On road, cowardly Lions no more
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Sure, every team wants to avoid starting the season 0-1. But 0-25? The Detroit Lions knew what was at stake yesterday in Chicago, where they lugged their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak. It followed them through last season like a ripe stench, permeating the locker room and clouding team confidence. The way coach Steve Mariucci saw it, a cleansing was ...
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DETROIT -- Kevin Jones ran for 196 yards and a touchdown to lead Detroit over the Arizona Cardinals, 26-12, yesterday, ending the Lions' five-game losing streak and keeping their playoff hopes alive in the muddled and mediocre NFC.
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The Detroit Lions went three full seasons without winning an away game, setting an NFL record for road futility. They ended that ignominious streak Sunday in their first opportunity of the season, beating the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field...
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The Detroit Lions ended the longest road losing streak in NFL history at 24 games Sunday by winning at Chicago, but the victory was costly.
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It didn't take long for Joey Harrington to get reacquainted with Charles Rogers. Harrington completed passes to Rogers on three of Detroit's first seven plays and the Lions held on for a 27-21 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night in the exhibition opener for both teams.
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The road to respectability for the Detroit Lions has been ... the road. How ironic for a team that went three years and an NFL-record 24 games without winning away from Motown.
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The Los Angeles Clippers are glad people can finally stop talking about their winless record on the road.
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Chelmsford could have approached last night's contest against Lowell with trepidation. The Lions hadn't managed their first win of the season and coach Bruce Rich was concerned about his players' confidence.
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On the road, with a comfortable lead, playing in fresh air, on natural grass, watching their defense being picked apart down the stretch.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The non-contact jersey had been ditched earlier in the week. Running back Laurence Maroney was tired of hearing his teammates' barbs, and felt it was important to return to game action, to feel the speed, to take that first hit.
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The Philadelphia Eagles thumped the  Detroit Lions 30-13 Sunday in a clash of two previously  unbeaten teams.
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It wasn&#39;t only the Minnesota Vikings&#39; offense and defense that the Lions couldn&#39;t contain. Three major Lions penalties committed in the second half Sunday helped the Vikings to a 22-19 victory.
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The Detroit Lions had everyone fooled -- except the Green Bay Packers. Brett Favre and Co, entering Ford Field with a 1-4 record, hammered the Lions 38-10 on Sunday, leaving little doubt that the Lions were, in fact, pretenders.
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Just one week removed from a devastating home loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Detroit Lions responded offensively and defensively in Sunday&#39;s 28-13 victory over the previously 4-1 New York Giants.
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Lions and leopards and Boomer, oh my. David Wells, a former resident of the Bronx Zoo and one of baseball's notable party animals, came away from a three-week African safari with a sense of awe, a rare admission that he was scared and a full stomach.
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Itâs hard to say which is the more arresting sight in âThe Desert Lionsâ: the lions themselves, sleek and playful and deadly against the astounding backdrop of the Namib Desert, or Flip Stander, the man whoâs there to save them.
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After going three years without winning on the road, the Detroit Lions are unbeatable away from the Motor City. Joey Harrington threw two touchdown passes, and Chris Cash made a diving interception in the