Detroit Lions

Peterson, a linebacker, was fined $7,500 for a hit on Vikings backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. Pettigrew, a tight end was fined $5,000 for a late hit on linebacker Chad Greenway.

Peterman, who started all 36 games he played in the last two-plus seasons, injured his right ankle in the third quarter of last week's loss at Minnesota.

The Lions have lost big for a decade, but this is a time for them to think big. Big, for the Lions, is the potential to win two straight games and what that would mean to this struggling franchise.

The Detroit Lions have listed three players as out for Sunday's game against Cleveland: guard Stephen Peterman (ankle), safety Kalvin Pearson (hamstring) and linebacker Ernie Sims (hamstring).

The Lions have put right guard Stephen Peterman on injured reserve, ending his season, and signed wide receiver Eric Fowler from the practice squad.

Whether the whistle blew is irrelevant to the play. The puck went in on the initial shot, and if the on-ice officials or the boys back in Toronto were only trying to make sure that they "got the call right", that would have been a goal for Brad May.

The Detroit Lions' Sunday home game against the Cleveland Browns will be blacked out on local TV. The Jacksonville Jaguars' home game against with the Buffalo Bills also will not be shown locally.

The Detroit Lions came out of the 27-10 loss at Minnesota with several injuries. Rookie quarterback Matt Stafford wasn't one of them.

Brett Favre passed for a season-high 344 yards, 201 to Sidney Rice, and the Vikings overcame several self-inflicted setbacks to beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 on Sunday.

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AP PhotoJerod Mayo, top, tackles Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Donovan in the 2008 Outback Bowl. Tennessee linebacker Jerod Mayo is in Detroit for a predraft visit with the Lions and he could potentially be a first-day pick. Because of his versatility,...

There has been a lot of chatter recently about the Detroit Lions considering outside linebackers Keith Rivers (USC) or Jerod Mayo (Tennessee) with their first- or second-round pick in the draft. It makes sense on the surface of it because...

Stefanie Spielman, whose husband Chris played linebacker for the Lions, lost her courageous fight against breast cancer at the age of 42. Stefanie Spielman made her battle public over the past several years to draw attention to the disease. Chris Spielman played in Detroit from 1988-1995 and is still remembered as one of the greatest [...]

They couldn’t cover Sidney Rice, and they couldn’t stop Brett Favre. Combine that with an offense that dropped passes and a big fumble to start the second half, and it all come out as another Lions loss, this time to the Vikings 27-10 in Minnesota. “You see the progress and see that we’re improving,” [...]

Count me as one of the optimists that thought we would see significant improvement over last season’s debacle in terms of wins and losses. It’s obvious now that the Lions will not be a competitive team this year, but that four-letter word, hope, is crawling back into the picture. All hope for 2009 [...]

Tonights Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadians show down will feature for the Caps a season debut and a NHL debut. When the Caps take the ice tonight, 2008 first round draft pick John Carlson will make his NHL debut.  With injuries to Milan Jurcina and Shaone Morrisonn, Carlson will get into the lineup for the first [...]

Rookies ranked according to Win Contribution I went on 82games.com and calculated the Marginal Win Score, Win Contribution, and Player Win Average for every rookie who is averaging at least 17 minutes a game (the accepted cutoff for determining whether a player is at least second string).  I then ranked them all.  Here is the NBA [...]

Statistics — The Magic shoot 64% of their shots from long range, and 27% near the basket. That’s a pretty interesting stat seeing that they have Dwight Howard hulking down low. Orlando has committed 66 ball-handling turnovers. Without Jameer Nelson for tonight’s game (out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury), look for Rondo to stuff the [...]