As a neutral observer to this topic as a fan of the Detroit Lions, I wanted to go back to something I touched on just about two months ago in this column — NFL teams with itchy trigger fingers when it comes to firing head coaches. Actually, it’s become an epidemic all over team sports, ...

By STEVE BROWNLEE Journal Sports Editor Well, it’s been a wild ride this week for a whole bunch of teams NOT in the NFL playoffs. There have been, as of Thursday afternoon, nine vacancies in head coaching positions, including the ones that happened during the regular season and the New ...

By STEVE BROWNLEE Journal Sports Editor I have to admit I’m a bit bummed as the NFL playoffs are ready to begin. How can that be, you ask? This is the most wonderful time of the year, as they usually say around Christmas, with all the one-and-done contests going on with only the best ...

If nothing else, the Detroit Lions will be in good company. I, and just about every other Motown football fan, wishes it was in the company of playoff teams, but alas, it wasn’t to be this season like it hasn’t been in 51 of my years on this earth since 1961. Other teams joining the ...

Isn’t this a fine kettle of fish we find ourselves in? That’s the old-fashioned quote that popped up in my mind when I realized which two teams are left vying for the only remaining wild-card spot on the NFC side of the NFL playoffs after Sunday afternoon’s games were over. The ...

Looking at this University of Michigan football coaching situation, specifically a story we ran in Tuesday’s Sports section, got me thinking of parallels with what has happened at Northern Michigan University the past three years in both the football and hockey programs. If you’ll ...