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- Former NFL offensive lineman LeCharles Bentley trained Larry Warford before the draft, and Bentley came away really impressed with the new Detroit Lions offensive guard.
- Havard Rugland is planning to make another trick shot video at some point.
- The mother of Titus Young's son has gotten a restraining order against Young.
- Before he was first arrested, Young opened up about his mental issues to Stephen Tulloch.
- Someone show Jason Fox some love.
Ha ha very funny guys.. Who switched our names again? Sorry fans, I'll get to the bottom of this twitter.com/JasonFox70/sta…
— Jason Fox (@JasonFox70) May 15, 2013 - Apparently Fox was Jeff Backus' "right-hand man" last season.
- Nate Burleson has been nominated for a Michigan Emmy for his work on WXYZ.
- The Lions' official site has an outstanding story on Ron Bartell.
- Rotoworld's Evan Silva has the Lions' offensive line ranked 26th in the NFL. Ouch.
- This is quite a stat:
With Dallas' Doug Free taking 50% pay cut, #colts Gosder Cherilus is NFL's highest-paid RT. $7 mill per/yr. Free averaged $8 mill.
— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) May 16, 2013 - NFL.com's list of the top 20 games of 2012 has contests involving the Lions ranked 15th, 13th and 11th. The top 10 will be unveiled later in the month.
- Calvin Johnson came in at No. 29 on Sports Illustrated's new list of the 50 highest-earning American athletes.
- Johnson, Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley made Pete Prisco's top 100 list.
- Rolando McClain decided to retire from the NFL this week.
- It turns out that the Minnesota Vikings are not making a move to sign Brian Urlacher, at least not at this time.
- Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin has been suspended for the first four games of 2013. Now we know why the Seahawks were so eager to add defensive ends in free agency.
- Former Lion Dan Gerberry has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.