I was originally going to write an article on a different subject, but after the debacle of Sunday Night I feel obligated to throw a new subject out there....
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As a sports fan, I have very few expectations for the teams and the players I root for. I look to them for entertainment on Sunday and Monday night, where ...
Since it has been so long since the Detroit Lions have lost a football game, many of the bandwagon fans (and media) outside of Detroit don’t know the typ...
During Major League Baseball’s pennant season, we all become familiar with the term “scoreboard watching.” Given the limited number of teams that mak...
Through two NFL games this year, Matthew Stafford has looked pretty good. He has commanded the offense with poise, scored points, and in the ultimate crite...
I have to admit it: I didn’t believe the Lions could win last Sunday. I said so in my weekly prediction, where I picked the Lions to lose to Tampa by 3. ...
So far in the NFL this year, the Chicago Bears have informed a veteran running back, Chester Taylor, that he was being released. After he had left the team...
The Lions draft strategy took a hit this fall with a single pop of an Achilles tendon. Mikel Leshoure, who had looked so good in training camp, went down i...
Football players walk a fine line when playing their sport. On one hand, there is nothing better than a crushing hit which levels your opponent. Big hits ...
With the Detroit Lions free agent class signed and training camps kicked off, now comes the time of year where the most optimistic Lions fans can be separ...
One of the perks of being an amateur blogger (other than meeting babes and scoring free Subway gift cards) is being able to occasionally stand on a soapbox...
With the 2011 season creeping up on us and the threat of “real” money being lost soon, the CBA talk has, not coincidently, turned optimistic. It appe...
In the NFL, a general manager has many core functions. He must have a vision of the type of team he wants to have, he must hire a coaching staff that can t...
When I took the job as a SideLion Report staff writer , I was pretty excited. I was pretty busy and had a lot going on in my life, like…ummm, well, ok, m...
C’mon guys. It’s time. It’s time to end the bickering, to end the dallying, to end the complaining. It is time to get a deal done, end the lock...
With news of the labor talks taking an optimistic turn, and the owners huddled together today discussing the issues with a proposed CBA, I started to wonde...
Given the dearth of news in the NFL this off-season, news-worthy (and thus news-commenting) articles are rare. I was pondering potential topics for my we...
We all have heard the media and others speaking about the optimism surrounding our beloved Detroit Lions. News articles, fan boards and blogs are all dis...
I recently heard the news that the Detroit Lions, because of the lockout (and like many other teams in the NFL), had decided to implement furloughs for the...
So spring finally arrived in Michigan this weekend. The flowers are blooming, the Tigers are hitting (and pitching, that Verlander guy is pretty good), e...