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The Detroit Lions, who first played football on Thanksgiving Day in 1934, will do so again Thursday in hopes of winning for the first time this season.

The Tennessee Titans blew the symmetry of an 11-0, 0-11 matchup with the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. The once-beaten Titans, though, will get a chance to show coast-to-coast viewers they're still a dominant team against the winless Lions.

"We also have to remember it's a national stage for them to show that although they have an 0-11 record, that they still have a pretty good team," Jevon Kearse...

Four days of practice was enough for the Detroit Lions, who started new quarterback Daunte Culpepper on Sunday.

The three-time Pro Bowl selection hasn't played this season, but got the nod against Jacksonville. Culpepper signed a two-year contract, which he negotiated as his own agent, with the Lions on Tuesday and began practicing with the team the same day.

Rex Grossman dove into the end zone, then ran to the side and spiked the ball. He had something to celebrate and the Chicago Bears had reason to exhale.

Grossman came off the bench to replace injured quarterback Kyle Orton and scored the go-ahead touchdown with 5:36 left, helping the Bears rally from a 10-point deficit for a 27-23 victory over the winless Detroit Lions on Sunday.

Cornerback Charles Woodson says that if a media report indicating that Brett Favre shared inside knowledge of the Green Bay Packers' offense with Detroit Lions coaches is true, it's nothing short of sabotage.

Has one of the most beloved players in Packers history become Benedict Brett? "He contacted them?

The Dallas Cowboys have acquired wide receiver Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions. The Cowboys on Tuesday traded a first-round pick in 2009, plus a third- and sixth-rounder that year for Williams and a seventh-round pick in '09.

Williams' best season was 2006, when he went to the Pro Bowl after catching 82 passes for 1,310 yards and seven touchdowns.

The Detroit Lions scratched quarterback Jon Kitna from Sunday's game at Minnesota because of a bad back that ended his personal streak of 36 consecutive games started.

Dan Orlovsky, who relieved Kitna in last week's loss at Chicago, was in the starting lineup for the winless Lions.

Drew Stanton became the backup, and Drew Henson -- just signed to the active roster -- was designated as the third...