At the sports desk: the Detroit Lions finally fire Matt Millen

It's confirmed--he was let go today as Lions' GM/president.
Finally--after over 6 years and a 31-84 record with him.
But here's the thing--as people like me, who grew up in Michigan and will always be Lions fans know--as always with the Ford family's ownership of the team, it all comes too late.
The franchise is in a mess. Firing Millen won't help the team this year.
Next year is probably lost, too.
I suspect that when all is said and done, the only thing that will really help the Lions is for the Ford family to sell the team, to people who can put good, capable football personnel in charge of making player decisions.

But lord knows if that will ever, ever happen.

At the sports desk: tough words...

...but fair ones, concerning the Detroit Lions' defense, pushed around at will again yesterday, this time by the 49ers:

"[Michael] Strahan, who retired after 15 seasons as a defensive end for the Giants, came close to saying the Lions' defense quit. "You can't teach heart," Strahan said. "They don't want to play." Strahan said Lions defenders were not pursuing on some long runs. "They were watching," Strahan said, almost yelling. "They don't want to play."