If you're a Detroit Lions fan, you know about this one. So this one's for everyone else out there: the Detroit Lions have been an NFL franchise since 1930, when they were the Portsmouth Spartans.

49ers. On a football field or on a barstool, Bobby Layne was magic. A scotch-loving, gunslinging superstar quarterback for the Detroit Lions in the 1950s, Layne used to tell people his hangovers ...

I'm mildly obsessed with the Texas Longhorns' legendary quarterback Bobby Layne. Growing up in Michigan as a Detroit Lions' fan, I remember first hearing about Bobby Layne from my father when I ...

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell did not rule out zaniest reason why his team is winning. Not since Bobby Layne played quarterback for them have the Detroit Lions been this fricking good.

Kerry Schmidt had one request for her father, legendary Detroit Lions linebacker Joe Schmidt ... when you get up there and see Bobby Layne, ask him to remove the curse for us,'" Kerry Schmidt ...

singing about "The Curse of Bobby Layne." It's a song about the dreaded curse that hung over the Lions for decades, until he and Peyton Manning broke it. That's the short version of the story.

Now, the Lions are back in the NFC Championship game, looking to break the "Curse of Bobby Layne" and make their first Super Bowl appearance ever. The last time the Lions took home a championship ...

The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore of the Detroit Lions for more than 60 years as a way to explain their unmatched ability to fail. Layne, who helped lead the Lions to ...