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By Rob Maaddi |  Associated Press Patrick Mahomes and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will kick off the 2023 season against the upstart Detroit Lions in a matchup of high-powered offenses while Aaron Rodgers will make his New York Jets debut on “Monday Night Football” against the Buffalo Bills. Coming off their second championship

What a difference a year makes. The Detroit Lions have gone from one of the league’s least-marketable teams, not being scheduled for a single primetime game a year ago, to being placed in one of the most prominent spots on the NFL calendar. The team has been selected to open the campaign in front of

Aaron Rodgers might be gone, but the entire country will get a firsthand look at the Detroit Lions’ two games with the Green Bay Packers during the 2023 season. According to multiple reports of schedule leaks, the Lions and Packers will meet on Thursday Night Football in Week 4 in Green Bay. Then the division

Detroit — We used to rabidly discuss the playoffs this time of year. (We did, look it up!). In case you haven’t noticed, that cherished Detroit tradition for the Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers currently is on hold. Instead, we talk about the Lions’ snazzy offense, their draft picks, Dan Campbell’s eating habits, and other

The Detroit Lions added a veteran to the defensive line on Wednesday, signing defensive tackle Christian Covington. A sixth-round pick out of Rice in 2015, Covington played his first four seasons in Houston and has since had stops with Dallas, Cincinnati and the Los Angeles Chargers. He’s appeared in 102 games during his eight-year career,

Allen Park — Put away your passports, Detroit Lions fans. The team won’t play overseas during the 2023 season, extending its run without an international game to eight years. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys will have had longer droughts. The Lions had been eligible to battle the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany, but

The Detroit Lions waived three young veterans on Tuesday, days ahead of the team’s rookie minicamp, which is expected to included more than a dozen undrafted free-agent additions. Wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, cornerback Mac McCain and defensive tackle Demetrius Taylor were the three players let go by the team. Berryhill is notable because he was

Continuing our post-draft film study of the Detroit Lions’ draft class, today we’ll explore what quarterback and third-round selection Hendon Hooker brings to the table. ▶ Games watched: @Pittsburgh (Sept. 10), vs. Florida (Sept. 24), @LSU (Oct. 8), vs. Alabama (Oct. 15), @Georgia (Nov. 5), vs. Kentucky (Oct. 29) ▶ Statistics: 2018 (Virginia Tech): Six games, zero

Charles Woodson also offered a controversial take on athletes in the era of legal sports betting. Southfield — Charles Woodson has been a whole lot of places over the years, since he won the Heisman Trophy and a shared national championship at Michigan. A Coney Island, however, isn’t one of those places. “I don’t even

Jack Campbell grew up rooting for the Arizona Cardinals, because that’s just what you do in Cedar Falls, Iowa. You cheer for your own. And with the Cardinals rostering Northern Iowa alum and Cedar Falls native Kurt Warner during Campbell’s formative years, it was an easy sell. The list of other notable people born in

With sports gambling legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., the line between sports and wagering is as blurred as ever. Editor’s note: This is part of an extended Q&A with Charles Woodson that will run in Sunday’s online edition. Southfield — Amid the recent boom of legalized sports betting, there’s been a lot of

Detroit — Two men face up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty for their roles in the execution-style murder of a former Buffalo Bills linebacker who was deep in debt and was allegedly double-crossing drug dealers before being killed in a basement on Detroit’s west side. The convictions, including that of Texas drug

Continuing our post-draft film study on the Detroit Lions’ draft class, let’s take a closer look at tight end Sam LaPorta, the team’s second-round selection out of Iowa. ▶ Games watched: vs. Michigan (Oct. 1), @Illinois (Oct. 8), @Ohio State (Oct. 22), @Purdue (Nov. 5), @Minnesota (Nov. 19), vs. Kentucky (Dec. 31) ▶ Statistics: 2019: 12

Gabriel Sewell Jr. is one of four Sewell brothers who play professional football, including Penei, a first-round draft pick by the Lions in 2021. Ypsilanti — There’s a second United States Football League team that calls Detroit’s Ford Field home, though it might not always feel that way for most of the Philadelphia Stars. There