Freep contributing columnist John Lindstrom swore off the Detroit Lions when Joe Schmidt cut Alex Karras. Now, he wants them ...

Ben Capp of Grosse Pointe Farms has had Lions season-tickets for 67 years but may finally witness something for the first time -- an NFL championship.

Around 100 people gathered to cheer on the Lions and share their memories of the team over the decades, some dating all the way back to attending games at Briggs Stadium. Some attendees wore Lions ...

Late in the rain-drenched game at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium, the mud-daubed players blended into a black, slithering mess. Numbers disappeared, so did faces. Shivering spectators could barely ...

When the Detroit Lions won the National Football League championship in 1957, hundreds of fans hoarse from cheering streamed onto the muddy field at Briggs Stadium and jostled with police for a ...