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Detroit Lions Blackouts: Not the City of Detroit’s Fault
Posted: 20th December 2009 by Richard Hutchinson in NFL
Today the Detroit Lions lost again, this time to the Arizona Cardinals, rolling their 2009 season record down to 2-12. I understand that they mounted a tenacious comeback in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately I didn't see it because this game, like nearly all Lion's home games, was blacked out on local TV. It's true that Detroit is hurting; the State of Michigan's 14.5 percent unemployment rate is the ...