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news aggregatorColts Overcome Miscues to Drop Winless Lions 31-21INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Dallas Clark made an ugly win against an ugly team a lot more palatable.
Lions-Colts StatsDetroit 3 7 3 8--21 .
TITANS 47, LIONS 10; Lions Prolong A Tradition Of FutilityMaking fun of the Lions is too easy, like an ice fisherman casting his line into a drink cooler. In a city that is home to auto executives who traveled in private jets to Washington to plead poverty, the Lions still provide the biggest laughs. Derek Richards, a stand-up comedian who grew up here, said: ''You can make a Lions joke anywhere in the country and people get it. Everybody across the United States knows how miserable this team is.''
New-Look Falcons Open With WinMatt Ryan became the first quarterback in eight years to throw for a touchdown with his first pass as the Falcons beat the Lions on Sunday.
N.F.L. ROUNDUP; Lions' Rudi Johnson Says A Player Took His BagsDetroit running back Rudi Johnson said Wednesday that the player who was waived to make room for him on the Lions' roster -- Tatum Bell -- took his luggage from team headquarters in Allen Park, Mich. ''All this happened when he got released,'' Johnson said. ''He came in to get some stuff out of his locker and that's when he scooped up the bags.''
Reverse by Army Means Draftee Won't PlayA change in military policy means Caleb Campbell, a safety at Army and a seventh-round draft pick, will not get a chance to play for the Detroit Lions after all.
Lions Take Army ManCaleb Campbell, a safety from West Point, was selected in the seventh round by Detroit. The Lions' secondary can certainly use the help, and has a chance to get it immediately because a new rule implemented at the United States Military Academy will allow Campbell to play football now instead of serving in the military. Campbell is the first player from a service academy to be drafted since 1999. He will probably play linebacker in the N.F.L. And his new head coach, Rod Marinelli, is a Vietnam ...
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