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Sunday’s Super Bowl will have a distinct Michigan flavor, with former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford leading the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals, and Detroit rapper Eminem performing in the halftime show. You can add the game’s chief official to that list. Ron Torbert, a Michigan State graduate who began his officiating career

He wears a different uniform these days, three time zones away. But former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford continues to be good for business in Michigan, where many fans have taken up fandom with his new team, the Los Angeles Rams, as they prepare to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals. A local

Josh Dubow |  Associated Press Los Angeles — Will Joe Burrow or Matthew Stafford throw for more yards? Will the Super Bowl MVP be a quarterback or a player from another position? Will an offensive lineman score a TD and what color Gatorade will be thrown on the winning coach? When it comes to the Super

Matthew Stafford was recognized for his time with the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Have the Lions been out of Super Bowl contention for so long that this is what it has come to? The flub came courtesy of “Good Morning America,” which in its 8 o’clock hour aired a story on Sunday’s opposing Super Bowl

The details on how he got into the stadium are a little fuzzy, but 11-year-old Brandon Powell found himself in the nosebleed seats for Super Bowl XLI, a 2007 matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears. And while the game is mostly remembered for being the first championship won by Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton

By Jerry Green |  Special to The Detroit News The NFL is comprised of 32 copycats, teams that use the creations of others — and some of the franchises are quite skilled at it. And others of the 32 not so much. Things change, revolutionary concepts are borrowed, and sometimes the parasites win. And sometimes they lose.

Associated Press Pittsburgh — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t look far for a new defensive coordinator, promoting Teryl Austin to replace Keith Butler on Wednesday. Austin joined the Steelers in 2019 as a senior defensive assistant coach. This will be Austin’s third stint as a defensive coordinator. He previously held the position in Cincinnati in 2018 and

The rule isn’t the problem. The rulers are. Nearly two full decades after the Rooney Rule was adopted by the NFL, and a year after the league once again strengthened those guidelines — designed to promote diversity in the front-office and coaching ranks — the lack of opportunities for minorities in those roles remains a hot-button

Most professional athletes will acknowledge the butterflies before games never go away, but Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson claims he’s never nervous between the white lines, even if the next game on the schedule is the Super Bowl. And while it might not compare to sports biggest spectacle, Robinson has played in plenty

Zac Taylor and Ben Johnson arrived in the NFL the same year, in the same city. A pair of college quarterbacks, they both spent a few years cutting their coaching teeth at the college level before joining the Miami Dolphins in 2012. Taylor started as an assistant quarterback coach, while Johnson held the title of

Michigan’s college football teams will be well-represented in the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine as players prepare for the upcoming NFL Draft. A list of 324 invitees to next month’s combine was released Wednesday by the NFL. Michigan has eight players invited: defensive backs Vincent Gray and Dax Hill, offensive lineman Andrew Stueber, running back Hassan

Amid all the spots for snacks, booze and cars, three Detroit sports legends have teamed up for a brief advertisement that will air locally during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Lions legend Barry Sanders, former Tigers player and current broadcaster Kirk Gibson and Red Wings great Darren McCarty have filmed a 30-second spot for the the Sam Bernstein

Brian Callahan had six years of NFL coaching experience when he arrived in Detroit ahead of the 2016 season, but it would be his first season running his own position group. After spending the past four years working with Peyton Manning in Denver, Callahan was tasked with heading Detroit’s quarterback room, led by Matthew Stafford and

With Super Bowl LVI just days away, we thought we’d highlight the numerous Michigan connections on the rosters and coaching staffs of the two participating teams, the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. Bengals connections ► Cornerback Trae Waynes Michigan State University (2011-14) A first-team All-Big Ten selection and a third-team All-American in 2014 as

After considering other options the past couple of weeks, the Detroit Lions decided to stay in-house with the team’s offensive coordinator vacancy, promoting tight ends coach Ben Johnson to the role, a source confirmed to The Detroit News on Monday night. Johnson had been the presumed front-runner after the team parted ways with Anthony Lynn

Matthew Stafford never has had to worry about football on his birthday before this year, but celebrating his 34th on Monday, the former Detroit Lions and current Los Angeles Rams quarterback is preparing to play in his first Super Bowl. In an ideal world, Stafford would have been taking part in the day’s festivities as a

The Detroit Lions appear to be keeping their defensive coordinator, at least for one more season. According to multiple reports, the New Orleans Saints are planning on hiring Dennis Allen to replace Sean Payton as the franchise’s head coach. Lions’ coordinator Aaron Glenn had interviewed for that job last week, his second head coaching interview this

Sunday night’s conclusion of the Super Bowl, with all that confetti and those cheesy Disney World travel proclamations, marks the end of the fall and winter football seasons. The countdown for more football will begin Monday — but the wait won’t last nearly as long as normal. The United States Football League is set to

Sunday night’s conclusion of the Super Bowl, with all that confetti and those cheesy Disney World travel proclamations, marks the end of the fall and winter football seasons. The countdown for more football will begin Monday — but the wait won’t last nearly as long as normal. The United States Football League is set to

Two former Detroit Lions coordinators have landed new opportunities this week. Former defensive coordinator Teryl Austin is being promoted to the same role in Pittsburgh after coaching the team’s secondary the past three years. The news was first reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and has been confirmed to The Detroit News by a source familiar with