Monday was a huge day for Detroit, to say the least.
First, the NFL announced that the Detroit Lions would be the team covered in HBO’s popular training camp documentary series “Hard Knocks.” Then a few hours later down at the owners' meetings in Florida, the league announced that Detroit would be the host city for the 2024 NFL Draft after years of team president Rod Wood pushing for the event.
“Needless to say, this is a great day for us,” Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp said on Monday. “It represents a lot of hard work on part of the Lions and on part of the Detroit Sports Commission and the Mayor.