This afternoon, the Detroit Lions, will host its 73rd Thanksgiving Day game .
It is a funny account of his disastrous experience playing football with the Detroit Lions.
On Thursday, he was the No. 5 overall pick by the Detroit Lions.
The Detroit Lions were tackling the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Washington Redskins were to battle the Dallas Cowboys.
Last weekend, Williams was taken in the third round by the Detroit Lions.
Among domestic automakers, Ford Motor, (its name adorns the Detroit Lions stadium) isn't taking public money, at least not yet.
In fact, the 49ers have shared six quarterbacks with three different teams: the Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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In June Bill Ford summoned 20 company executives to Ford Field, the gleaming new home of his family's Detroit Lions football team.
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This bodes well for Matthew Stafford, the 25 year old quarterback of the Detroit Lions, who is currently negotiating a new deal.
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The one loss in Mr. Tebow's record as Denver's starting quarterback this season came in a 45-10 blowout against the Detroit Lions.
In 1952, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions and played as a kicker for the Chicago Cardinals and the New York Giants.
Ford Sr. ( Detroit Lions), Bud Adams (Tennessee Titans) and Denise DeBartolo York ( San Francisco 49ers) all jump onto the list.
Mr Romney is also planning to make a major economic speech on 24 February at Ford Field, home to the Detroit Lions NFL team.
Culp was a defensive stalwart for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and '70s, and also played for the Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants and a Monday Night Football match up between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears.
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Even the lowly Detroit Lions are a favorite punching bag.
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Last April, Alex Karras, the former Detroit Lions standout who starred in the 1980s sitcom "Webster, " joined hundreds of former NFL players suing the league over concussion-related injuries.
Some owners, like Bob McNair of the Houston Texans, William Ford Jr. of the Detroit Lions, and Ted Lerner of the Washington Nationals have had horrible tenures.
One is another defensive tackle, Curley Culp, who made six Pro Bowls during his 14 seasons between 1968 and 1981 with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
"We're used to the first day of practice just about every ball on the ground, fumbled exchanges, all those things, " said the Detroit Lions' Jim Schwartz, coach of the South team.
No wonder Newsome is revered so much by Martin Mayhew of the Detroit Lions, Jerry Reese of the New York Giants, Rick Smith of the Houston Texans and Reggie McKenzie of the Oakland Raiders.
After falling to 1-4 and having a bye week (and replacing Kyle Orton with Tebow), the Broncos won in Week 7 but were blown out, 45-10, by the Detroit Lions in Week 8, falling to 2-5.
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Across Long Island Sunday, many of the three million homes that make up a big chunk of the New York television market turned on Channel 5, their local Fox affiliate, hoping to see the NFL Giants take on the Detroit Lions.
Ford is the vice chairman of the Detroit Lions professional football team, and he led the charge to build a new, environmentally friendly stadium, which was the site of SuperBowl XL. Via the Detroit Lions Charities, Ford helped develop the Detroit Police Athletic League.
After the Vikings in Lambeau on Monday, they have tough stuff left, including a division game at Detroit on Thanksgiving the most meaningful Lions Turkey Day showdown in ages a road date versus the New York Giants and a home game against the reenergized Chicago Bears.
Louis Rams, who have played poorly in recent years and play in a much smaller market than Detroit, charge fans much more for tickets and concessions than the Lions.
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Pontiac was unable to afford the upkeep after the Lions left for the newly built Ford Field in downtown Detroit a development that, like the building of a new baseball stadium for the Detroit Tigers, exemplified a revival of downtown Detroit as an entertainment district capable of drawing in suburbanites.
So today when you are rooting for the Lions, you are cheering for the pride that is inside of State of Michigan and Detroit.
The NFL said that Detroit was the best logistical fit since Fox camera crews were already in the Motor City for the Lions-Packers game on Sunday.
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