Pat Lee

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT First day on the job, first position drill during rookie mini-camp and Ziggy Ansah, the Lions' first round draft pick, jumped the snap count. Later he jumped offside again on the first...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT Defensive end Ziggy Ansah, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 draft, agreed to a four-year contract worth an estimated $19 million with the Detroit Lions. The Lions were able to sign...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT Cornerback Darius Slay, drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round despite his history of injuries at Mississippi State, will miss rookie minicamp to recover from recent surgery...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT The Lions went into the draft with a very specific goal. "One of our goals coming in was to get bigger and to get more athletic, and I think we did that," general manager Martin Mayhew...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT The Lions might have preferred one of the can't-miss left tackles to still be on the board when they picked at No. 5 Thursday? They might have preferred to trade down a few notches and...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT The Lions are in an almost no-lose situation. With the fifth pick in the draft they are in position to land one of three top-tier offensive tackles, one of two top-tier defensive ends or,...

RAVENS PASSING GAME: The big play has been mostly absent lately from the Ravens' passing game with Joe Flacco completing only nine passes of 20 or more yards over the last four games. Speedy wide receiver Jacoby Jones has just four catches during that...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 43-yard field goal on the last play as the Oakland Raiders scored the final 13 points after wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was knocked out and hospitalized by a scary hit to beat the Pittsburgh...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball--New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves, Noon (ESPN) Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, Noon and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer--UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich at Marseilles, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball--...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Wisconsin vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m. (CBS); Louisville vs. Michigan State, 6:15 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati vs. Ohio State, 8:45 p.m. (CBS); Florida vs. Marquette, 9:17 p.m. (TBS) Major League...

TV SPORTS Auto Racing-Indy Racing League, Indy Lights, 11 a.m. (VERSUS); NASCAR Sprint Cup, AAA 400, 1 p.m. (ESPN); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Kentucky Indy 300, 1 p.m. (VERSUS); Drag Racing, NHRA Uni-Select Auto Plus Nationals, same-day tape, 6 p.m....