaphorical. Monte Clark is gone—dead at 72 after a long illness—and this has been a ghastly year for sports deaths, if you’re a follower of the teams in Detroit. The following list is only partial: George Kell; Bill Davidson; Chuck Daly; ...The More Things Change…Lions Defense Inept Against Saints
Published on: 14th September, 2009
It was a storied line, uttered by the most powerful man in the world, once upon a time. The quote is attributed to President John Kennedy, in 1961, recently installed into the Oval Office after a bitterly contested election against Dick Nixon. “What we found out,” JFK said, “was that things were ...20 Years Ago, Barry Sanders Turned Lions Fans On From Carry No. 1
Published on: 12th September, 2009
The rigors of another NFL training camp were past. The meaningless dress rehearsals known as exhibition games, all four of them, had been played. The fates of certain pro football players—the fringe guys on that imaginary “bubble”—were now hanging in the balance. And the fate of a franchise tilted and swayed. Would ...A Fair Fight: Matthew Stafford Won Detroit Lions’ Job On Merit
Published on: 9th September, 2009
Occasionally, pro sports provides us with delicious irony and poetry. Seven years ago, the Lions beamed with pride. Finally, a genuine article at the quarterback position in the second year of what would derisively and painfully come to be known as the Matt Millen Era. The Lions would no longer be “married” ...Dick LeBeau’s Playing Career Should Have Been Good Enough for Hall of Fame
Published on: 2nd September, 2009
Maybe the best compliment that could be paid to Dick LeBeau is that he turned out to be a better coach than a player—and he was a Hall of Fame player, so what does that make him as a coach? A portion of the above sentence has been met with a ...Last Night on the “The Knee Jerks”: We Got Literary, Then Cranky (As Usual)
Published on: 1st September, 2009
He was a little late, but our guest, author Marty Appel, showed up on “The Knee Jerks” Monday night, to enliven my weekly sports gabfest with Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience. Appel’s new book is “Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankees Captain,” and it’s a terrific recollection ...Featured Sponsors
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