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 ...

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions are in unprecedented territory, standing one win away from advancing to their first-ever Super Bowl. But the Lions had played for the NFL championship before it was called ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...