49ers, Lions, Saints, Rams Win With Stars
The NFL came back in a big way on opening day, with long plays highlighting games from coast to coast.
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The NFL came back in a big way on opening day, with long plays highlighting games from coast to coast.
While playing Adrian Peterson can be daunting for any team, the Lions stepped up, performed relatively well, and pulled out the ever-important first game win.
The Calvin Johnson-Reggie Bush duality worked exactly as the Detroit Lions dreamed it would in the team's regular season opener Sunday.
The Lions overcame a slew of miscues on offense, defense and special teams.
Adrian Peterson started the 2013 season in MVP style.
Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl.
Their teams will look for each superstar to take some pressure off their much-maligned quarterbacks as Minnesota visits Detroit in Sunday's season opener.
The 2013 Detroit Lions regular season is finally here and there are hopes, dreams, and of course despair as the new season kicks off.
Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers and his fellow coaches went back to school after the team's ugly loss to San Francisco in the playoffs last season.
Peyton is still here. He's still active. Boy, is he active. And last night was more than dropping a double-nickel, like Jordan did against the Knicks on his comeback trail.
Ndamukong Suh said earlier in the week that he would be lying if he said he did not want to be a captain, and his teammates granted that desire.
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge Friday following his indictment in the killing of a friend authorities say was shot five times in an industrial park.
It always happens: Some team that everyone has figured the Super Bowl turns in a turkey of a season.
Each team has just 16 chances to distinguish itself from the pack in order to secure a playoff spot and hopefully a bid in the Super Bowl. The question is, quite simply, will the Super Bowl champion emerge from the AFC or NFC?
The Detroit Lions remind fans about the NFL's new bag policy for their games and large events at Ford Field – including the regular season opener vs. the Minnesota Vikings September 8.
The Detroit Lions begin the 2013 season with a home game against the Minnesota Vikings, but will they be without two important defensive players for the occasion?
Four preseason games later, the Detroit Lions still have not gotten to show off their offense.
As football fans can literally taste opening weekend of the NFL, I am going to run through all 32 teams and eight divisions to get you even more ramped up.
"Those are difficult situations. I've said a lot of times that concussions are a lot different than ankles and hamstrings and shoulders and everything else."
We hadn't heard much from commissioner Roger Goodell since the NFL and the 4,500 players that were suing the league over the concussion issue settled their lawsuit for $765 million last week.
One would be hard-pressed to guess the actor who had Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush in awe when he showed up in the Trojans locker room.
For Detroit Lions defensive end Willie Young, the best way to describe the inexplicable ability of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is to invoke the mind-numbing talent of Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
It's a far cry from his attitude in 2011 when he said he would "drown himself" if he had to live in "glomy" and "depressing" Detroit.
The injury report finally confirmed what everyone had suspected.
