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Flashback: George Plimpton's 1963 tryout with Detroit Lions inspired book, movie
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 10 months ago“I decided finally to pack the football.” So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s...
Ernie Clark, former Detroit Lions and Michigan State football standout, dies at 86
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoFormer Detroit Lions and Michigan State linebacker Ernie Clark died Sunday at his residence in...
Column: A new baseball season brings back Updike, Brashler and Plimpton
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoSo far, not so good this baseball season for those toiling on the South and North Sides and we who...
Detroit Lions haven't been 8-2 since 1962. Here's how good that team was.
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoThe Detroit Lions are off to a historic franchise start thanks to a 31-26 comeback victory over the...
The best player* to wear each of NFL's 101 jersey numbers ... and, yes, we cheated on a few
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoThe NFL offseason is in that yearly lull between peak action on the free agency/trade market and the...
Marvin Jones and the Detroit Lions are reunited and it feels so good: 'I belong here'
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMarvin Jones had a sense early in free agency that a reunion could be in the works, and the more he...
Detroit Lions winning it all? As these 12 movies show, anything can happen in football
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDetroit Lions fans are living their best lives, as hopes of reaching the playoffs finally seem real...
The 33 Greatest Football Movies Ever Made
Esquire via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe 33 Greatest Football Movies Ever MadeCourtesy While baseball might be the American pastime, there's nothing more uniquely American than football....
Biblioracle: Top 5 hockey books, because where else is a Chicago sports fan to turn?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoI am trying to remember a darker time in my 50-plus years of Chicago sports fandom. The Cubs fell victim to a nearly 1969-like late summer swoon. The Bulls stood pat on a team that barely made ...