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| Lions put K Jason Hanson on IR, sign CB Tye Hill |
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12/02/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions have put kicker Jason Hanson on injured reserve, ending his season with an injured right knee. Detroit signed cornerback Tye Hill on Thursday to take Hanson's spot on the roster. Hill was among the Tennessee Titans' final cuts this year. He started 24 games over four seasons for St. Louis and Atlanta. The Lions drafted Hanson in 1992 and he has become their all-time leading scorer with 1,890 career points. Hanson has made an NFL-record 44 field goals from at l |
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| Lions place Hanson on IR |
NFL Football |
12/02/2010 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions have placed kicker Jason Hanson on injured reserve. Hanson has been inactive for the past three games because of a knee injury he sustained on November 7 against the New York Jets. He was hurt when Jets defensive lineman Trevor Pryce ran into him during a field goal try. The 40-year-old veteran had connected on 12-of-14 field goals and all of his 19 extra points in eight games this season. He has spent his entire 19-year career with the Lions and is under |
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| Lions QB Drew Stanton to start against Bears |
NFL Football |
12/01/2010 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz announced on Wednesday that Drew Stanton will be the starting quarterback for Sunday's game against NFC North rival Chicago. Stanton will become the Lions third starting quarterback this year, in replace of Shaun Hill who is out indefinitely with a broken right index finger. Meanwhile, Detroit's 2009 first round draft pick, quarterback Matt Stafford is nursing a shoulder injury he suffered during Week 9 against the New York Jets. Stanto |
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| Redskins' FedEx doesn't deliver a home advantage |
NFL Football |
12/01/2010 |
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| games. There are many factors - the stadium's size and location, fickle and negative fans, the thousands of visiting fans who always seem to get good seats, the team's overall poor play throughout the decade - but the sobering fact is that only the Detroit Lions have a worse home mark among NFC teams than Washington's 42-44 record at FedEx Field since 2000. ``That's not good company,'' veteran defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday said Wednesday, ``when you talk about what Detroit has done.'' Cornerback Car |
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| Patriots offensive line jelling in time for Jets |
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12/01/2010 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -Tom Brady found himself in a strange position - on the ground after being sacked. It took an unusual defensive alignment to do it. On the first series of the New England Patriots' game on Thanksgiving, Detroit Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh raced in from the middle linebacker position and pulled down the star quarterback who rarely has been tackled, hurried or knocked down in the past month. ``If we give him time,'' Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins said, ``there's nothing |
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| Lions QB situation again uncertain |
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11/30/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Lions may have more problems at quarterback. Shaun Hill appeared to have a splint on the index finger of his throwing hand at practice Tuesday. He stood off to the side while Drew Stanton took snaps with the first team. The Lions already lost quarterback Matthew Stafford to an injured shoulder, and Hill has been starting in his place. Stafford was at practice but wasn't participating in the portion open to the media. Stanton has played in three games this season, |
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| NFC North: Can Cutler keep Bears on top? |
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11/30/2010 |
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| ance from team doctors. The Packers will return to Lambeau Field to host San Francisco this Sunday. LIONS: According to bartender Moe Szyslak on The Simpsons, people can place bets on anything that moves. When Bart Simpson asks about wagering on the Detroit Lions, Szyslak tells him to lay off the people of the Motor City because they are living in "Mad Max" times, referring to the movie depicting life with gangs, violence, poverty and no structure of civilized life. The star of the movie was Mel Gibson, who' |
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| NFC East: Giants hoping comeback win serves as springboard |
NFL Football |
11/30/2010 |
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| 12, and the All-Pro quarterback found Lance Moore in the end zone on the very next play for a 30-27 advantage that wound up as the final score. Williams, whose exorbitant salary and modest production in two-plus seasons since being acquired from the Detroit Lions have been symbolic of the Cowboys' overall underachievement this year, was understandably devastated over the shocking turn of events that dropped the defending NFC East title-holders to 3-8 for this disappointing campaign. "I lost the ballgame," he |
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| Lions' star rookie Suh has Nebraska jersey retired |
Division I College Football |
11/26/2010 |
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -Detroit Lions rookie Ndamukong Suh had his No. 93 jersey retired during a halftime ceremony at the Colorado-Nebraska game. Suh was The Associated Press national player of the year last season and the Huskers' most decorated defensive player. All major award winners have their jerseys retired, although their numbers remain available to active Huskers. Suh's name appears along with other honorees on the north end-zone wall. Wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap, Suh said it was a b |
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| Branch runs free as Patriots try to break loose |
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11/26/2010 |
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| triots a deep threat. Deion Branch proved there's more than one way to score on a long pass. Branch scored on a twisting, cutting, 79-yard pass from Tom Brady to tie the game, then added another TD catch to take the lead as the Patriots beat the Detroit Lions 45-24 on Thanksgiving Day. The win was New England's sixth in seven games since acquiring Branch from the Seattle Seahawks. That sets up a big Monday night game on Dec. 6 against the New York Jets, who are tied with the Patriots atop the AFC East |
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