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Last time Lions won an NFL title, fans would buy tickets just to watch Joe Schmidt
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoDetroit Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt was the centerpiece of a championship defense, winning titles in...
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...
The best pro football player to wear every jersey number
Touchdown Wire via Yahoo Sports· 12 months agoFootball is a game of numbers, and that includes jersey numbers — which define players in our minds...
Pro Football Hall of Famers by college
Fighting Irish Wire via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoThe 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame class was unveiled just before Super Bowl LVI as eight legendary football players are now headed to Canton where...
'Detroit History Podcast' revisits 1957 Detroit Lions' NFL championship run
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 5 months ago“Grit” has been the motto for this season’s Detroit Lions, who will make the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl appearance if they can scratch out a win Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers ...
Surviving members of 1957 Detroit Lions title team rooting for playoff history to repeat
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoIt has been 66 years since the Detroit Lions won an NFL championship, and two of the surviving...
Remembering the tragic day Detroit Lions' Chuck Hughes died on the football field 50 years ago
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoOn a gloomy, damp afternoon more than 50 years ago, 54,418 excited football fans made their...
Lions history: Briggs Stadium, the 49ers, Browns and the '57 championship game
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoThe following chapter, titled "The Last Hurrah," is excerpted from “Miracle in the Motor City,” by...
Detroit Lions NFL playoff history: 5 greatest wins all-time
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoDetroit Lions playoff history in the NFL is full of trophies. That is, of course, if you squint and...
England: Five key issues Steve Borthwick must fix to take Red Rose back to rugby's top table
Evening Standard via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoEngland met up in York on Wednesday, immediately launching an extended inquest into Saturday's 30-21...