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The Detroit Lions are due to play an international game in the coming seasons, and when they do, it might make sense to send them to Germany and the NFL’s newest foreign frontier. A German documentary crew was at Lions training camp Tuesday shooting the latest episode in its ongoing series about Lions receiver Amon-Ra St.

Levi Onwuzurike has missed significant time in training camp with a back injury for the second straight summer, but Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said he expects the young defensive tackle to be ready for the regular season. Onwuzurike has not practiced since getting injured in a pile up Aug. 1. Last year, he missed

Dan Campbell had simple advice for Jared Goff after the Detroit Lions acquired the quarterback in March 2021. Goff, the No. 1 selection in the 2016 NFL draft, was traded by the Los Angeles Rams for veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford, a move that also gave the Lions two future first-round picks. Once nicknamed “Mr. Perfect” during

Oh baby, it’s almost here. As we celebrate National “Hard Knocks” Day in Detroit — the first episode of the HBO series will drop at 10 tonight and we will get a long-awaited look behind the scenes of the Detroit Lions — it’s time to predict what we are going to see. Let’s call it

It’s not the most star-studded group in the NFL. It’s possible none of them would start on any other team in the NFC North. But the Detroit Lions believe they have strength in numbers in their linebacking corps, that the sum of the group this season will be much greater than its parts. “I like

It felt like a scene from “Hard Knocks,” or a look at some of the behind-the-scenes footage the HBO cameras have been capturing in coaches meetings. Before practice Monday, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell gave as unvarnished an assessment of his team’s kicking competition as I can remember any coach sharing about a position battle during

The Detroit Lions will play their starters about one quarter in Friday’s preseason opener against the Atlanta Falcons. Lions coach Dan Campbell indicated Monday he hopes to follow a similar approach to the one he used in last year’s exhibition opener, when Jared Goff played 22 snaps over the Lions’ first two offensive series. “I’d

If the Detroit Lions win three games again, Jamaal Williams might never recover. That’s how much he cares. This is the vibe he shared, through tears, with his teammates before a training camp practice in Allen Park. The clip, which went viral immediately Monday afternoon, is doing its part to hype up HBO’s “Hard Knocks”

The Detroit Lions signed a veteran offensive lineman to compete for a backup tackle job Monday, on the same day they lost another undrafted free agent to early retirement. Kendall Lamm, who started one game last season for the Tennessee Titans, signed a one-year contract with the Lions. He will compete with Matt Nelson, Dan Skipper

Expectations keep rising for the Detroit Lions‘ second year under head coach Dan Campbell. But that’s just how the 46-year-old coach likes it. So far this offseason, Campbell compared his Lions to the surprise 2022 Kentucky Derby winner, Rich Strike, and has been vocal about the team’s desire to give Detroit “something to be proud of.” Like Campbell,

It’s the moment Detroit Lions fans have been waiting for since hearing Dan Campbell speak for the first time as the team’s head coach. No, the Lions didn’t clinch a playoff spot. Let’s call it the preseason moment fans have been waiting for — the 2022 season of the HBO series “Hard Knocks” features Campbell and Co.

DJ Chark’s first visit to Ford Field could not have gone much better. The Detroit Lions‘ new deep-threat receiver predicted his big performance Saturday at the team’s annual Fan Fest was a sign of things to come. “I think for sure,” Chark said afterwards. “But I also think we got a ways to go. We can do

Devin Funchess was at his home in Florida in early June when he got a phone call with an interesting proposition. The Detroit Lions wanted to know if Funchess, who had been out of football since being cut from the San Francisco 49ers practice squad last December, was interested in changing positions to tight end,

Dan Campbell had hats made for his entire coaching staff this offseason. They were black New Era caps, with the Detroit Lions logo on the side, so he fulfilled his partner responsibilities as an NFL head coach, and they had the word “Grit” in Lions font and blue lettering on the front. If you’ve heard any

If training camp is the precursor to his calling offensive plays this fall, and that remains the expectation, Ben Johnson certainly looks the part. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell insisted again Friday he has not decided who will call plays on offense this season, but Johnson is “doing a hell of a job” so far.

James Mitchell got off to a slow start in training camp as the Detroit Lions limited his workload in his return from fall knee surgery. But while the fifth-round pick out of Virginia Tech still is making his way back physically, Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said the rookie has proven to be a quick

After a dark decade in Detroit sports, there is reason for optimism with just about every team in town. The Pistons have the makings of an exciting team this season, with Jaden Ivey joining Cade Cunningham in one of the NBA’s best up-and-coming backcourts. The Red Wings have reigning NHL Rookie of the Year Mo

The Detroit Lions got one of their best special teams players back on the field Friday. Lions coach Dan Campbell said before practice the team is activating safety C.J. Moore off the nonfootball injury list. Moore, who had amped up his side workouts with trainers in recent days, will take part in individual drills, with the

As impressive as Aidan Hutchinson has been in his first NFL training camp, and as much as Charles Harris looks poised for a repeat of his breakout 2021 season, no one has been more consistently disruptive on the Detroit Lions‘ new-look defensive front this summer than Austin Bryant. Bryant had one would-be sack, added a

Kevin Jarvis stayed on the practice field for extra work Thursday, then trotted off with offensive quality control coach Steve Oliver, deep in conversation about what improvements he could implement for the next day. A former Michigan State football offensive lineman who signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent, Jarvis is fixated on daily improvement in his