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 Matt Pelc
In sports, the bad usually balances out the good.
For every Cleveland Cavaliers, there is a New Jersey Nets. For every New Orleans Saints there is a Detroit Lions, but in the NHL the good teams seem to outnumber the bad teams.
A good team is usually a team that finishes above .500.
We often lament [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Bah, football season is over.
It just seems like yesterday we put a countdown clock on the site to commemorate the upcoming football season. I remember it being around 45 days or so when we first put it up, making football season seem so far away. The season now seems like a blur and [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Last week, we talked about the possibilities of the Red Wings and Pistons sharing an arena in Detroit and the fact that the Red Wings may be playing their games at the Palace while things sort themselves out for a new arena in the city.
We covered the possibilities in that last article, but [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Well what an interesting weekend of games it was once again last week.
I say interesting, not necessarily entertaining.
The NFL playoffs are usually the best postseason in sports, yet this season they have been rather ho-hum with several mismatches and blowout games.
If you are an avid Madden player, you know that Al Michaels states [...]

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By Matt Pelc
This story caught me off-guard this morning while perusing the Detroit News.
http://detnews.com/article/20100117/SPORTS0103/1170322/Pistons–Palace-may-be-for-sale
I was commenting to my cousin who was visiting Florida last week about the basketball arena fiasco here in Orlando where the taxpayers had to dole out money to build a new arena to replace one that is just over 20 years [...]

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By Matt Pelc
My apologies if you placed any bets because of my NFL playoff previews last week.
I used to write a column on here frequently were I wondered about things. While today I am hoping that you are not wondering why you visit a site where they guy can go 0-4 in his predictions of [...]

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By Matt Pelc
Yesterday we discussed Saturday’s games that pits the New York Jets against the AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals and the NFC East rivals Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys playing for a second straight week in Cowboys Stadium.
Following the Saturday action, the 2009 wild-card weekend concludes with two games on Sunday.
Again, remember the Saints, [...]

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