![The last time the Detroit Lions won an NFL title the championship game was an afterthought. It pitted Detroit against the Cleveland Browns, but the outcome was a foregone conclusion. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/greates-detroit-lions-of-all-time-640x333.png "The 10 Greatest Detroit Lions of the last 60 years")
The 10 Greatest Detroit Lions of the last 60 years
The last time the Detroit Lions won an NFL title the championship game was an afterthought. It pitted Detroit against the Cleveland Browns, but the outcome was a foregone conclusion. […]
![What is a crucial victory? Think important. These wins were critical in the history of the franchise, which dates back to 1901 in the American League. A quick note: I […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/most-crucial-wins-in-detroit-tigers-history.png "The nine most crucial victories in the history of the Detroit Tigers"){kind=small}
![For now, former Tiger starting pitcher Mickey Lolich is still king of the hill. Will he finally be nudged off the summit after more than four decades? Since the 1973 […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mickey-lolich-cc-sabathia-most-strikeouts-lefthander-american-league-history-640x333.png "Mickey Lolich may soon surrender a record that he’s held for 44 years")
Detroit Sports Blog
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The 10 Greatest Detroit Lions of the last 60 years
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Detroit’s Bernie Carbo is finally living a clean, happy life after baseball
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Leach was born with Maize and Blue in his blood, played for Tigers for three seasons
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Lions are still trying to recover from Matt Millen
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Pudge sparked a baseball revival in Detroit
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When will the Tigers assemble an effective bullpen?
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John Hiller’s first win came during the Detroit riots of 1967
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Tigers were well represented at recent Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown
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Few active links remain to Detroit’s Tiger Stadium
![The last time the Detroit Lions won an NFL title the championship game was an afterthought. It pitted Detroit against the Cleveland Browns, but the outcome was a foregone conclusion. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/greates-detroit-lions-of-all-time-215x121.png "The 10 Greatest Detroit Lions of the last 60 years")
![One of the highlights of working at the Baseball Hall of Fame is the opportunity to meet writers who participate in the museum’s Author Series and offer their expertise about […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bernie-carbo-home-run-1975-world-series-215x121.png "Detroit’s Bernie Carbo is finally living a clean, happy life after baseball")
![Rich Leach was the face of the Michigan Wolverines football team. Kirk Gibson was the face of the Michigan State football team. The two All-Americans had many battles on the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rick-leach-university-of-michigan-wolverines-college-football-215x121.png "Leach was born with Maize and Blue in his blood, played for Tigers for three seasons")
![When William Clay Ford Sr. telephoned Matt Millen to offer him the job as team president, CEO (and de facto general manager) of the Detroit Lions, Millen told him, “Mr. […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/matt-millen-detroit-lions-215x121.png "Lions are still trying to recover from Matt Millen")
![What were the Tigers like before Pudge Rodriguez came to Detroit? Have you ever seen a 18-wheel semi-truck slide across an icy Michigan highway? How it slips and slides uncontrollably […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pudge-rodriguez-detroit-tigers-catcher-215x121.jpg "Pudge sparked a baseball revival in Detroit")
![Walking on the beach, relaxing poolside, barbecuing and even watching paint dry. All better ways to spend one’s free time during the summer than watching the Detroit Tigers’ inept bullpen […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/joe-nathan-jose-valverde-francisco-rodriguez-detroit-closers-215x121.png "When will the Tigers assemble an effective bullpen?")
![John Hiller was one of the most beloved Tigers. That happens when you do your job, do it well — and even come back from a heart attack in the […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/john-hiller-1967-detroit-tigers-215x121.jpg "John Hiller’s first win came during the Detroit riots of 1967")
![One of the joys of Hall of Fame Weekend is the possibility of seeing just about anybody—be they from baseball, Hollywood, or the political world. There’s also the possibility of […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pudge-rodriguez-cooperstown-215x121.jpg "Tigers were well represented at recent Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown")
![Earlier this month the Houston Astros staged a mock memorial service for Carlos Beltrán’s glove. The veteran designated hitter hadn’t played in the field since mid-May and his teammates decided to roast […]](https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/last-pitch-detroit-tiger-stadium-1999-215x121.jpg "Few active links remain to Detroit’s Tiger Stadium")