Like, ‘Sure you are.’” Kinzer did so well in the tryout he said the Lions brought him up to then-owner William Clay Ford’s office and offered him a contract for $70,000, more than he made ...

Indiana native Matt Kinzer punted in one game for the Detroit Lions in 1987 and pitched in one game three years later for the ...

In the 1990s, the Detroit Lions scouting department would put ... of college prospects – and give it to then-owner William Clay Ford so he could follow along during the draft.

In the 1990s, the Detroit Lions scouting department would put it in a spreadsheet – heights, weights, 40 times and the other combine data they collected from evaluating hundreds of college prospects – ...

Belle Isle remains the biggest city-owned island park in the U.S., 40% larger than Olmsted’s better-known Central Park. It ...