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Remembering the sudden death of Lion tackle Lucien Reeberg in 1964
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsThis past October we remembered the 40th anniversary of the tragic death of Lion receiver Chuck Hughes who died of a heart on the Tiger Stadium gridiron in the closing... -
Suh’s selfish, reckless play hurts his teammates
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsHave we all been fooled by the professional demeanor of Ndamukong Suh during his radio and TV interviews? Is his public demeanor far from the real person? How can one man’s off-the-field... -
Jack Christiansen led the Lions’ secondary during the glorious 1950s
Posted on November 27, 2011 | 1 CommentOne day in retirement, Cleveland Browns end Mac Speedie was asked about Jack Christiansen, the Detroit Lions’ Hall of Fame defensive back of the 1950s. “We had a standard rule... -
Meeting Joe Namath when the Jets came to Detroit for Thanksgiving
Posted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the real treats of the 1970 AFL and NFL merger was that for three consecutive Thanksgiving Day games at Tiger Stadium in the early 70’s, Lion fans were... -
Thanksgiving Past; The Lions last hurrah
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe cliché about history repeating itself might well be applied to the young Lions showdown Thursday against the undefeated and reportedly glory-bound Green Bay Packers. Though there are circumstances that... -
20 years ago: When the Lions kept winning for Mike Utley
Posted on November 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the “thumbs up”. But it has been. Twenty years ago, back in 1991, in Week #12 of the NFL season, the Detroit... -
Remembering my first favorite Detroit Lion
Posted on October 31, 2011 | 2 CommentsIf the circumstances of your birth meant that you became a Detroit Lions fan in the 1970s, it wasn’t always pretty. But as a young kid growing up in Michigan... -
An eyewitness account of the only death to occur on an NFL gridiron
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve never been one for bobblehead toys. I have just one, a Detroit Lions nodder that dates back to the Nixon administration. It’s stashed away in some box in the... -
40 years ago Lions receiver Chuck Hughes died on Tiger Stadium gridiron
Posted on October 24, 2011 | 3 CommentsIt remains the greatest tragedy to have ever occurred during an NFL game. Forty years ago today on October 24, 1971, at Tiger Stadium Detroit Lion wide receiver Chuck Hughes... -
Two of the Lions greatest comebacks came in last championship season of 1957
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsWith the Detroit Lions’ dramatic come from behind victories in the last two weeks I thought about the two unbelievable come back wins in 1957, the last time the team...
