The first four rounds of the 22nd NFL Draft were held Nov. 26, 1956, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. The final 26 rounds were held on Jan. 31, 1957, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in ...

The Space Age begins. A month later, the Soviet Union sent a dog into space. And off they went.

If you're under 67 years old, you were not alive the last time the Detroit Lions won two playoff games in the same season, which happened in 1957. It's been a while since Lions fans have seen this ...

In the latest Blast from the past, the Blue Zone highlights NFL draftees, including Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen: The 2026 NFL Draft just finished, and three former Duke players had their names ...

Detroit Lions playoff history in the NFL is full of trophies. That is, of course, if you squint and look way back generations. The Lions were the beasts of the West in the 1950s, winning four division ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in September 2017, when the Detroit Free Press covered the 60th anniversary of the Detroit Lions' last championship team: The 1957 Lions. That team's ...

When the San Francisco 49ers take on the historically inept Lions on Sunday, it’ll be with a spot in the Super Bowl on the line. But when the two teams last met with a spot in the NFL’s title game on ...

Somewhere Joe Schmidt must be smiling. The oldest living Pro Football Hall of Fame player, Schmidt turns 92 on Friday -- just two days before his Detroit Lions look to continue a season for the ...