Even in weird year, Detroit Lions stay true to form — an absolute mess
It’s the holiday season, traditionally when Detroit fans root for the Lions to lose so they can move up in the draft. In that case, Merry Christmas, fans! Otherwise, what happened Saturday at Ford Field was an embarrassment, even by Detroit Lions’ standards, and that...
A Santa visit down a COVID-19 chimney
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring — mostly because no one was allowed over. Suddenly, down the chimney, Santa came with a bound, only to see, waiting for him, a little boy sitting on the floor. The boy looked...
Mary Schroeder took iconic photo of Kirk Gibson. He repaid the favor, 36 years later
She was always just “Mary” to us. “Who’s the photographer?” we’d ask. “Mary,” the answer came. “Good.” “Who’s editing the photos?” “Mary.” “Good.” The response was inevitably the same. “Good.” If Mary was shooting, you’d get first class work. If Mary was editing,...
Who makes the call on Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh? Likely, Jim Harbaugh
I have news for Paul Finebaum of ESPN, Urban Meyer and Brady Quinn of Fox Sports, every football talk show in America and every furiously typing social media hound in the Maize and Blue universe. Nobody is going to fire Jim Harbaugh except Jim Harbaugh...
Under Darrell Bevell, Detroit Lions show they’re not ready to quit
The cliché about football being a game of inches still rings true in the NFL. And an inch is pretty small. But one thing even smaller and infinitely harder to measure is the difference between quitting and not quitting. It’s as thin as a breath, as narrow as a muscle...
Annual radiothon will shift, adjust, but go on
The show will go on, December 10!
Detroit Lions mercifully abandon their Patriot Way experiment
Thanksgiving arrived two days late in Detroit. Today, Lions fans give thanks that the Bob Quinn/Matt Patricia era is, mercifully, over. Farewell, Patriot Way. Quinn and Patricia were going nowhere with this franchise. In truth, they were given a year longer...
Thanksgiving comfort from a fortunate feathered friend
“Maybe it’s not so bad,” the turkey says. Not so bad? I say. Are you kidding? Thanksgiving has been canceled! Not so bad? “I’m just saying,” the turkey replies, “there’s always an upside.” Well, I reply, I don’t know what the upside could be. COVID-19 has...
What if my Tuesdays with Morrie happened during COVID-19?
Morrie Schwartz died 25 years ago this month, ending Mitch Albom’s weekly Tuesday visits. Would those visits have happened in the age of COVID-19
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