Michigan Blew It with Les Miles, So Now It Must Pay with RichRod
Published on: 31st August, 2009
Unless a bunch of University of Michigan football players, past and present, have banded together in a deliberate attempt to sully the reputation and undermine the authority of Rich Rodriguez, then U-M is going to have to lie in a bed of its own making. Actually, Bill Martin’s making. This latest crisis ...Today’s Detroit Lions Can’t Even Get the Infighting Right
Published on: 24th August, 2009
The helmet flew across the locker room, somewhere in the bowels of what was then known as City Stadium. You might know it as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay. The hurler of said helmet was beside himself with anger. “Absolutely violent,” he would describe his state, some years later. The noggin that was ...Detroit Lions Should Trade Drew Stanton to a Team That Deserves Him
Published on: 17th August, 2009
Drew Stanton led the Lions to a comeback win in Saturday’s exhibition opener. The team’s No. 3 quarterback looked good, looked confident, and showed what he can do with his nimble feet when the situation calls for it. Now let’s hope he never sees the light of day on the football ...Detroit Lions’ Only “Curse” Has Been Their Tendency to Make Bad Decisions
Published on: 12th August, 2009
(Author's note: photo is, according to the Chicago Tribune, pub owner Billy Sianis being denied entry into Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series) The haggard pub owner traipsed down to the ballpark, as had been his wont, and brought his sidekick with him, as he’d done several times before. Only this ...Joe Namath Has Detroit Lions to Blame (Partially) for His Injury-Ravaged Career
Published on: 5th August, 2009
Joe Namath said he only knew how to play football one way: full throttle. It was that kind of desire and approach that contributed to the end of his career—and the Lions played a big part in that. Time to turn on the wayback machine and take you to Tampa, FL for ...Bobby Layne and Alex Karras: Unlikely Drinking Buddies In ’58 Lions Camp
Published on: 1st August, 2009
Another football training camp has begun. Another opportunity for nostalgia. Harry Gilmer, the beleaguered coach of the Lions between George Wilson and Joe Schmidt in the mid-1960s, stared out at the confounding young running back on the practice field. The running back was easy to spot, for he was the only one ...Yes, Virginia: Detroit Lions Had a More-Hated GM Than Matt Millen
Published on: 13th July, 2009
Russ Thomas was a curmudgeonly soul, a sort of modern day Charles Dickens-type character.He walked with a limp and had an old, craggy face and seemed to live in a time about two generations before the rest of us.And he was tight-fisted with the cash that his boss charged him ...The Detroit Lions: FINALLY, a Plan in Place
Published on: 4th July, 2009
It’s deliciously ironic that the last time the Lions had a semblance of a plan, it was designed by a moon-faced, cigar-smoking oaf of a coach. One fall Sunday, back in 1988, owner Bill Ford levied one of the worst indictments any owner could on his football coach. He had just seen ...Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson: One Day, He’ll Own The Town
Published on: 21st June, 2009
The best pass receiver in Detroit Lions history caught footballs with dirty, crusty, bloody hands. He wore a face mask befitting an offensive tackle and played punisher as much as he did the punished. Lions quarterbacks threw passes and he threw blocks. Charlie Sanders doesn’t hold any team records for pass catching. ...Featured Sponsors
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