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Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones announced devastating news revealing the loss of his 6-month-old son, Marlo.

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Ryan Broyles may have secured his financial future with a four-year $3.6 million contract in 2012, but nowadays you can catch him living off much less with $60,000 a year between him and his wife.     https://instagram.com/p/uT5lzGOINa/?taken-by=ryanbroyles     While the annual amount may raise some eyebrows, USA Today notes that for Broyles, it’s […]

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DETROIT (AP) — Mel Farr, a former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who rushed for more than 3,000 yards in seven pro seasons with the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 70. Farr, a running back, played college football at UCLA and finished seventh in the voting for the 1966 Heisman Trophy. He was […]

While approaching his pending free agency, Detroit Lions linebacker Ndamukong Suh was rumored to desire a warm weather destination and no state taxes. Barring a…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he’d be “pretty aggravated” if he were a Detroit Lions fan after the team lost an NFL playoff game to the Dallas Cowboys after a disputed penalty call. But since he’s a long-suffering fan of his hometown Chicago Bears, Obama says he can’t have “too much sympathy for […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit-Dallas game Sunday averaged 42.3 million viewers on Fox, the third-highest total in NFL wild-card history. The broadcast trailed only the San Francisco-Green Bay game last year on Fox at 47.1 million and the 2012 Pittsburgh-Denver game on CBS at 42.4 million, the NFL and Nielsen said Monday. The Lions-Cowboys […]

UPDATE: December 30, 2014 Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh can play in Detroit’s playoff game after his one-game NFL suspension was reduced to a $70,000 fine. Hearing officer Ted Cottrell heard Suh’s expedited appeal Tuesday and ruled that Suh can play Sunday at Dallas but must pay the fine. Suh originally was suspended for stepping […]

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They say timing is everything. With that in mind, maybe Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush should have kept his thoughts on disciplining his daughter to himself. Yesterday Bush was out doing interviews as part of a sponsor campaign for Taco Bell. However, after his chat on WFAN radio, most folks won’t be thinking about […]

NFL player Calvin Johnson is in a world of trouble all because his girlfriend could’t control herself. A woman claiming to be Johnson’s baby mama…

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DETROIT (AP) — Jim Caldwell got a ringing endorsement from one of his mentors when Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew was doing his homework. The Lions hired Caldwell on Tuesday to replace fired coach Jim Schwartz, ending a search that included a phone conversation between Mayhew and Tony Dungy. “Martin called me and said […]