Detroit Free Press
With apologies to the Tigers, the Pistons, and even the Red Wings, who made “Hockeytown” our unofficial nickname …
Detroit is a football city.
A pro football city.
And if the Lions ever won it all, the celebration would blow all World Series, Stanley Cup and NBA title parades out of the water.
I say this confidently. I say this definitively. I say this for at least 33 reasons, because I have been writing about our beloved/beleaguered football team for 33 seasons.