How many ghosts of failures past can the Detroit Lions vanquish in one postseason? Already they’ve won their first division title since the 1991 season, won their first playoff game since the 1991 ...

DETROIT - When it's homecoming day and your franchise has one playoff win in the Super Bowl era, what do you do? You celebrate that team. The Detroit Lions did just that Sunday at Ford Field, honoring ...

A special seven-week NFL training camp in 1989 is what helped prepare offensive lineman Mike Utley for the incredible run the Detroit Lions made during the 1991 season. After the Lions dropped their ...

When it comes to the best Detroit Lions team in the last 60 years, it's really no contest. The 1991 team wins going away. The '91 team not only set a club record with 12 victories, but it did ...

Detroit — No matter how much it might have been expected, hearing the Ford Field crowd boo him had to sting former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford a little. But the Detroit Lions not allowing their ...

A quarter century later, the memories and exploits of the Detroit Lions' 1991 season sparkle like rare jewels -- and are just as priceless. No, they didn't get a parade down Woodward Avenue and feel ...

Former Cal quarterback Jared Goff was dumped by the Rams three years ago in a lopsided trade that brought Matthew Stafford to Los Angeles. On Sunday night, Goff and the Lions beat the Rams and ...

DETROIT — The banner hangs quietly from the rafters, inconspicuously tucked away in the corner, out of sight and out of mind. It represents what could’ve been, some 30 years ago. An era of success — ...

DETROIT — Even in a hospital bed, with a horrific spinal-cord injury that would confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, Mike Utley gave his Detroit Lions teammate a helping hand. It was ...

Already they’ve won their first division title since the 1991 season, won their first playoff game since the 1991 postseason, and won a game against former ...