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Brandon Folsom covers high school sports for MLive.com, sports lifestyle for AlternateUni.com and college football for SaturdayBlitz.com. He is a member of the Football Writers Association of America, National Football Foundation and U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

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Detroit Lions claim cornerback Pat Lee, waive Alphonso Smith

Detroit Lions were awarded cornerback Patrick Lee off waivers from the Oakland Raiders. Oakland signed Lee on Mar. 21, but cut him Nov. 10. Lee is 28-years-old, played college football at Auburn and was…Read More

Former Detroit Lions tackle Lomas Brown named to Michigan Sports HOF

Former Detroit Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown was named as one of the 57th class of inductees to the Michigan Sports Hall of fame on Monday. Brown played 18 seasons in the NFL, spent 11 seasons with…Read More

Schwartz: Suh and Fairley played best game since being drafted

The scoreboard may have showed a 34-24 loss Sunday afternoon to Minnesota, but Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz saw progress made, especially in the trenches. Schwartz praised the play of his defensive…Read More

Lions sign safety Silva to practice squad

Phew! That was close. After safety Ricardo Silva lost the numbers game for the initial 53-man roster last weekend to cornerback Drayton Florence, it was beginning to look like Silva would have been picked…Read More

Detroit Lions release safety Ricardo Silva after signing new corner Florence

The question has been finally answered. Who are the Detroit Lions going to cut in order to make room for recent free agent signee cornerback Drayton Florence? Answer: 2011 undrafted free agent safety…Read More

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Detroit Lions vs. Buffalo Bills: Inactive players for tonight’s game

Here is the list of Detroit Lions players who are inactive for tonight’s game against the Buffalo…Read More

Brandon’s letter: Today we celebrate the life of Tom “Killer” Kowalksi

Tom “Killer” Kowalski passed away on Aug. 29, 2011—exactly one year ago today. Today is really…Read More

Five Wide: the Detroit Lions dress re-Hearse-al

  The Lions were lucky to escape Saturday night with only a handful of injuries to key players,…Read More

Schwartz, Leshoure eye Saturday for the running back’s preseason debut

Second-year running back Mikel Leshoure is on pace to play for the Lions this Saturday against the Oakland…Read More

7 Detroit Lions players and the shows they should host

Earlier this week former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan was picked to be Regis Philbin’s…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Tuesday morning edition

There was so much news involving the Detroit Lions yesterday that we decided to cut it up into two separate…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Lions ban beat writers from “Live-Tweeting” practices

  Let’s catch up with the news from the last two days of practice and see what has been going…Read More

The case against Maurice Stovall making the final 53-man roster

The Lions should not keep veteran wide receiver Maurice Stovall on the final 53-man roster. Detroit is…Read More

ESPN’s John Clayton: Lions QB Moore likely headed to practice squad

Thursday on ESPN 710 Seattle’s twenty-minute daily segment with ESPN NFL Insider’s John Clayton…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Lions special teams are not very special

Although the Lions pulled out a 27-12 win over the Baltimore Ravens Friday night, there were a lot of…Read More

Five Wide: Lions played Dime defense against the Ravens Friday

There were a lot of things that the Lions did better at this week versus the Baltimore Ravens than they…Read More

Cliff Avril to start tonight, other starters announced

The starting lineups for tonight’s game against the Ravens have been announced and the only surprise…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Jacob Lacey to start tonight?

It’s game day! The Lions take on the Ravens tonight, so let’s not waste any time and get straight…Read More

Scanning the Savanna: Coleman to IR, Urlacher on his last leg

It was a calm day as far as the news cycle impacting the Detroit Lions goes. So, let’s get into…Read More

Former Lions defensive end finds a home in Oakland

The Oakland Raiders signed two-time former Detroit Lions defensive end Korey Bosworth Thursday. The Lions…Read More