NPR: Detroit Lions https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141429187 Detroit Lions en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 01:08:12 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Detroit Lions https://www.npr.org/tags/141429187/detroit-lions The Boom Was A Bust: Pontiac Silverdome Blows Up, Doesn't Come Down A planned demolition of the former home of the Detroit Lions failed on Sunday morning. The company in charge of the detonation says faulty wiring is to blame. Sun, 03 Dec 2017 12:05:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/03/568156527/the-boom-was-a-bust-pontiac-silverdome-blows-up-doesnt-come-down https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/03/568156527/the-boom-was-a-bust-pontiac-silverdome-blows-up-doesnt-come-down

A planned demolition of the former home of the Detroit Lions failed on Sunday morning. The company in charge of the detonation says faulty wiring is to blame.

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]]> Camila Domonoske Harbaugh, Schwartz And The Back Slap Heard 'Round The NFL After 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh slapped Lions coach Jim Schwartz on the back following Sunday's game, things got kind of wild on the field. Watch the brouhaha. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:50:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/10/17/141429169/harbaugh-schwartz-and-the-back-slap-heard-round-the-nfl https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/10/17/141429169/harbaugh-schwartz-and-the-back-slap-heard-round-the-nfl After 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh slapped Lions coach Jim Schwartz on the back following Sunday's game, things got kind of wild on the field. Watch the brouhaha.

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