sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/18/2009
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got another job this week, which to some might definitively prove the sagging U.S. employment market must be on its way back up after hitting rock bottom. Hearing the news the much-derided former Detroit Lions president and CEO has added the NFL Network to the various media platforms he'll ...
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Scouting Report Assets Great size, speed, and agility.
A 230-pound man who runs like a 190 pounder...
because he is so fast and smooth. Has great hands when focused. Can make highlight reel plays. Hard worker. Can break tackles and generate YAC. Flaws ...
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blog.mlive.com - 6/23/2009
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going on, so why not look at some of the worst athletes to play pro sports in Detroit the last 20 years?...
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Best of the Worst Lions: 9. Bryant Westbrook
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Horse Tracks 6/18/09 - Wiegmann gets paid; Boss, we hardly knew ye
The Mile High Report —
... SI - Matt Millen tries to remake image after Detroit Lions debacle - Don Banks Good luck with that one (Charlie Rogers, Joey Harrington, Mike Williams). ...
Speed Read: O.J. Simpson Chase, 15 Years Later
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... reputation isn’t as far in the gutter as O.J.’s, but after destroying any shred of hope that the Detroit Lions might have had for winning in the next 20 years, it isn’t good. Which makes you wonder how much credibility he’ll have working as an analyst for the NFL Network this season. But don’t worry, Matt: Don Banks from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is here to help, with what I assume was meant to be a puff piece on Millen but turns out to be a master class in unintentional comedy. ...
Millen Addresses His “Bad Guy” Status In Detroit
ProFootballTalk.com —
... seen. With the same thick skin, hard head, and blind spots that characterized his stubborn refusal to realize that he was unfit to run an NFL team (the job is harder when you never actually move from Pennsylvania to Michigan), Millen sums up his time in Motown by explaining, essentially, that every story needs a villain, and that he fit the bill in Detroit.“There’s nothing I can do about [Detroit],” Millen told Don Banks of SI.com. “All I can do is from here on out. I understand. In Detroit, they need a bad guy . I was a bad guy. I was to blame for the fall of the auto ...
Thursday Notes: Matt Millen Trys to Paint Himself as a Scapegoat in Detroit
Pride Of Detroit —
... I'm just as sick of hearing about Matt Millen as all of you, and trust me, I hate writing about him. But I needed to address what he told SI's Don Banks in an article that was published yesterday. ...
Matt Millen Is The New Richard Nixon [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
Sports Illustrated has just published—courtesy of writer Don Banks—one of the most head-scratchingly bonkers essays of all-time, wherein Banks compares Matt Millen to Richard Nixon ... and somehow thinks that a compliment. I wouldn't normally single out an individual opinion piece for criticism (because if anyone did that to me, I'd be ruined), but ... come on. Why would anyone defend Matt Millen? How could anyone defend Matt Millen? The thesis revolves around the fact that Millen has been hired to do color ...
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lionsgab.com 6/16/2009 — Now that the Detroit Red Wing season is over, the Detroit Lions have moved up the ladder a bit in what is on the sports fan radar. The Detroit Tigers are now on the top rung, with the Lions next. Then you have the Detroit Shock where we just heard that Bill Laimbeer is stepping down.
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sportsmediajournal.com 6/15/2009 — Most people who lose their jobs in Detroit would be happy to find a single new one, but Matt Millen, late of the Lions, now has two jobs.
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Matt Millen Has No Right to Play Victim —
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I thought I was done writing about Matt Millen.
I was all for forgetting about what he did to the Detroit Lions from 2000 to 2009.
I was ready to forget his 31-97 record.
I was ready to forget the bad draft picks which included Charles ...
Lions Test Team To Face South Africa —
Bleacher Report - NFL 6/18/2009
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Redskins Insider 6/18/2009
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