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Detroit Lions...during which the Lions have won just one playoff game. Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye made plans, after the death of duet partner Tammi Terrell, to join the Lions and go into football. He gained weight and trained for his tryout in 1970, but... In this article: Detroit Lions, National Football League, Detroit, Barry Sanders, Silver, Spartans, Matt Millen, Washington Redskins, WXYT, and Emmitt Smith |
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Detroit News | November 05, 2009
Lions' Turkey Day halftime show goes Motown
Lions' Turkey Day halftime show goes Motown The NFL and the Detroit Lions will pay tribute to Motown Records this Nov. 26 -- no, they're not going to sign up Marvin Gaye posthumously. The Motown star, convinced he could help the Lions, tried...
In this article: Motown Records, NFL, Green Bay Packers, Joe Schmidt, Forever the Sickest Kids, and Marvin Gaye
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Detroit Free Press | November 05, 2009
Motown on Lions' Thanksgiving Day menu
...on Lions Thanksgiving Day menu The Lions will honor the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records with a Motown-themed halftime show during the Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers. Six acts on the Universal Motown...
In this article: Motown Records, The Lions, Universal Motown Records, Tiger, Green Bay Packers, Shontelle, and Kem
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PR Newswire: Sports | November 05, 2009
Universal Motown's Finest Rock Detroit at the 2009 United Way Thanksgiving Day NFL Halftime Show: A Motown 50th Anniversary Tribute
...Tribute. The Motown tribute will take place during halftime of the first game of the NFL's Thanksgiving tripleheader when the Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, November 26 at 12:30 PM ET on FOX. In Motown's...
In this article: Motown, Universal Motown, NFL, Thanksgiving, Detroit, Thanksgiving, Kem, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers
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Yahoo! News | September 08, 2009
Motown turns 50, but the party's far from over (AP)
...years; he and his brothers left the label in the mid-1970s. The Jackson 5 were one of the first acts to come up as Motown left Detroit for Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Most agree Motown's own California adventure has had its moments,...
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Lions' Thanksgiving halftime will have Motown theme
...halftime will have Motown theme Allen Park -- The Thanksgiving Day game between the Lions and Green Bay Packers at 12:30 p.m. on Fox will feature a halftime tribute to the 50th anniversary of Motown. This special halftime event features...
In this article: Thanksgiving, Motown, Oakland Raiders, Lions, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, and NFL Network
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Melanie Fiona, Hal Linton to Celebrate Motown at Thanksgiving Halftime Show
...legend Stevie Wonder. The halftime show will take place during the first game of the NFL's Thanksgiving tripleheader, when the Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers on Thursday, Nov. 26 at 12:30 PM ET on FOX. Singer-songwriter Jadyn...
In this article: Motown, Thanksgiving, Bang Bang, Forever the Sickest Kids, NFL, Green Bay Packers, and Stevie Wonder
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Lem Barney
...News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. His number, 20, which was also worn by future Detroit star running backs Billy Sims and Barry Sanders, was retired by the Lions. Both Barney and Lions teammate Mel Farr befriended...
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The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1929 as an independent professional team, one of many such teams in the Ohio and Scioto River valleys. For the 1930 season, the Spartans formally joined the National Football League (NFL) as the other area independents folded because of the Great Depression. Despite success within the NFL, they could not survive in Portsmouth, then the NFL's smallest city. The team was purchased and moved to Detroit for the 1934 season.
The Lions have won four NFL Championships, the last in 1957, giving the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals, who last won in 1947 (as the Chicago Cardinals). The Lions have yet to qualify for the Super Bowl. The team has qualified for the playoffs only nine times in the more than 50 years since winning the 1957 championship and has won only one playoff game in that span.
The 2008 Detroit Lions became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular-season games. They are only the second team to go winless without a tie (next to the 0-14 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers) since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970.
- Name:
- Detroit Lions
- Location City:
- Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1929
- Owned by:
- William Clay Ford, Sr.
- Coach:
- Jim Schwartz
- Mascot:
- Roary
- Colors:
- Honolulu Blue, Silver, Black, White
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