Category Archives: Detroit Lions

Five things you need to know for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Welcome to a special March Madness edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Last weekend featured championships in girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, competitive cheer, gymnastics, wrestling and hockey and you can get all the details from the Freep, Detroit News and mLive.
Michigan Girls Basketball State Championships
Last weekend the state [...]

Photo Friday: Lioness by rckrawczykjr

This photo is titled Lioness and it was taken by Ralph Krawczyk Jr. at the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit. If you follow Michigan in Pictures, you've seen a lot of Ralph. If you don't click here to see what you've been missing!
Ralph says that he's a graphic designer, a [...]

Detroit Lions, is THIS finally their year?

The Future by Dave Hogg
While I'd like to say I avoid thinking about the Detroit Lions until October or so, the truth is I'm a Michigan boy and can't help but think that this might be the Lions' "year" ... I mean, it's statistically possible, right?
When I received an email from NFL.com announcing the newly [...]

Detroit is top-rated sports city … mostly

The latest issue of ESPN: The Magazine has their "Ultimate Standings" for US sports franchises. It will come as little surprise to learn that Detroit scored three teams in the top 20 for the 2007 rankings. The rankings are a combination of record, ownership/management, coaching, players, affordability, fan relations, stadium experience and "bang for the [...]

Massive trade sends Legislature, Governor to Guam

Dave Dombrowski, Joe Dumars & Jim Leyland,
shown evaluating their new acquisitions.
DATELINE: APRIL 1, 2007, LANSING, MICHIGAN
Residents of Michigan were stunned today by the announcement of a massive trade that sent Michigan's full House, Senate, Governor and a number of key government officials to be named later to the Territory of Guam in exchange for left [...]

Blogs We Dig: Blue Cats and Red Sox

scoring the game by Boston Fan in Michigan
Blue Cats and Red Sox is written by "a Bostonian at University of Michigan OBSESSED by baseball," but I guess how could she not be, coming from Boston. Luckily she manages to talk about other sports (and cities) as well, maybe because baseball isn't always in season? Baseball, [...]

Detroit Lion tight end Charlie Sanders named to Football Hall of Fame

There has never been a tight end like Charlie Sanders.
I'm sure of that, because I can’t imagine anybody
being better than he is at his job.
-Alex Karras
A visit to FireMillen.com "just to check" didn't produce a new Lions coach, but it did produce a link to news that Detroit Lions tight end Charlie Sanders (#88) will [...]

Fire Millen, a Michigan Tradition

Fire Millen?

A very Michigan Thanksgiving

Turkey by Vaughan
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Michiganians will soon be hitting the road to attend family get togethers and enjoying annual traditions. To help get ready for the upcoming holiday we have compiled a bunch of informative and entertaining Thanksgiving related links for you to enjoy.
The state of Michigan can tell you [...]