The Bobby Layne Curse is alive and well. As many of you know, I'm mildly obsessed with the Texas Longhorns' legendary quarterback Bobby Layne. Growing up in Michigan as a Detroit Lions' fan ...

Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926, in Santa Anna, Texas. At the age of eight, Layne’s life turned upside down when ...

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Ruben Ortega, Bobby Layne established Texas baseball standards during one week in 1946 ...

Bobby Layne was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member ... Layne returned back to his home state of Texas after his career ended, where he died in 1986 at the age of 59.

“Doesn't smell like water,” Daniels said. “Because it's whiskey,” Manning said. “Bobby Layne would have preferred that.” Ah ...

Lifetime Lions fan and actor Jeff Daniels goes on The Tonight Show singing about breaking the Lions’ ‘Curse of Bobby Layne’ ...

Layne was a noted drinker during his time with the the Lions, so alcohol was totally appropriate. "Bobby Layne would’ve preferred that (to water),” Manning said. The curse dates back to the 1950s.

I have no doubt, somewhere up there on that gridiron in the sky, Bobby Layne was having a good laugh all season as injury upon injury mounted for the Lions on defense. I'm guessing the Blond ...

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he ...

The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore of the Detroit Lions for more than 60 years as a way to explain their unmatched ability to fail. Layne, who helped lead the Lions to ...