Detroit Lions offensive linesman Mike Utley is examined after suffering a spinal injury on Nov. 18, 1991. (Blake Discher / Associated Press) Even in a hospital bed, with a horrific spinal-cord injury ...

ATLANTA — Lomas Brown was on the field 34 years ago when his Detroit Lions teammate, Mike Utley, suffered a paralyzing neck injury. On Friday, Aug. 8, Brown was in the broadcast booth for the Lions' ...

The Detroit Lions won four NFL championships before the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, including three between 1952 and 1957, but they’ve endured decades of mostly futility since, and remain one of four teams ...

Former Washington State All-America offensive lineman Mike Utley has been selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced Friday. “This is ...

NEWLY ELECTED College Football Hall of Famer Mike Utley, an All-American at Washington State in the late 1980s, said Saturday in an interview with WSU Athletics that his two biggest memories Mike ...

DETROIT — Even in a hospital bed, with a horrific spinal-cord injury that would confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, Mike Utley gave his Detroit Lions teammate a helping hand. It was ...