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Detroit Lions Fans Can Take a Breath Now

Breathe Lions fans, luckily your season isn’t over before it begins. Saturday nights in August are to NFL football what Red Lobster is to fine dining.  You know when you find yourself having to ‘tear…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, but thank God none of the injuries seemed too serious. After the third quarter, I was saying to my…Read More

Detroit Lions Get Good News on Matthew Stafford’s Injury

Matthew Stafford had his night cut short against the Oakland Raiders on Saturday due to an injury to his non-throwing hand. It was enough to get some fans worried given Stafford’s history but it…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 pieces and install a morning edition for the coffee drinkers out there. Good morning. Now, to…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 on with the Detroit Lions. To the bullets… Titus Young missed his second day of practice in a row…Read More

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Will Detroit Lions’ Gamble With Jahvid Best Ever Pay Off?

If you’ve read anything I’ve ever written here on the SideLion Report, it is always something…Read More

Louis Delmas Injury Update

The Detroit Lions remain hopeful that Louis Delmas will be able to play in the regular season opener…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: Leshoure practices, out Friday vs. Ravens

July 28, 2012; Allen Park, MI, USA; Detroit Lions running back Mikel Leshoure (25) during training…Read More

Report: Jahvid Best ‘likely’ to Start Season on PUP List

Today’s running back news was on the positive side for Mike Leshoure as he returned to individual…Read More

Lions sign safety Langford, cut linebacker Bosworth

The Detroit Lions have signed fourth-year free agent safety Reshard Langford and released linebacker…Read More

Detroit Lions Consider Jahvid Best “Week-to-Week”

The Detroit Lions are about a week into training and it now can’t be taken as anything but bad…Read More

Three Detroit Lions Rookies Enter Training Camp with Injury Concerns

The Detroit Lions will be without three of their rookies when practice begins later this week. Chris…Read More

Has Jahvid Best Been Cleared for Training Camp?

It’s been almost exactly nine months since Jahvid suffered a concussion against the San Francisco…Read More

New Infographic Puts Concussion Information at Users’ Fingertips

Concussions are a hot-botton topic at all levels of football. The information available seems to change…Read More

Detroit Lions Looking Forward to Jahvid Best’s Return

The Detroit Lions have had their fair share of problems when it comes to the position of running back.…Read More

Detroit Lions Getting Good News as Jeff Backus Recovers from Injury

Jeff Backus has been a polarizing figure in his time with the Detroit Lions. He’s been a mostly…Read More

Jahvid Best Cleared to Work Out

There is good news on the Jahvid Best injury front according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Here are…Read More

Detroit Lions Optimistic About Young Players’ Health

The Detroit Lions draft class was marked by a mix of on-field success and injury. Mikel Leshoure was…Read More