A letter from Taylor Plimpton, whose dad, George Plimpton, spent training camp as a Detroit Lions QB in 1963 and wrote ...

As the Detroit Lions barrel toward a Thanksgiving Day game with the Green Bay Packers, some die-hard fans may be fantasizing about what it would be like to be on the field themselves: calling plays ...

So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s 1966 bestselling book “Paper Lion,” based upon his experience of “trying out” as the last-string quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp ...

"I saw him the other day. He was full of energy," said Kaufman, who said she had known Plimpton for 40 years. "He was talking about a trip he took with his family to the tip of South America." Said ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen Siff, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) As the Detroit Lions barrel toward a ...