By Matt Pelc
NFL free agency started at midnight and the team that has made the most headlines have been….
Have been…….
The team is…….
Wait for it….
YOUR Detroit Lions.
I’m serious.
Would I lie to you fellow long-suffering Leo supporters?
It started this morning when the team announced one of the first free agent signings, Nate Burleson, formerly of the Seattle [...]

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By Matt Pelc
I have a confession to make: I love football.
I know, that is an earth-shattering statement.
Readers of this site know that I must love football to devote my life to the Detroit Lions comedy show–or perhaps that means I hate football, but at least I think I love football.
With that said, enough is enough [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
As much as the signs of spring are beginning to show their face, we here at least in the north are not feeling much spring in our step instead having to un-bury ourselves from a mountain of snow.
Here are a few things I am looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Coached by none other than Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz, the North All Star Team defeated the South All Star Team 31-13 in Mobile Alabama’s 2010 60th playing of the annual Senior Bowl.  Aside from winning the game, state of Michigan Senior’s had good outings in the game including Central Michigan’s Dan Lefevour [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Ford Field has been the site of many attendance records in recent years and in the recent trend of utilizing NFL stadiums for sporting events other than NFL Football (In the Lions case if you can call it that).  It has been the site of record attendance at an NCAA Basketball Championship game during the 2009 Final [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Detroit Lions wrapped up another lackluster season at 2-14 and capped a horrendous decade of incompetence with a 37-23 loss at the hands of the sad sack Chicago Bears.
Jay Cutler may wish he played the Lions every week after his dismal season’s two highlight reel performances were both the games against Detroit.
The [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With the clock ticking down on 2009 and the end of a year and a decade in sports, one is left to reflect what does sport mean in your life?  To me, either playing or watching sports (or a great sports movie–my personal favorites both golf movies Caddyshack or Tin Cup) is a [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The New Orleans Saints suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday and fell to 13-1. Meanwhile, two days earlier, the Indianapolis Colts continued their march to an undefeated season by ascending to 14-0 with a comeback victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars (and who did not see that one coming when Jacksonville [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The other day I helped my three-year old daughter Kelsey write her letter to Santa and of course she told the jolly old fat man that she wanted the moon and the stars.
For a kid, once Christmas morning comes and there are scores of gleaming and neatly wrapped (as long as the wife, [...]

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By Matt Pelc
DETROIT LIONS (2-10) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (6-6)(-12.5)
M&T BANK STADIUM, BALTIMORE, MD

SUNDAY DECEMBER 13, 2009 @ 1 p.m.
Series: 1-1
Last Meeting 10/9/2005 @ Ford Field: Lions 35-Ravens 17
Well he is getting his chance.
Cry-baby Culpepper who has been known to rock the boat from time to time (I will pause for the sitcom-like laugh track wave [...]

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