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| Lions win in OT, snap 26-game road losing streak |
NFL Football |
12/19/2010 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Dave Rayner drilled a 34-yard field goal with 9:51 left in overtime, and the Detroit Lions snapped their NFL-record 26-game road losing streak with a 23-20 win over Tampa Bay at Raymond James Stadium. The Lions' overtime push came mostly on the ground as Maurice Morris rushed four times for 35 yards and ended the game with 109 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. Drew Stanton was solid in his fourth career start for the Lions (4-10), completing 23-of-37 passes for 252 yards and |
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| Lions try to end epic streak at expense of battered Bucs |
NFL Football |
12/17/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions carry their NFL-record 26-game losing streak into Raymond James Stadium this week as they try to play spoiler against a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that is still harboring postseason aspirations. Detroit, which hasn't won a road game since Oct. 28, 2007, enters this week's contest on a rare winning note following a 7-3 triumph over the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field last week. Drew Stanton threw for the game's lone touchdown late in the fourth quarter for what proved to b |
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| NFC South: Injuries continue to mount for Bucs |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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| h the authorities and eventually found himself in the back of a police cruiser. Hayes was also allegedly tasered and owns 61 tackles, a sack, forced fumble and an interception this season. Morris said Hayes will play Sunday, when Tampa Bay hosts the Detroit Lions at Raymond James Stadium. Morris knows how tough the Lions can be and needs his best players on the field with postseason hopes on the line. Discipline action could be looming for Hayes, who became the third Tampa Bay player arrested in the past two |
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| NFC North: Packers not in with Flynn |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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| this game against the Patriots in first place in our division and we still are. We just have to take care of business from here on out." New England also had 27 first downs to Chicago's 12. Chicago is 9-4 on the season and got a huge break from the Detroit Lions, who upset Green Bay at home to keep the Packers a game behind the Bears for NFC North bragging rights. The Packers have the luxury of heading to New England this upcoming Sunday, while the Bears have a Monday night showdown at Minnesota. However, t |
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| APNewsBreak: NFL concussion reports up this season |
NFL Football |
12/13/2010 |
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| tic brain injury committee is convening Monday and Tuesday in Washington. Every week, key players are sitting out. Rodgers was slow getting up after being hit by two Lions at the end of a scramble in the first half of Green Bay's 7-3 loss at the Detroit Lions. After Green Bay took a timeout, Rodgers was sacked on the next play. He stayed in for the rest of the drive but then exited. ``He was a little groggy after those two plays, and the medical staff and Aaron decided it was in his best interest not t |
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| Lions halt distribution of free NFL tickets |
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12/13/2010 |
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DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Lions have stopped distributing free tickets to Monday night's football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants. The team said in a statement Monday there was an ``overwhelming response'' to tickets for the Vikings' home game that was moved to Monday at Ford Field in Detroit after the Metrodome's inflated roof collapsed under the weight of heavy snow a day earlier. The Lions said those holding a ticket to the Giants-Vikings game scheduled in Minneapolis wi |
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| Lions edge Packers 7-3 after knocking out Rodgers |
NFL Football |
12/13/2010 |
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DETROIT (AP) - The Green Bay Packers looked lost without Aaron Rodgers. The Detroit Lions weren't much better, but they're used to playing without their starting quarterback. Drew Stanton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Will Heller midway through the fourth quarter, and the Lions held on for a 7-3 win over Green Bay on Sunday after knocking Rodgers out of the game late in the first half. Detroit snapped a 19-game losing streak against NFC North opponents despite an erratic performance from Stanton, wh |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 12, 2010) |
NFL Football |
12/12/2010 |
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| oy Wire, T Garrett Reynolds, G Mike Johnson, DE Lawrence Sidbury, DT Trey Lewis Panthers - 3rd QB Keith Null, CB Chris Gamble, LB Jason Williams, LB Nic Harris, G Chris Morris, G Travelle Wharton, WR David Clowney, DT Ed Johnson GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Packers - S Atari Bigby, CB Pat Lee, S Anthony Smith, FB Korey Hall, LB Matt Wilhelm, G Nick McDonald, G Marshall Newhouse, DE Cullen Jenkins Lions - 3rd QB Matt Stafford, QB Shaun Hill, RB Aaron Brown, T Tony Ugoh, DE Barry Turner, |
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| Packers CB Woodson expected to play vs Lions |
NFL Football |
12/11/2010 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The Green Bay Packers expect cornerback Charles Woodson to play against the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Woodson, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is listed as probable for the game after suffering an ankle injury in practice Wednesday. Defensive coordinator Dom Capers saw the 34-year-old Woodson get hurt and briefly felt some uneasiness. ``You're always concerned when you see one of your guys go down,'' Capers said. ``But he bounced bac |
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| Reeling Lions to face another tough test from Packers |
NFL Football |
12/10/2010 |
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| rs in the game for Green Bay and Leinart buried on the depth chart for his second team in Houston. Rodgers will try to further cement his pro legacy and move the Packers closer to a playoff berth in the crowded NFC Sunday against the NFC North-rival Detroit Lions at Ford Field. He is on pace for his third straight 4,000-yard season and has been protecting the football like an officer at the Mexican border. Rodgers hasn't thrown an interception in his last five games, spanning 177 attempts, and owns 11 touchd |
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