DETROIT -- Bill Sciturro sat in his father’s cranberry Cadillac DeVille, stuck in traffic. They were late. The Detroit Lions made them so. Minutes earlier, Bill and his dad watched Detroit lose to Chicago in overtime on a kick return gone so wrong for the team he has spent his life rooting for.
His mom, Rose, was used to the routine by now. Bill would go with his dad, also named Bill, and his uncles to the Lions game on Thanksgiving. It started at 12:30 p.m. They’d usually be home by 4:30. Not on this day.