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Robert Snell The Detroit News Published 10:27 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 Detroit — A former Buffalo Bills linebacker was deep in debt, double-crossing drug dealers and hunted by killers before being executed on Detroit’s west side, according to federal prosecutors. Federal court records, search warrant affidavits, security camera footage and witness interviews shed light on
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 7:43 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 First game, first play. That’s how long it took Desmond Trufant to learn playing cornerback in the NFL was “a different game” than college. “So we were scrimmaging the Bengals in (joint) practice,” Trufant said Thursday. “I was talking to (Jermaine Gresham), talking
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 6:27 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 Desmond Trufant has walked, not backpedaled, in Jeff Okudah’s shoes. Trufant knows the pressures that come with being a first-round draft pick. He understands the challenges of having to start right away. But while the majority of cornerbacks stumble out the blocks at the start
John Niyo The Detroit News Published 5:31 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 They’ve spent the last eight months trying to heal — together as a family — so it’s easy to understand why Lions receiver Marvin Jones wouldn’t be eager to dig into a scar that’s still fresh and painful, just because a relative stranger
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 3:14 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 When Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay got to the NFL, he hit the ground running. In his 2017 debut, the rookie out of Northern Illinois hauled in a pair of touchdown passes, offering an immediate glimpse into the player he’d develop into
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 2:21 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 No one should have to endure what Marvin Jones has gone through the past eight months. Before the coronavirus pandemic brought much of the nation to a halt, and after an ankle injury ended his 2019 season, Jones’ infant son Marlo died unexpectedly
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 With last weekend’s Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony postponed until next summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN decided to look at potential Hall of Famers on every NFL roster and separate them into four groups: The locks (who writer Bill
Michigan State basketball’s Xavier Tillman explains his decision to stay in the 2020 NBA draft on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online – https://www.freep.com #nbadraft #xaviertillman #michiganstatebasketball
The Detroit News Published 1:01 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 It’s possible the Detroit Lions’ group of wide receivers could look a lot different after the 2020 season. Their top three receivers — Kenny Golladay, Marvin Jones and Danny Amendola — all could hit free agency after this season, though it seems Golladay would be a
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Aug 12, 2020 Detroit Lions safety Duron Harmon said Tuesday the conversations the team is having about racial equality and social justice continues to move forward. “Progress has been made,” he said in a conference call with reporters. “We have some things that we’re working on
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Aug 12, 2020 When Matthew Stafford put his $6.5 million Bloomfield Township mansion up for sale this spring, it raised the antennas of football fans everywhere. Tom Brady listed his Massachusetts mansion last fall and left the New England Patriots as a free agent a few
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 7:41 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Kenny Golladay made his first Pro Bowl appearance last season and Matthew Stafford said Tuesday he likes the way the Detroit Lions receiver has continued to mold himself into a better player. “I think Kenny, like a lot of guys on our team,
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 6:17 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Duron Harmon is like a lot of parents, trying to decide right now whether to send his oldest son, Christopher, to school this fall. “We still haven’t made up our mind,” the Detroit Lions safety said in a video conference Tuesday. “This is just an
Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 4:23 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Jamie Samuelsen used to intercept the magazine at the mailbox. It was People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue. He would print out a picture of himself and paste it on the cover, right over whoever had won that year. Then, he’d hide it
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 3:14 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Learning he tested positive for COVID-19 was “scary,” but Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said that diagnosis — which he later was told was a false positive — did not make him consider opting out of the 2020 season. “I think like everybody,
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 3:50 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 All things considered, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford seems to be taking his COVID-19 testing fiasco in stride. This despite the family-related concerns the positive test led to for Stafford and the residual consternation it caused for his wife, Kelly. A little more than
Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down the top Detroit Lions story lines just before padded practices begin before the 2020 season. Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online – https://www.freep.com #detroitlions #nfl #stafford #nfltrainingcamp
Justin Rogers The Detroit News Published 1:36 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 When thinking about how the lack of practice time will hurt NFL teams most, it’s easy to be concerned about offensive line performance, where chemistry is paramount to success. But the same could be similarly said for the defensive backfield, where it’s critical