Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning performed in the end zone of ...

When former NFL MVP Peyton Manning and actor Jeff Daniels combine, good things tend to happen for the Detroit Lions. Daniels, a longtime Lions fan, joined the “ManningCast” during this week’s Monday ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Superstitions and curses go hand-in-hand with sports. Whether it’s lucky socks or a player’s special pregame warmup, the traditions mix the mental with the spiritual in a ...

Jeff Daniels was more than prepared to sing. But only if the Detroit Lions got the first down. On third-and-7 with the Lions backed up on their own 5-yard line Monday, Sept. 22, in Baltimore, the ...

Robert Lewis “Bobby” Layne, aged 80, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2025, in his home surrounded by his family and loyal friends.

Brad Holmes used a very nice word to describe what happened to the Detroit Lions roster he and his staff spent all year carefully and painstakingly constructing: Attrition. That’s what the team’s ...