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One day about a year after her husband collapsed on the turf at Tiger Stadium, Sharon Hughes picked up her nearly 3-year-old son to feed him. “Momma, where’s Daddy?” asked little Brandon Shane Hughes. “Well, honey, he’s gone to heaven,” she told him. “Well. He left his car,” Brandon said. “Oh, you’re right,” she offered, nodding

There’s a smile-inducing photo Sharon Hughes loves that was taken when her husband, Chuck Hughes, played for the Detroit Lions in 1970 and 1971. It was snapped during a party. To Hughes’ right are running back Steve Owens, the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma and Chuck’s road-trips roommate, and Greg Landry, the Pro Bowl

Of all the sentiments Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is feeling days ahead of facing his former team for the first team, gratitude appears to be leading the way.  After a dozen years with the Detroit Lions, the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2009, Stafford requested a trade this offseason and was shipped to

Allen Park — Jared Goff is still bitter about the way his time with the Los Angeles Rams ended, but the Detroit Lions quarterback is appreciative of the way former coach Sean McVay bemoaned his and the organization’s approach to trading Goff this offseason. “Yes, I wish there was better, clearer communication,” McVay said Monday, when

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have two weeks to decide whether offensive tackle Taylor Decker will be able to play this season, and heading into Wednesday’s practice, coach Dan Campbell acknowledged he’s not sure which way it’s going to go.  Decker suffered a finger injury in the week of practice leading into the season opener and

Justin Rogers, James Hawkins, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 7 of the NFL season. All picks made against the spread. Detroit +13.5 at L.A. Rams Rogers: L.A. Rams Hawkins: L.A. Rams (best bet) Niyo: L.A. Rams Wojnowski: L.A. Rams Denver +6 at Cleveland Rogers: Cleveland Hawkins:

Detroit — It’s tempting, sure. It’s tempting for Lions fans to pine for the days of ol’ No. 9 slinging the ball deep, firing it sidearm, leading the Lions to 9-7 and the brink of playoff success but never getting there. Don’t do it. Don’t look back. Go ahead and look away if you must on

As you might expect with a winless team a month and a half into the season, the Detroit Lions have many issues. But if they could correct just one — their inability to put points on the board early in games — they might have a chance to secure their first victory. Following the team’s 34-11 loss to the

Dennis Franks, who played football at Michigan in the early 1970s and then four years in the NFL, including the 1979 season with the Detroit Lions, has died. Franks, 68, suddenly passed away last Saturday, according to a social media post by Market America Worldwide for which he was executive vice president. He is survived

Allen Park — In the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s ugly loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell’s ire made it difficult for him to organize this thoughts. When asked about the team’s continued offensive struggles, the coach said he had “about a million ideas just floating around up here right now as to

Allen Park — If you run into your ex when out on the town, you hope, at the very least, you can project you’re doing just fine without them. But Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff won’t have that luxury when he returns to Los Angeles this week to play the Rams, the team that unceremoniously dumped

Pat Studstill, a wide receiver and two-time Pro Bowler for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s who also was a decorated punter and later went into a career in acting, has died. Studstill died Saturday at his Los Angeles home, according to a Detroit News obituary. He was 83. Studstill played for the Lions from

Allen Park — Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 34-11 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. First down ESPN analyst Mike Clay posted a statistic today that is somehow both stunning and not surprising at all, at least once you allow your brain process it: Through six games, the Lions have not taken a single

Detroit —  Bad is bad. Boring is worse. Bad, boring and bumbling is the worst of all. No broken hearts for the Lions this time, just broken spirit, broken plays and a broken record of misery. Unofficially, the clock starts now. At 0-6, the Lions are the NFL’s last winless team, and it’s getting harder

Detroit — Jim Schwartz made it until December before he finally snapped. Publicly, at least. Dan Campbell made it to mid-October before doing the same. And if the scenarios aren’t quite the same, the emotions certainly were. The anger, the frustration, the embarrassment. Losing is one thing. But losing like this? For a rookie head

Detroit — If the Detroit Lions’ goal is to get a little bit better each week during this rebuilding season, they fell well short against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. A toothless offensive effort and a defense susceptible to big plays on third and fourth down culminated in a thorough dismantling in front of the home

Detroit — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is prepared to evaluate everything to get his struggling offense on track after Sunday’s 34-11 throttling at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals. Well, almost everything. When asked specifically whether he would consider a change at quarterback, Campbell backed Jared Goff as the team’s starter for the immediate future.

Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance after their 34-11 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Quarterback At some level, it’s easy to feel bad for Jared Goff, at least as much as you can for a guy making $30 or so million per year on his current contract. The Lions didn’t surround him with

Detroit — If the Detroit Lions’ goal is to get a little bit better each week during this rebuilding season, they fell well short against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. A toothless offensive effort and a defense susceptible to big plays on third and fourth down culminated in a thorough dismantling in front of the home crowd

By Matt Schoch |  Special to The Detroit News While the Detroit Lions were “taking the next step” with Matt Patricia, the Cincinnati Bengals emphatically went into the NFL’s basement. Cincinnati hit rock bottom with a 2-14 season in 2019, “earning” the No. 1 pick in the draft. And as tradition these days, they took a