The Lions gave him a chance to compete with Michael Badgley for the team's kicking job. The competition ended on July 25 when ...

The Detroit Lions sit atop the NFC after defeating the previously undefeated Minnesota Vikings 31-29 in Minneapolis on Sunday ...

Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell and Lions quarterback Jared Goff spent the 2020 season together with the Los Angeles Rams.

Jake Bates was selling bricks. Now he's making game-winning kicks in the NFL. Bates made a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds ...

The Detroit Lions have taken over first place in the NFC North, thanks to the heroics of Jake Bates and Jared Goff. Bates ...

Bates thought his football career was over and was training to sell bricks in Houston. Now the rookie kicker has sent the ...

Jake Bates kicked a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to lift the Detroit Lions to a 31-29 victory that handed the ...

The Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions played in the game of the year, but Minnesota lost its first game of the season. Th ...

Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery injured on a running play vs. the Vikings in Week 7, and helped off the field by ...

What a game! The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings battled for NFC North supremacy in US Bank Stadium in Week 7 in a key ...

Here's what four Free Press sports writers think about the matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings: ...

After the Vikings defense forced a three-and-out, sacking Goff on third down for emphasis, the offense needed to sustain a ...