Father Of Lions Fluellen Dies During Basketball Game
Rev. Charles Fluellen,57, father of Lions defensive tackle Andre Fluellen collapsed and dies of an apparent heart attack during a charity basketball game in Cartersville, Georgia.
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Rev. Charles Fluellen,57, father of Lions defensive tackle Andre Fluellen collapsed and dies of an apparent heart attack during a charity basketball game in Cartersville, Georgia.
Defensive end Cliff Avril made his aversion to the franchise free agent designation known last week, but the Lions are no closer to a decision on Avril's future in Detroit.
Detroit Lions assistant coach Don Clemons is retiring.
Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best should be back on the field in training camp after a series of head injuries ended his 2011 season.
It's also notable in this highly political season that Republicans pick the Tigers over the Lions 36-27, while Democrats pick the Lions over the Tigers 32-24.
RBs Jahvid Best (concussion) and Mikel Leshoure (Achilles) are expected to participate in the team's offseason workouts in April but club president Tom Lewand said the team will still be looking for help at running back.
Cliff Avril is used to being in the background. Avril is smart and funny, but he's lived most of his Detroit Lions career letting other big-name teammates do the talking (I'm pointing at you Ndamukong Suh).
Billy Sims joined Mike Valenti, Terry Foster and Pat Caputo at SportsFest on Saturday to talk about what it was like to win the Heisman Trophy as well as how he thinks the Lions will do in the 2012 season.
Lions DE Cliff Avril joined 97.1 The Ticket's SportsFest roundtable discussion on Saturday to discuss free agency and the current state of the Lions.
Cliff Avril had a fantastic 2011 that included a dominating performance against the Broncos and Tim Tebow in Week 8 when he recorded two sacks, and turned a forced fumble into a 24-yard touchdown.
Free agent defensive end Cliff Avril says he has no idea whether the Detroit Lions will apply the franchise tag to him.
The Lions' defense gradually collapsed over the last eight games of the season.
General manager Martin Mayhew has not used the franchise tag since he's taken the job and he said recently that he would prefer not to in the case of Cliff Avril.
The Lions have restructured the way they will coach the secondary next season.
