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.

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning performed in the end zone of ...

Whether true or not, Lions fans love to credit actor Jeff Daniels with helping to break the so-called “Curse of Bobby Layne.” On Tuesday night, the celebrity Detroit sports fan put some more ...

DETROIT — In 1958 a disgruntled Hall of Fame quarterback supposedly laid a curse on the Detroit Lions after being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bobby Layne was the quarterback for the Lions ...

Detroit ― Jeff Daniels isn't taking the credit. OK, he's not taking all the credit. Daniels, the actor, musician and diehard Detroit sports fan, was at Ford Field on Thursday morning before the ...

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 ...